Menno J. Lichti^[1]

1865 - 1961  (95 years)

• Name	Menno J. Lichti
  Born	30 Sep 1865	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94368109
  Name	Menno J. Lichty
  Occupation	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Son
  Residence	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1890	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-459419
  Died	4 May 1961	Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	7th Line Amish Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I459419	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph B. Lichti,   b. 20 Apr 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1881  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Catherine Jantzi,   b. 21 Feb 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1923, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F11859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Catherine "Katie" Lichti,   b. 27 Feb 1892, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1982, RR1, Newton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F233060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Jantzi,   b. 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1949  (Age 85 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1890	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Catherine "Katie" Lichti,   b. 27 Feb 1892, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1982, RR1, Newton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F287013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  LICHTI, Menno J. 1961 Menno J. Lichti, 95, died on Thursday, May 4th, at the house of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kuepfer, of Millbank. He was the son of the late Joseph Lichti and Catherine Jantzi, and was born in Wellesley Township, on September 30, 1865. He had farmed in the Wellesley and Mornington district and was of the Amish Mennonite faith. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jacob Kuepfer, of Millbank; two grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. His wife, the former, Elizabeth Jantzi, whom he married on June 8, 1890, died on November 4th, 1949. Four brothers, Chris, David, Rudy and Mose and five sisters, Mrs. Nicholas (Fannie) Jantzi, Mrs. John (Catherine) Gascho, Mrs. Dan (Nancy) Schmidt, Mrs. Jacob (Barbara) Erb, and Mrs. Solomon (Mary) Leis, also predeceased him. The body rested at the Futher funeral home, Wellesley, until Friday when removal was made to the home of his son-in-law and daughter, at Millbank, where a funeral service was conducted on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. by Bishop Amos Albrecht. Burial was made in the seventh line Amish Mennonite cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012251-90. Meno Lichti, 24, occ. Farmer, b. Wellesley, res. same, son of Joseph and Catharnia Lichti, married Elisabeth Jantzi, 26, b. Wellesley, res. same, daughter of Joseph and Catharina Jantzi, Witness(es) Christian Zehr, Wilmot and Jacob Schrag, Wilmot, 8 June 1890 at Wellesley Township [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 4 Page 16. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 6, 1923 - Obituary of Catherine Jantzi. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Lichli Joseph, 24, res. Wellesley, b. Wilmot, s/o Joseph & Veronica, married 5 Oct 1858 Catherine Yantzi, 22, res. Wellesley, b. Wilmot, d/o Joseph & Catherine

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Sep 1865 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Son - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1890 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Jun 1890 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 May 1961 - Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - 7th Line Amish Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth