Waterloo Region Generations
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Arlene Golbeck

Female 1937 - 2011  (73 years)


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  • Name Arlene Golbeck 
    Born 16 Oct 1937  Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Arlene Ober 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-449740 
    Died 5 Sep 2011 
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I449740  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father John J. Golbeck,   b. 19 Sep 1896, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Edith Otilla Ermel,   b. 31 Mar 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 25 Nov 1919  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F49600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ronald Deldon Ober,   b. 14 Dec 1934,   d. 12 Feb 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ron Alan "Ronnie" Ober,   b. 4 Sep 1958,   d. 10 Apr 2003, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F282791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "There was no one Arlene was prouder of than her Grand Sons Michael and Jamie" Arlene Ober (nee Golbeck) "Before the silver cord has snapped …the spirit returns to God who gave it." (Excerpts from ECCLESIASTES 12:6-7) Survived by her children Patricia and Mike Cote, grandchildren Michael and Leanne Cote and Jamie and Melissa Cote, great grandchildren Liam and Liberty Cote and daughter-in-law Jane Waurechen and her husband Tony Fleischmann. She is also survived by siblings Shirley and Glenn Becker, Ruth Golbeck and Cal and Diane Golbeck, many nieces and nephews and sisters-in-law Jean Letson and Vi and Bill Walls. Predeceased by her son Ron A. (Ronnie) Ober in 2003, her husband Ron D. Ober in 1989, parents John and Edith (nee Ermel) Golbeck, siblings Elizabeth (Robert) Stead, Earl (Clarice) Golbeck, Claude (Thelma and Lela) Golbeck, Erie (Jean) Golbeck, Laverne (Beatrice) Golbeck, Lorene (Lorne) Giilck and Wayne Golbeck (stillborn), aunts Almeda (Clarence) Eby and Loly (Ed) Querin, brother-in-law Alvin Letson and nieces Judy, Gail, Shirley and Cathy. "One must die to one life before entering another". Arlene was born in the family home in Bamberg and grew up in Williamsburg In her teens, she played baseball for the "Plains Janes" She worked at Arrow Shirts, Dare Cookies and at Sunnyside Home for 25 ½ years and was also a member at St Luke's Church for 50 years A memorial service celebrating Arlene's life will be held at St Luke's Lutheran Church, 317 Franklin St N, Kitchener on Thursday at 11 o'clock with Pastor Jim Koellner officiating . A reception will follow in the church hall. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the KW Humane Society, the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre or St Luke's Lutheran Church. Arrangements entrusted to the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home (519)745-9495 "The goal is not to live forever. The goal is to do or leave something that does."

      "Arlene Ober Obituary - Kitchener, ON". 2020. Dignity Memorial. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/kitchener-on/arlene-ober-4803018.

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      Ober/ Ronald D./ 1934-1989/ Arlene/ 1937- / In God's Peace

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Oct 1937 - Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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