Ralph Thomas Straus

1926 - 1987  (60 years)

• Name	Ralph Thomas Straus
  Born	5 Feb 1926	Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-45372
  Died	6 Jan 1987	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I45372	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Michael Andrew Straus,   b. 1 Apr 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1961, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Barbara Ditner,   b. 6 May 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Dec 1989, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F50036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hilda M. Geisel,   b. 1923,   d. 2002  (Age 79 years)
  Married	8 May 1948	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F18762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Straus Funeral service was held Friday in Erbsville for Ralph Thomas Straus, of 32 Hincks street, New Hamburg, formerly of RR3 Wellesley (Bamberg). He died January 6, 1987, at K- W hospital. He was 60. He was the husband of Hilda Marie Giesel; father of Diane (Mrs. Walter Ferguson), of RR1 Bright, and Arlene (Mrs. John Kropf), of RR1 Tavistock; son of Mary Straus, of St. Agatha, and the late Michael Straus; brother of Gerard Straus, of Baden; Eugene Straus, of RRI St. Agatha, Jacob Straus and Sister Micheline, SSND, both of Waterloo, Sister Caroline, CSJ, St. Agatha, Sister Mildred, SSND, Cambridge, Sister Christina, CSJ. Guelph, Sister Lucy, CSJ, Hamilton, Adeline (Mrs. Don Haber), Brantford, and Lucille (Mrs. Jack Delisle), Red Deer, Alberta; also survived by three grandchildren, Cheryl, Randy and Cindy Ferguson; predeceased by one brother, Wilfred Straus, and one sister, Rita Straus. Spring busial will be in St. Paul s Lutheran cemetery; Erbsville. Elmira Independent 13 Jan 1987 pg 21

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56813840.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Feb 1926 - Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 May 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Jan 1987 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth