Edith Heimpel

1916 - 1935  (18 years)

• Name	Edith Heimpel
  Born	1 Jun 1916	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82785798
  Residence	1921	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-87653
  Died	22 Feb 1935	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I87653	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	George Heimpel,   b. 24 Aug 1878, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Aug 1942, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Edith Peppler,   b. 6 Jun 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1906	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F185481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MISS EDITH HEIMPEL The funeral of Miss Edith Heimpel of Heidelberg, victim of an auto accident one work ago today, was held yesterday and was largely attended. The funeral was held from the Letter and Dreisinger funeral home in Waterloo to the Lutheran church at Heidelberg where services were held. Burial was made in the Heidelberg cemetery. Pall benzers were six cousins of the deceased, Clayton Kroutswelser, William Hahn. Karl Peppler, Lloyd Pappler. Nelson Heimpel and Clayton Heimpel. Kitchener Daily Record 25 Feb 1935 pg 13 _______________ INQUEST JURY PLACES ALL BLAME FOR EDITH HEIMPEL DEATH ON DRIVER OF CAR Jury Finds That Edgar Reidel, Driver of Wm. Koebel's Car at Time of Accident, Was Rendered Incompetent to Drive Through Use of Intoxicants-Deceased's Brother Testifies That Four Companions of Sister Were Intoxicated, but Claims Reidel Most Competent to Drive.-Death Car Was in Poor Mechanical Condition, Evidence Shows. CORONER DENOUNCES DANGEROUS DRIVERS The coroner's jury empanelled to enquire into the death of Edith Helmpel in a car accident on the Wagner's Corner-St. Clements high-wound below the right eye which way shortly after midnight on the night of February 17, attached all blame for the fatal happening to the driver of the car, Edgar Reidel of St. Clements. The verdict of the coroner's jury which was handed down after forty minutes deliberation at the conclusion of the inquest on Tuesday afternoon ... Waterloo Chronicle 28 Feb 1935, p. 1 _______________ EDITH HEIMPEL SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES Dies Four Days After Receiving Injuries in Car Accident. Badly injured about the head, and suffering from internal injuries besides other wounds, Edith Heimpel, of Heidelberg passed away in the K.-W. Hospital on Friday, four days after the accident on the Heidelberg - St. Clements highway. Edgar Reidel, driver of the car, in which Miss Heimpel was a passenger, who was arrested after the accident, was released on a $1,000 bail, charged with criminal negligence. According to the account given out by the police, Reidel, who was driving the car, owned by William Koebel of St. Clements, clipped off a rural mail box and then turned over in the ditch. Deceased was employed. in the home of Carl Damman, who also passed away last week. The victim of the accident is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Heimpel, two sisters, Mrs. Alfred Dietrich of Waterloo, and Roxie at home, three brothers, Roy of Water- loo and Percy and Howard at home. The funeral, which was largely at tended, was held on Sunday at the St. Peter's Lutheran church in Heidelberg, Interment taking place in the Heidelberg cemetery. Pall bearers were six cousins of the deceased, Clayton Kreutzwelser, William Rohn, Earl Peppler, Lloyd Peppler, Nelson Heimpel and Clayton Heimpel. Waterloo Chronicle 28 Feb 1935, p. 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, SubDist. 17 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82785798. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019731-06. George Heimpel, 27, occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Woolwich, son of Valentine Heimpel and Barbara Kercher married Edith Peppler, 24, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, daughter Of Enoch Peppler and Augusta Veitel, Witn: George B. Rahn of Waterloo and Emeline Peppler of Woolwich, 21 March 1906 in Woolwich

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jun 1916 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Feb 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth