Ada Clara Koch

1911 - 2003  (91 years)

• Name	Ada Clara Koch
  Born	1 Oct 1911	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ada Clara Kruse
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-71296
  Died	28 Jan 2003	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I71296	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry S. Koch,   b. 24 Sep 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Christina Diebel,   b. 24 Apr 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F20790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philip Carl Kruse,   b. 1911,   d. 1990  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F42012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KRUSE, Ada Clara (nee Koch) -Passed away, peacefully, at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, on January 28, 2003, in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Philip C. Kruse. Lovingly remembered by her children, Mary and Jim Wilfong, Helen and the late Jim Parks, Charlie and Joanne Kruse and John and Linda Kruse. Grandma Ada will be missed by her nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Ada is survived by her sister, Bessie Pohl. Predeceased by her parents, Henry and Christina (nee Diebel); her brothers, Herb, Harry and Hilmer Koch and by her sister, Arlene Colquhoun. Ada was a graduate of St. Mary's School of Nursing in 1934. Visitation will be held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, 745-9495, today (Thursday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will take place in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Friday, Jan. 31, 2003 at 11 a.m., with Rev. Horne from the Glen Acres Baptist Church officiating. Reception will follow the service in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Glen Acres Baptist Church Fund or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and may be made by contacting the funeral home. The Record newspaper 29 Jan 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Ada Clara (nee Koch) - 29 Jan 2003. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link. Philip C./ 1911 \endash 1990/ Ada C./ 1911 - / KRUSE.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Oct 1911 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Jan 2003 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth