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

Helen Catharine Erb

Female 1918 - 2005  (86 years)


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  • Name Helen Catharine Erb 
    Born 27 Nov 1918  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Helen Catharine Burkholder 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-94614 
    Died 22 Jul 2005  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I94614  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Addison H. Erb,   b. 6 Mar 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1956  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Hilda B. Weber,   b. 2 Oct 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 1916  [4
    Family ID F38310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clayton Frederick Burkholder,   b. 21 Jan 1919, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1943  [5
    Children 
     1. Clayton David "David" Burkholder
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F38680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BURKHOLDER Helen, Catharine - Peacefully, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Friday, July 22, 2005 in her 87th year. Beloved mother of David and his companion Merle Bryant of Nova Scotia and Ruth Witte and her husband Tom, of Ohio, U.S.A. Dear Grandmother of Heidi Stevenson, Lara Haupricht and Marissa Dulle. Great-grandmother of Ashlyn, Reagan, and and Derek. Also survived by her special friends, Paul Martin and family and Trudy and Ted Cadell and their children Paul, Tara, Aaron and Adam. Predeceased by her husband Clayton Burkholder and her parents, Addison and Hilda Erb, a brother Frederick Erb; and a sister Ruth Martin. Mrs Burkholder was born in Alberta on November 27, 1918. Private family services were held with Interment in Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Fairview Mennonite Home Auditorium, 515 Langs Drive, on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 2: 30 p.m. for the Fairview community. A public memorial service will be held at Breslau Mennonite Church on Thursday July 28, 2005 at 2 p.m. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Breslau Mennonite Church or the Fairview Mennonite Home would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to the Barthel Funeral Home, (653-3251). Tributes may be at www.mem.com.

      The Record Newspaper 25 Jul 2005

  • Sources 
    1. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Helen Catharine Burkholder - 25 Jul 2005.

    2. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Burkholder/ Clayton F./ 1919-1988/ Helen C./ 1918-2005

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18731621.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Addismon Schmidt Erb - February 28, 1956-page 214, 21.

    5. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Clayton Frederick Burkholder - January 24, 1989, pages 61, 62.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Jul 2005 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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