Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Simeon Gascho

Male 1893 - 1979  (85 years)


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  • Name Simeon Gascho 
    Born 8 Dec 1893  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name Simon Gasko 
    Occupation 1911  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer Son 
    Residence 1911  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-77281 
    Died 11 Apr 1979  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I77281  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Menno E. Gascho,   b. 16 Mar 1871, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1948, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Catharine B. Meyer,   b. 14 Feb 1862,   d. 26 Nov 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 1892  [4
    Family ID F18331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Schwartzentruber,   b. 1900, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1975  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. John S. Gascho,   b. 24 Jan 1926
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F20177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • GASCHO, Simeon -- On Wednesday, April 11, 1979, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Mr. Simeon Gascho of Nithview Home, New Hamburg, aged 85 years. He was a lifelong resident of Wilmot Township and was a member of Steinman Mennonite Church, Route 2, Baden. Husband of the late Sarah Schwartzentruber, who predeceased him in 1975. He is survived by one son John of New Hamburg and seven grandchildren, Rosemary, Jane, Paul, Barbara and John David, Christine and Carole, and two great-grandchildren. Also survived by one sister Susan (Mrs. John Zehr) of Lockport N.Y. He was predeceased by his parents, the late Menno Gascho and the former Catherine Meyer; two sisters, Barbara (Mrs. Peter Gingerich), and Olivia, in early childhood. The late Mr. Gascho is resting at the Omand-Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, after 7 p.m. this evening and until noon on Saturday, April 14, when removal will be made to Steinman Mennonite Church for service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Vernon Zehr and Rev. Elmer Schwartzentruber officiating. Interment to follow in Steinman Mennonite Church cemetery.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 Apr 1979

  • Sources 
    1. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 3.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Simeon Gascho - 11 Apr 1979.

    3. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 11.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 10, 1948 - Obituary of Menno Gascho.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Dec 1893 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Apr 1979 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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