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

Elizabeth Steckly

Female 1909 - 1991  (~ 81 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Steckly 
    Born Aug 1909  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46128424 
    Name Elizabeth Gerber 
    Name Lizzie Steckley 
    Residence 1911  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1991  RR1, Millbank, Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-160991 
    Died 20 Mar 1991  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Buried Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly 3rd Line], Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I160991  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Nicholas W. Steckly,   b. 24 Apr 1870, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1931  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Catherina B. "Kate" Jantzi,   b. 20 Jun 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1953  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F20842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emmanuel W. Gerber,   b. Between 1911 and 1912, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1996, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Enos Gerber
     2. Marie Susan Gerber,   b. 14 Aug 1936, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1991, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     3. Kathryn Elizabeth Gerber,   b. 1938, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 2009, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     4. Bishop Arthur Gerber,   b. 5 Oct 1939, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 2018, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Amy Gerber
     6. Nicholas Joseph Gerber
     7. Stanley Emmanuel Gerber
     8. Margaret Gerber,   b. 9 Aug 1947, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 2018, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     9. Shirley Pauline Gerber
     10. David Glenn Gerber
     11. Gordon Ross Gerber,   b. 16 Nov 1954, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1963  (Age 8 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F12361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • GERBER, Mrs. Emmanuel (Elizabeth)

      Peacefully, on Wednesday, March 20, 1991, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Elizabeth Gerber, of RR 1, Millbank.

      Mrs. Gerber was born in Wilmot township 81 years ago. She was a daughter of the late Nicholas Steckly and the late Catherine Jantzi. Elizabeth was a member of the Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Church.

      Loving wife of Emmanuel W. Gerber of RR 1, Millbank; dear mother of Enos and his wife Rita Gerber of Milverton, Marie and her husband Ivan Jantzi of RR 1, Brunner, Kathryn and her husband Willis Kuepfer of RR 1, Newton, Arthur and his wife Laurene Gerber of RR 1, Gads Hill, Amy and her husband Melvin Kuepfer of RR 1, Newton, Nicholas and his wife Emma Gerber of RR 3, Wellesley, Stanley and his wife Erma Gerber of Brunner, Margaret and her husband Raymond Wagler of Wellesley, Shirley and her husband Larry Gerber of RR 1, Millbank, David and his wife Marilyn Gerber of RR 1, Millbank; dear sister of Nancy and her husband Amos Zehr of Millbank; dear sister-in-law of Ida Steckly of Corfu, N.Y., Mary Zehr of RR 1, Wellesley, Katie Steckly of Wellesley and Emma Steckly of RR 1, Brunner. She is lovingly remembered by 37 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren.

      She was predeceased by one son, Gordon, October 20, 1963; also by one grandson and one great-granddaughter, four brothers and four sisters.

      Visitation at the Futher Bros. Funeral Home, 40 Henry St., Wellesley, where the family will receive friends this evening (Thursday) from 7-9 p.m. and on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The family service will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m., followed by the funeral service at the Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Church at 2 p.m.. Rev. Mahlon Gerber will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

      Memorials to the Christian Missions to the Communist World would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Mar 1991

  • Sources 
    1. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 10.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Gerber - 21 Mar 1991.

    3. [S533] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Internet Link.
      Elizabeth Steckley/ beloved wife/ of/ Emmanuel W Gerber/ born Aug 3 1909/ died Mar 20 1991/ age 81 years

    4. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Emmanuel W. Gerbert - 22 May 1996.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Aug 1909 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1991 - RR1, Millbank, Perth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Mar 1991 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly 3rd Line], Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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