Leah B. Brubacher^{[1, 2]}

1896 - 1976  (80 years)

• Name	Leah B. Brubacher
  Born	6 Aug 1896	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181732167
  Residence	1911	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1921	94 Lancaster St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-57365
  Died	5 Dec 1976	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I57365	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Menno B. Brubacher,   b. 16 Jul 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jul 1952  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Brubacher,   b. 20 Sep 1876, , Ohio, USA ,   d. 13 Jun 1957, RR1, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1895	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F7637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Bender,   b. 17 Feb 1888, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Marie Bender,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Earl Cecil Bender,   b. 27 Jun 1907, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Dec 2002  (Age 95 years)   3. Lorne Edward Bender,   b. 8 Apr 1919, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   4. Ruth Kathleen Bender,   b. 2 Nov 1925,   d. 9 Jan 2009  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F244113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BENDER, Mrs. Leah - At South Waterloo Memorial Hospital on Sunday, December 5, 1976, Leah Brubacher age 80 years, of Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge (Preston). She was a member of Hespeler Missionary Church. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Meno B. Brubacher. Mother of Lorne of Kitchener, Mrs. Ruth Bennett of Guelph; step-mother of Earl of Waterloo; also survived by 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was the last surviving member of her family, having been predeceased by her husband Edward in 1953, four sisters, one daughter, one step-son and one step-daughter. Resting at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, for funeral service in the chapel Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Wayne Shirton officiating. Interment Memory Gardens,

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lorne Edward Bender. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Edward Bender - 29 Jan 1953, pg 3. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-7 Page 4. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 1. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 14. [S3231] Find A Grave, Gardens, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Gardens, M. (1896). Leah Brubacher Bender (1896-1976) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 12 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181732167/leah-bender. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Edward Bender Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 21 Aug 1917 Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 30 Birth Year (Estimated): 1887 Wallace Twp Occ: felt worker - Kitchener Father's Name: Jacob Bender Mother's Name: Elizabeth Bender Spouse's Name: Leah Brubaker Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1896 Woolwich Spouse's Father's Name: Menno Brubaker Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Brubaker [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012517-95 Menno Brubacher. Menno BRUBACHER, 23, farmer, Woolwich Twp, Woolwich Twp, s/o Daniel & Elizabeth married Elizabeth BRUBACHER, 19, Ohio, Woolwich Twp, d/o Abraham & Leah, witn Daniel & David BRUBACHER both of Woolwich, 24 September 1895 in Woolwich Twp

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Aug 1896 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Aug 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Dec 1976 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth