Mary Dietrich^[1]

1880 - 1972  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Dietrich
  Born	1880	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Gies
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-90459
  Died	23 Feb 1972	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	25 Feb 1972	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I90459	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Nicholaus G. Dietrich,   b. 1833, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1899, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Maria Theresia "Mary" Gehrig,   b. 25 Dec 1836, , Baden, Germany ,   d. 14 Mar 1920, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F12236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Simon Gies,   b. 19 Feb 1875, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1945  (Age 70 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1902	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Joseph Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Victor Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Frederick Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Carl Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jerome Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Agnes Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Helen Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Eleanor Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Marie Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Bernice Gies,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Ida Sophia Gies,   b. 23 Jul 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1988  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F23398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Mary Gies - Passed away at her home, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1972, after a lengthy illness, the former Mary Dietrich, age 91 years, of 189 Queen St. North, formerly of Ellis Ave., Kitchener; wife of the late Simon Gies; dear mother of Joseph, Victor, Frederick, Carl, Jerome, Mrs. Norman (Agnes) Moser and Mrs. Frank (Helen) Gross, all of Kitchener, Mrs. Eleanor Zupan of Niagara Falls, Ont., Mrs. Marie Schumaker of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Lloyd (Ida) Harlock of Guelph and Mrs. Helmuth (Bernice) Pohl of Waterloo. Mrs. Gies is survived also by 18 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Besides her parents and husband she was predeceased by two sons. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener, where the parish rosary will be recited this evening at 6: 30 p.m. Prayers will be said at the funeral home Friday at 10: 30 a.m., followed by removal to St. Mary's RC Church where funeral mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Interment Mount Hope cemetery, Kitchener. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 16886-1902. Simon Gies, 27, Butcher, b. St. Clements, Res. Toronto, son of Frederick Gies and Susannah Straus, married Mary Dietrich, 21, b. St. Clements, Res. Berlin, daughter of Nicholas Dietrich and Mary Gehrig, Witnessed by: Clemens Boegel and Fanny Dietrich, Both of St. Clements, 10 June 1902 at Berlin [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 25. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mary Dietrich - Gies.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1880 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Jun 1902 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Feb 1972 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 25 Feb 1972 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth