Waterloo Region Generations
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Alexander Edward Elchert

Male 1920 - 2006  (86 years)


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  • Name Alexander Edward Elchert 
    Born 4 Jul 1920  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-323342 
    Died 9 Oct 2006  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I482296  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Aloysius Elchert,   b. CALC 22 Mar 1877,   d. 30 Sep 1928  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Weiler,   b. CALC 29 Mar 1880,   d. 29 Oct 1962  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Family ID F297429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Reta L. Heideman,   b. 1922,   d. 1984  (Age 62 years) 
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F297435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Life Story for Alexander Elchert

      Passed away peacefully at K-W Health Centre of the Grand River Hospital on Monday, October 9, 2006 at the age of 86 years.
      Beloved husband of the late Reta (Heideman) Elchert (1984). Dear father of Elaine and her husband Roy Dunk of Toronto, and Betty Elchert and her husband Chuck Irvine of Waterloo. Brother of Arthur Elchert of Kitchener. Alexander will be missed by many nieces and nephews.

      Predeceased by his sisters, Catherine Molinary, Rose Schlumkoski, Loretta Seibert, Pauline Dentinger, Betty Goodwin, and Erma Snider and his brothers, Erie, John, and Joseph Elchert.

      He was a loyal volunteer for 16 years at Sunnyside Home for the Aged, and was employed by B.F. Gooderich for over 30 years.

      Alexander's family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, (519-749-8467), Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm with parish prayers at 3:00 pm. Prayers will be offered from the Funeral Home Chapel, on Friday, October 13, 2006 at 9:30 am, then transfer will be made to Sacred Heart RC Church (66 Shanley St. Kitchener) for Alexander's Funeral Mass at 10am. Interment at the Woodland Cemetery.

      As expressions of sympathy, donations to the CNIB or the Kidney Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

      Alexander Elchert (no date) Henry Walser Funeral Home. Available at: https://www.henrywalser.com/book-of-memories/164293/Elchert-Alexander/obituary.php (Accessed: 23 September 2023).

  • Sources 
    1. [S3226] Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.
      Elchert/ Husband/ Alexander E./ Elchert/ 1920/ Wife/ Reta L./ Heideman/ 1922-1984/ In Loving Memory [2022 Update] Alexander died 2006

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126719470.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Oct 2006 - Kitchener, 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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