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Ada Clara Koch

Female 1911 - 2003  (91 years)


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  • Name Ada Clara Koch 
    Born 1 Oct 1911  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Ada Clara Kruse 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-71296 
    Died 28 Jan 2003  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I71296  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry S. Koch,   b. 24 Sep 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Christina Diebel,   b. 24 Apr 1878, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F20790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip Carl Kruse,   b. 1911,   d. 1990  (Age 79 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    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 
    1. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Ada Clara (nee Koch) - 29 Jan 2003.

    2. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link.
      Philip C./ 1911 \endash 1990/ Ada C./ 1911 - / KRUSE.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Oct 1911 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Jan 2003 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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