Dr. Owen S. Reist

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• Eby ID Number: 00090-5215
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Elected Office: 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve for Waterloo Township
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Owen Reist, "was born February 4th, 1866. He is married to Ellen, daughter of Samuel Bear. They reside at home with his father. Their family consists of one son named Levi Stanley."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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OWEN REIST, V.S., of Kossuth. was born in Woolwich in 1866. After passing through the public school of Kossuth he took his second-class teacher's certificate at the Galt Collegiate in 1886, afterward attending the Ontario Veterinary College, where he received the degree of V. S. in 1888, and has successfully practised his profession ever since. In 1892 he assumed his father's farm, later acquiring more farm property, in all nearly 300 acres. Mr. Reist held the position of Sanitary Inspector for Waterloo Township from 1891 to 1900, when he resigned to accept a seat in the township council, being elected reeve in 1906. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1902 and reappointed in 1905. He has held the office of school trustee and is recording steward for the Zion circuit of the Methodist Church.

Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 100 Years of Progress in Waterloo County Canada Semi-Centennial Souvenir 1856-1906 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 1906) pg 32

Owen married Mary Ellen Baer 19 Nov 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Samuel Baer and Hannah Snyder) was born 18 Jun 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Stanley Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5215.3
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Levi — Ida Shiry. Ida (daughter of Menno Shiry and Melvina Gehl) was born 22 Jan 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1953; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93899

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• Elected Office: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; alderman
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86412532
• Military: WW1 - medical corps army
• Residence: 730 King St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351500
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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REIST, CLAUDE OWEN was born in Kossuth, in Waterloo township and was educated at local schools and a. Galt Collegiate. he attended Queen's University where he joined the medical corps of the army in 1915, being stationed in Egypt. On his return to Canada he graduated from Queen's University in 1919.

He first practised in Collingwood and later in Tavistock before coming to Preston in 1919, an event mentioned by the Weekly Reporter on July 10th. :

Kossuth News - Jr. Claude Reist returned to his home here after spending two very profitable weeks at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The doctor was accompanied by his bride. The buzzsaw band was on hand and rendered good selections. Dr. Reist will locate in Preston as soon as a suitable place can be secured.

During the sixteen years he practised in Preston he became one of the leading physicians in the municipality.

In February 1935 He was appointed coroner, and in January of that year was elected alderman, and was returned by acclamation the following year.

He held the usual professional association offices, and was a member of the Preston Rotary Club where he was active in the committee dealing with crippled children, he was a sportsman, interested in hunting, and was a member of the Waterloo Golf and Country Club.

He died on January 29, 1936 in his fortieth year following an appendectomy. He was survived by his widow.

The Galt Daily Reporter said of him:

The deceased was well liked by all with whom he came in contact, he had a high sense of moral and civic pride. At the nomination meeting here in January Dr. Heist made the following statement "All citizens should work for the good of the town. Do not try to see what you can get out of the town but rather do what you can to help it". The late Doctor lived these words.

Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986

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Operation Leads To Death Of Alderman


Dr. Claude Reist Of Preston Fails To Rally From Appendicitis Surgery

PRESTON-Dr. Claude Reist, a member of the Preston Town Council and one of the community's leading physicians and surgeons, passed away in St. Mary's hospital at Kitchener at 12.30 o'clock this morning. He had recently entered hospital for an appendicitis operation.

News of Dr. Reist's passing came as a decided shock to citizens of Preston today. He had consulted a Hamilton friend some time ago and decided to enter hospital for the operation. Reports had indicated favorable progress but it is understood that over the weekend a turn far the worse developed. His condition became critical yesterday and after falling to rally he passed way. He was seriously ill some years ago with a bad heart condition, which aggravated his recovery in this illness.

Dr. Claude Reist entered the Town Council in the election of 19_5? when he drew one of the best votes ever recorded a man seeking public office. He was among the members of this year's council to be returned to office by acclamation in January.

Although a new official on the town's administrative body, the late Dr. Reist entered into the duties of office with zest. He was chosen chairman of the bylaws committee, the of the most important of the because of so many revisions amendments being required to codes governing business licences and so on. When the the committees were struck this year he again named to head this group and already had entered upon his task of making a number of alterations keeping with the times.

As one of the younger, and yet experienced business men in public here, Dr. Reist's name had frequently been mentioned for promotion and it would not have been surprising to have him contest a higher field next year, both the deputy reeveship and the reeveship being mentioned.

Dr. Reist was born Waterloo township 40 years ago. He was educated at school section 16 near his home and at the Galt Collegiate subsequently attending Queen's University. While in attendance there he enlisted in the Canadian Medical Corps, seeing service in Egypt. After the war he completed is medical course and graduated. He practised for a time in Tavistock and Collingwood, coming to Preston 16 years ago.

He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of St. Paul's United church and the Preston Rotary club. He is a past president of the South Waterloo Medical Association and was on the staff of the Galt General and St. Mary's hospitals. He was the staff medical representative on the St. Mary's Hospital board. He is survived by his mother, two brothers and a sister and by his widow, formerly Gladys Paul of Tavistock.

The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon with a short private service at his Queen street residence followed by a public service at 2.30 at St. Paul's United church. Burial will be made in the Preston Cemetery.

Kitchener Daily Record Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, Jan 29, 1936 Page 16

Claude married Gladys Marie Paul 11 Jun 1919, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Gladys was born 25 Jun 1896, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Nov 1964, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Verne Reist
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93900P
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Peter — Floris Clemens. Floris (daughter of Norman E. Clemens and Catharine Reist) died 2004; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Gertrude Ellen Prange
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53511

Gertrude — William Prange. William (son of Henry Christian Casper Prange and Leah Kramp) was born 30 Nov 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mildred Ruth Nickel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168701

Mildred — Felix Nickel. Felix (son of Felix Nickel and Leopoldine) was born Nov 1924; died 1988; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213054

Robert — Hazel G. Willems. Hazel (daughter of Sgt. Garret Willems and Nellie Fry) was born 1927; died 1993; was buried , Zion United Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351502

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200663
• Residence: 1987, 53 Menno St., Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Passed away at home, with family on Thursday, April 12, 2007 following a 1 1/2 year battle with Mesothelioma (asbestos related lung cancer). Roy was 74.

Beloved husband of Donna (Hammell). Loving father of Randy (Annie), Robyn and step-father of Cliff (Sarah). Dear grandpa of Sarah. Fondly remembered by his sisters Marion Wells, Nora Prange, sister-in-law Pat Prange and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He will also be missed by many wonderful friends both in Canada in the United States.

Roy was predeceased by his first wife Jeanette, parents Bill and Gertrude Prange, his brother Norman (Bud) and brother-in-law Sandy Wells.

Roy, a master plumber, was the owner and operator of Prange Pump Service Ltd. in Breslau for over 30 years. An avid hunter and fisherman he spent many happy years with his good friends at the Crooked Lake Hunting Camp. Roy enjoyed 10 wonderful years of retirement. Winters golfing in Florida and summers at his beautiful cottage on Williams Lake.

Roy's family will receive relatives and friends on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467. A service celebrating Roy's life will take place at 11 AM on Monday, April 16, 2007 in the chapel of the funeral home followed by a reception.

In lieu of flowers donations in Roy's memory may be made to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home).


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PRANGE, Roy - In memory of Roy, February 20, 1933 to April 12, 2007. A year goes by too fast, We miss you every day. Your generous, hardworking, honest spirit lives in us every day, With that we will carry on but never forget how much you have meant to us. With much love, your family.

WATERLOO REGION RECORD, Kitchener, Ontario - Apr. 12, 2008

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In Memoriam, PRANGE, Roy H. Feb. 20, 1933 - April 12, 2007 Roy, it has been five years since you left us. In that time your two sisters have also passed. We have welcomed four beautiful children into the family. You are now a great-grampa! We speak of you often, think of you daily and love you forever. Thank you, Roy - From a grateful family.

Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ontario - April 12, 2012

Roy married Jeanette Anna Battler 9 May 1959. Jeanette was born 1937; died 22 Apr 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200667

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WELLS, Marian Rose (nee Prange) It is with great sadness, the family of Marian Wells announces her sudden passing, surrounded by her children, in Florida, on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at the age of 76. Beloved wife of the late Sandy Roy Wells (2005). Cherished mother of the late John, James (Lori) of Collingwood, Karen (Lyle) Cressman of New Hamburg, Barbara of Kitchener, David (Deb) of Heidelburg, Scott (Bonnie) of Cambridge and Sandra (Jeremy) Cook of Plattsville. Proud grandma to Christi (Taylor), Jamie, Derek, Ryan (Diana), Brandon, Amber (Ryan), Nicholas, Shailyn, Micaela, Nathan, Matthew, Eric, Blake, Kara and Raelyn, and great-grandma of Lily, Sofia and Sienna. Dear sister of Nora Prange, and sister-in-law of Donna Prange and Pat Prange. Marian will be fondly remembered by her brothers and sisters-in-law; Irvin (Julie), the late Ruby Fife (Ivan), Uttley (Ruth), Dolores Cutler, Lily Tipple (Clarence), James (Joan), Rita Rhodey (George), Tom (Geneva) and Donald (Diane). She is predeceased by her brothers, Roy and Norman "Bud" Prange. Marian was a homemaker, an avid gardener, a golfer, a tennis player, the keeper of the grass and tender of the raspberries. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home on Friday from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Funeral service will take place on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the funeral home chapel. A reception will follow at the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. Private interment at Memory Gardens. For those who wish, donations in Marian's memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Share memories and condolences on-line at www.ratzbechtelfuneralhome.com

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200665

Norman — Patricia Ann "Pat" Klem. Patricia (daughter of Walter Klem and Nellie M. Underwood) was born 18 Mar 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nora Wells
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200666

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PRANGE, Nora
1935 - 2010

Passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, age 75 years. Formerly of Breslau, Nora resided in Kitchener for many years.

She will be fondly remembered by her sisters-in-law Patricia Prange of Waterloo and Donna Prange of Kitchener. Will be sadly missed by nieces Karen Cressman (Lyle), Dawn Fulcher (Paul), Barbara Wells, Robyn Prange, Heidi Prange, Sandra Cook (Jeremy); nephews, Jim Wells (Lori), Randy Prange (Anne), William Prange (Jacki), David Wells (Deb), Scott Wells (Bonnie) and Clifford Hammell (Sarah).

Nora will be lovingly remembered by her longtime best friend Ralph Beggs.

Predeceased by her parents Gertrude (Reist) and William Prange; nephew John Wells; brothers Roy and Norman (Bud) Prange and a sister Marion Wells and her husband Roy.

A special thank you to Paula Joyes and her staff from K-W Habilitation Services, to the Kinsmen Centre and also Betty Rhindress for her care and support.

Nora's family will receive friends at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. At 2 p.m. a memorial service will take place in the chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Bruce Sweet officiating. A reception will follow in the Fireside Reception Room. Cremation has taken place and interment in Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. Condolences for the family and donations to the Kinsmen Centre may be arranged through the funeral home www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

Nora — Sandy Roy Wells. Sandy died 2005. [Group Sheet]

Jane — Roy Norman Rabe. (son of Henry Norman Rabe and Lucinda Wilhelm) [Group Sheet]

Nancy — Frederick Carl Kinsie. (son of Archibald Donald "Archie" Kinsie and Nellie Elizabth Burkholder) [Group Sheet]

Eleanor — Raymond Harold Cressman. (son of Donald Cressman and Shirley Mader) [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200670