Simeon Groff^{[1, 2, 3]}

1892 - 1978  (86 years)

• Name	Simeon Groff
  Born	19 Apr 1892	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Simeon Groff  [9]
  Occupation	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00044-3364.5
  Died	26 Sep 1978	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 10]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I4131	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Andrew B. Groff,   b. 9 Sep 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jul 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Barbara Ann "Annie" Block,   b. 30 Sep 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F1321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Violet Snyder,   b. 28 Nov 1897, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Dec 1992, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Children	1. Dorothy Groff,   b. 3 Dec 1923
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GROFF, Simeon -- At the Fairview Mennonite G\\Home, Cambridge (P), on Tuesday September 26, 1978, after a brief illness, Simeon Groff, aged 86 years. A member of First Mennonite Church. Had been employed at Hahn Brass Limited for 35 years; until his retirement in 1958. Husband of the former Violet Snyder; father of Weyburn of Goshen, Ind., James of Guelph, Merle and Mrs. Dorothy Hallman; both of Kitchener; step-brother of Moses of Ariss; brother of Mrs. Ida Kaiser and Mrs. Louise Jantzi, both of Kitchener, Mrs. Omar (Elsie) Snyder of New Hamburg, Mrs. Eva Gross of New York. Twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Predeceased by his parents, three brothers and three sisters. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, where the funeral service will be held on Thursday, at 3 p.m. Rev. Glenn Brubacher officiating. Interment will be in the First Mennonite cemetery. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 Sep 1978 ______________________ Groff, Simeon, died at Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge, Ont. Sept. 26, 1978; aged 86 y. He was married to Violet Snyder, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Weyburn, James, and Merle), one daughter (Mrs. Dorothy Hallman), 12 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 4 sisters (Mrs. Ida Kaiser, Mrs. Louise Jantzi, Elsie Mrs. Omar Snyder, and Mrs. Eva Gross), and one stepbrother (Moses). He was a member of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont. Funeral services were held at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Sept. 28, in charge of Glen Brubacher; interment in First Mennonite Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 71, Number 42 - October 24, 1978 - pages 833, 834

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 726. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Eli Groff. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Irvine Groff. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 6. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-4 Page 12. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Groff / Simeon / Groff / 1892-1978 / Violet / Snyder / 1897-1992 / in loving memory [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Simeon Groff - 27 Sep 1978. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 6. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mabel Groff. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Simeon Groff - October 24, 1978.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Apr 1892 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Sep 1978 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth