Aileen May Ratz

1900 - 1997  (97 years)

• Name	Aileen May Ratz
  Born	31 Jul 1900	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1997	87 Kenwood Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-96839
  Died	4 Oct 1997	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I96839	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Simon H. Ratz,   b. 25 Oct 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1910  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Mary Weitzel,   b. 27 Nov 1867, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Married	13 May 1890	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F24961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RATZ, Aileen May(S.T.B., B.R.E.) - At Trinity Village Care Centre on Saturday, Oct. 4, 1997, aged 98 years, Aileen Ratz of 87 Kenwood Dr., Kitchener. Youngest daughter of the late Simon Ratz and Mary Weitzel Ratz of Elmira and predeceased by a family of ten. Dear friend of Olive Morris and Martha Good. She taught at a country school at No. 2, Peel and 13 Wellesley, then six years at Elmira Public School, the school in which she had grown up. After three years, she graduated from the Toronto Bible College, served six years in the Dinosaur Valley of Alberta under the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada, then six years with Miranda Brown as a co-worker in the Coke Ovens area of the Steel City of Cape Breton, N.S. After a period of study and graduation from Hartford School of Religious Education, she served in Community Mission work in Brunswick St. United Church for 18 years. Simultaneously with this work, she served 11 years as Port Receptionist of the United Church of Canada when thousands of immigrants entered our country by way of the Port of Halifax in the decades of the 50's and 60's. Her motto in life was the five L's - Live, Love, Laugh, Lift and the Lord will take care of the rest. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Cremation has taken place. Friends and relatives are invited to a memorial service in the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home and Chapel, 621 King St. W.,, Kitchener 519-745-9495 on Friday, Oct. 10, 1997, at 1 p.m., with Rev. Nancy Wetselaar officiating. Intermeat in Elmira Cemetery at a later date. The Record 6 Oct 1997 pg 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 16. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9662 (1890), Ratz-Weitzel. Simon H Ratz, merchant miller of Elmira, Birth Place: Woolwich Township Ont Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1859 Father Name: John Ratz Mother Name: Salome Ratz Spouse Name: Mary Weitzel, residence Tavistock Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse Birth Place: Tavistock Ont Spouse Father Name: John Weitzel Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Weitzel Marriage Date: 13 May 1890 Marriage Location: Perth, Tavistock

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Jul 1900 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1997 - 87 Kenwood Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Oct 1997 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth