Apollonia "Abbie" Bitschey

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• Name: Abbie Bitschey
• Name: Apollonia "Abbie" Kieffer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144272P
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Keeper
• Residence: 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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Elmira --Mrs. Louis Kieffer, 85 of Elmira, formerly of Maryhill, who died Friday at Elmira Private Hospital, was born near Bloomingdale. The former Abbie Bitschy, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bitschy. She was a member of St. Theresa's RC Church, Elmira, and the Catholic Women's League. Her husband predeceased her in 1951. Surviving are two sons, Vincent of Guelph and William of Kitchener; one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Mary) Drexler of Elmira; one brother, Valentine Beechey of Kitchener; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Two brothers and one sister predeceased her. The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira until Monday morning when prayers will be said at 9: 15 a.m. Removal will be made to St. Boniface RC Church, Maryhill for requiem high mass at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. V. J. Pickett will officiate. The rosary will be recited at the funeral parlor Sunday at 8 p.m.


Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Saturday, July 17, 1965

Apollonia married Louis J. Kieffer 1910, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario. Louis (son of Adam Kieffer and Theresa May) was born Jun 1884, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Mar 1951, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Catharine Drexler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94930

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DREXLER, Mary Catherine Passed away at Chartwell LTC Elmira, on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Mary celebrated her 100th birthday on April 17th with a wonderful party. Mary was the loving mother of Joyce (Bill) Shantz, Deanna (Don) Nimmo, Betty (Jack) Strauss, Margaret Bisch (Paul Floto), Helen (Gord) Beal, Charles (Janice) Drexler, and Robert (Bev) Drexler. She is survived by 20 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. Mary was predeceased by her husband Charles Drexler (1997), parents Louis and Abbie (Bitschy) Kieffer, brothers Vincent Kieffer and William Kieffer, grandson Robin Bisch, and her Drexler in-laws. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Mass will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, 19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira. Reception to follow in the church hall. The family wishes to thank the Chartwell staff for the care Mary received during the time she resided there. Donations to Woolwich Community Services Food Bank, 5 Memorial Ave., Elmira, ON N3B 2P8 would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. www.dresingerfuneralhome.com

The Waterloo Region Record, 17 May 2016

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Mary — Charles Sebastian Drexler. Charles (son of Bernard Drexler and Theresia Barbara Kloepfer) was born 15 May 1910, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1997, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

— Douglas J. Bisch. (son of Carl Joseph Bisch and Florabelle Koebel) [Group Sheet]