Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Gertrude May Groff[1, 2]

Female 1886 - 1962  (75 years)


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  • Name Gertrude May Groff 
    Born 11 Oct 1886  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29255220 
    Eby ID Number 00044-3356.2 
    Died 29 Jul 1962  Ventura, Ventura, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I4108  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Ephraim Groff,   b. 6 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1913, Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Clementina "Clementine" "Tina" Stauffer,   b. 10 Feb 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1963, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 5 Aug 1885  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F1313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Gertrude M. Skyllingstad died Sunday, July 29, in a hospital at Ventura, California, following a heart attack. Funeral services, under the direction of the Leyson Funeral Home, were held in the Union Memorial Church Friday, August 3. The Rev. John Kirby officiated with burial in the Oko- boji Cemetery at Arnolds Park.

      Serving as pallbearers were Elmer Kinkade, Frank Hemphill, Orville Donaldson, Claude Truax, Ralph Hunt all of Milford and Russell King of Spencer. Mrs. Dwight Hemphill and Mrs. Lecter Scott, accompanied by Mrs. E. L. Maas, sang "My God and I". Mrs. Orville Donaldson and Mrs. Frank Hemphill were in charge of floral arrangements.

      Mrs. Skyllingstad, daughter of Ephraim and Clementina Groff, was born at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 11, 1886. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Ventura.

      Survivors include her husband, Oscar Skyllingstad of Ventura: two sons, Dale of Fairfield, Ohio, and Lee of Ventura, California; six grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. C. Groff; a brother, L. L Groff; and a sister, Mrs. Frank Fellows all of Milford.

      The Milford Mail, Aug. 9th, 1962

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 725.

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 515.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29255220.

    4. [S2224] Berliner Journal Marriages 1885, 13 Aug 1885.
      05 Aug 1885 Ephraim Groff and Clementina Stauffer, both of Waterloo Township, were married by Rev. Philips in Galt.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Oct 1886 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Jul 1962 - Ventura, Ventura, California, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
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