Leona Marie Gilles^[1]

1933 - 2008  (75 years)

• Name	Leona Marie Gilles
  Born	19 Apr 1933
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leona Marie Gromeder
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-406941
  Died	7 Nov 2008	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I406941	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Oliver Gilles,   b. 1 Jul 1887, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1938, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Ida Fraser,   b. 13 Apr 1899, Schreiber, Thunder Bay District, Ontario ,   d. 1983  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F43564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Henry Gromeder,   b. 28 May 1931,   d. 30 Dec 2014, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F267725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GROMEDER, Leona Marie (Mrs. George) (nee Gilles) - Passed away, peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at K.W. Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, on Friday, November 7, 2008 in her 76th year. Loving and devoted wife of George Gromeder of St. Jacobs for 56 years. Dear and loving mother of Denise and Derrick Shantz of Heidelberg, David and Robyn Gromeder of St. Jacobs, Darryl and Susan Gromeder of New Hamburg. Proud and loving grandmother of Ashley, Stacey and Shelley Shantz, Bethany, Timothy and Krista Gromeder and Christopher and Sarah Gromeder. Also lovingly remembered by brothers, Henry and (Marjorie) Gilles and Roy and (Marlene) Gilles and by brother-in--law, John and (Mary) Gromeder. Fondly remembered by a number of nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents, Oliver and Ida Gilles and brothers, Earl and Alfred Gilles. Leona was a faithful member and longtime choir member of St. James Lutheran Church, St. Jacobs. Friends and relatives are invited to visit and share memories with the family at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Monday, November 10, 2008 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. At noon on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 transfer will be made to St. James Lutheran Church, St. Jacobs for funeral service at 2 p.m. with Rev. Harold Brill officiating followed by cremation. Interment of cremated remains will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs. In Leona's memory, donations would be kindly accepted to St. James Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or the Stroke Unit of Grand River Hospital as expressions of sympathy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Amelia Siebert - Gromeder.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 7 Nov 2008 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth