Elmina Kropf^[1]

1905 - 1966  (60 years)

• Name	Elmina Kropf
  Born	16 Oct 1905	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elmina Boshart
  Residence	1911	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Amish
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-80936
  Died	6 Apr 1966	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Buried	Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I80936	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rudolph "Rudy" Kropf,   b. 22 Jun 1880, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Catherine S. Lichti,   b. 5 Nov 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F21010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Milton S. Boshart,   b. Jan 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1924	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4]
  Children	1. Reta Boshart   2. Robert Boshart   3. Berl Arthur Boshart,   b. 21 Feb 1926, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jun 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   4. Floyd Boshart,   b. 1 Feb 1935, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Mar 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   5. Gary Boshart,   b. 19 Sep 1944,   d. 2 Sep 1996  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F25261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BOSHART, Elmina, daughter of the late Rudolph and Katherine (Lichti) Kropf, was born at St. Agatha, Ont., Oct. 16, 1905; died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, April 6, 1966; aged 60 y. 5 m. 20 d. On March 19, 1924, she was married to Milton Boshart, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Berl, Robert, and Gary), one daughter (Reta - Mrs. Lee Horst), and 6 grandchildren. One son and one brother preceded her in death. She was a member of the St. Agatha Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held April 8, with Elmer Schwartzentruber and Gerald Schwartzentruber officiating. Gospel Herald - Volume LIX, Number 28 - July 19, 1966, pages 649, 650 _____________________ Mrs. Milton Boshart, 60, of 63 Avondale Ave. S., Waterloo died today at K-W Hospital following a lengthy illness. The former Elmina Kropf, she was born in St. Agatha, Oct. 16, 1905, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kropf. She was a member of the St. Agatha Mennonite Church, and had lived in Waterloo for the past 10 years. She had formerly lived in Bridgeport. Surviving are her husband, whom she married in St. Agatha on March 19, 1924; three sons, Berl and Robert, both of Kitchener, and Gary, Waterloo; one daughter, Mrs. Lee (Reta) Horst, Kitchener; three brothers, Aaron, Waterloo, Lorne, Kitchener, and Clayton, Wellesley; two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Litwiller, Kitchener, and Mrs. Henry (Arleatha) Zehr, New Hamburg; and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Wilfred, and a son, Floyd. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until noon on Friday when removal will be made to the St. Agatha Mennonite Church for the service at 3 p.m. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Elmer Schwartzentruber and Rev. Gerald Schwartzentruber will conduct the service. Donations to the Western Ontario Mennonite Mission Board or the Canadian Cancer Society will be accepted as expressions of sympathy. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 6, 1966

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020123-24. Milton Boshart, 20, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, son of Daniel Boshart and Mattie Schwartzentruber married Elmina Kropf, 18, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, daughter of Rudolph Kropf and Katie Lichti, Witn: Herbert Gascho of Baden and Irvin Litwiller of Petersburg, 19 March 1924 in Wilmot. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 19, 1966 - Obituary of Elmina Kropf. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 9 Page 2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Elmina Kropf - April 6, 1966.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Oct 1905 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Amish - 1911 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Mar 1924 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Apr 1966 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth