Arthur Reuben Lichty^[1]

1915 - 2006  (91 years)

• Name	Arthur Reuben Lichty
  Born	6 Mar 1915	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Art Lichty
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-75184P
  Died	4 Apr 2006	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I75184	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Oliver Lichty,   b. 30 Aug 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Joannah Eby,   b. 12 Dec 1889, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Feb 1979, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1912	, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F11634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eunice Barbara Kennel,   b. 28 May 1921, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jul 1986  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Gordon Dale Lichty,   b. 4 Sep 1944,   d. 6 May 2012, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   2. Chester "Chet" Lichty,   b. 14 Feb 1956,   d. 12 Jan 2010, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F19679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Olive Emma Schram,   b. 18 Oct 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 2014, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	1989  [3]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F31727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  LICHTY, Arthur Rueben (Art) - Passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at A.R. Goudie Eventide Home, at the age of 91. Beloved husband of Olive Lichty for 16 years. Dear father of Gordon and his wife Linda, Cliff and his wife Jacqueline, Charlene and her husband Murray Weber, Chester, Brad and his wife Rebecca. Dear grandpa to Kevin (Tara), David (Bonnie), Blaine, Desiree, Trevor, Kimberly, Christina, Nicole, Kayla and Melissa. Great-grandpa to Devon, Brooklyn, Emma and Tyler. Step-father of Phyllis and her husband Maurice Martin and their family Ben (Liz) and Joelle (Chris). Dear brother of Helen Shantz, Norma Shantz (Ab) and Mervin (Delphine). Also survived by his brother-in-law Bill Verkerke and sister-in-law Mae Lichty. Predeceased by his first wife Eunice (nee Kennel) Lichty, his brother Cranson, sisters Bernice Randall and Glennys Verkerke and brother-in-laws John Randall, Bob Beechy and Nyal Shantz. Arthur's family will receive relatives and friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 7, 2006 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener 749-8467. Funeral service 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at First Mennonite Church (800 King St. E., Kitchener). Pastor Gary Knarr officiating. Interment First Mennonite Cemetery followed by a reception at the church. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Canadian Cancer Society or Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.obit411.com/1998 for Arthur's memorial. THE RECORD - Apr. 6, 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 2, 1986 - Obituary of Eunice Barbara Lichty. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Lichty / Eunice B. / Kennell / 1921-1986 / Arthur R. / Lichty / 1915- / Thy will be done [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Arthur Reuben Lichty - 6 Apr 2006. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22261417/arthur-reuben-lichty. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Arthur Reuben Lichty - Apr. 6, 2006. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 5, 1933 - Obituary of Oliver Lichty.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1915 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Apr 2006 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth