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

Josephine McCabe

Female 1917 - 2007  (90 years)


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  • Name Josephine McCabe 
    Born 1917 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20319548 
    Name Josephine Harmer 
    Name Josephine Schweitzer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-4553 
    Died 3 Apr 2007  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4553  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Family 1 Maynard Harmer,   b. 1918,   d. 1968  (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
     1. Brenda Harmer
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F63486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Walter Schweitzer,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F63488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obituary for Josephine Schweitzer

      Harmer Schweitzer, Josephine (nee McCabe): Passed away peacefully after a brief illness at St. Mary's Hospital on April 3, 2007, 3 weeks short of her 90th birthday.

      Loving mother of Bill Harmer of Arnprior, Marlene and her husband John Schmidt, and Brenda and her husband Bruce Reinhart, all of Kitchener. Mother-in-law of Heather Harmer of Baden. Cherished grandmother of 7 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Dear sister of Art (Delores), Emerald (Jean), and Bob (Maudy) McCabe, Beatrice Lundy, Loretta (Eddie) Mello and Mary Hughes and sister-in-law to Marg, Jean and Delena McCabe.

      Predeceased by her first husband, Maynard Harmer, her second husband, Walter Schweitzer, her parents, Ernest and Emily McCabe, brothers Bill, Arnold and Ike McCabe, sisters, Elva Crawford, Dorothy Boneau, Edna Bietz and Shirley in infancy.

      Josephine was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. She previously worked at General Instruments, Kitchener, and was also with the Red Cross Home Care for several years as a volunteer.

      Josephine's family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467 on Saturday, April 7, 2007 from 10am until the time of Josephine's memorial service at 11am in the Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation has taken place. Josephine's cremated remains will be interred in Breslau Mennonite Cemetery at a later date.

      As expressions of sympathy, donations to Multiple Sclerosis Society or the Alzheimers Society would be appreciated by the family.

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Apr 2007 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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