Elva Kraft

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• Name: Elva Quickfall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156943
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Elva — Arthur B. Quickfall. Arthur (son of Allen Edwin Quickfall and Sarah M. Brubacher) was born 14 Sep 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Feb 1984; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Herb Quickfall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-154825

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QUICKFALL, Herbert (Herbie) Arthur 84, died July 18, 2013 at St. Mary's General Hospital in Kitchener where he received wonderful care. Born May 6, 1929 in Waterloo Township to Arthur and Elva (Kraft) Quickfall. Loving husband of Barbara Anne (Boettger) Quickfall for 52 years. Much loved father of Heather and John Leffler, Rick Quickfall and Geovana dos Santos, Phil Quickfall and Heather Godwin. Cherished grandfather of Sarah and Lisa Leffler, Helen (Leffler) and Robert Smith, Max and Emma Quickfall. Brother to Alice and Cam Clair. Herb will be missed by his sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, honorary grandchildren, friends and neighbours. Predeceased by his parents, sister Ruth and brother-in-law Hugh Craig. Farming his Kraft grandparents farm, 620 km west of Montreal (Bridgeport), Herb owned a livestock trucking business. With Jim Clayfield, their company Fall Land Fields farmed near Breslau and employed many young people. After selling his trucking business to K & H Quickfall, Herb worked for Norstern Meat Packers and several owners who followed them. Incredibly generous, Herb provided leadership and space on the farm for generations of 1st Bridgeport Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Rovers. He was a faithful member and leader of Bridgeport United Church, a member of the Bridgeport Lions Club for over 40 years and a committed member of the Bridgeport Community Association. Gardeners, neighbours and members of The Healing of the Seven Generations enjoyed sharing the farm and river flats. Herb and Barb welcomed friends from around the world into their home through Scouts, Lions and other exchange programs. Herb was awarded the Silver Acorn in 1978 for distinguished service to Scouting and the Lions Club's Helen Keller and Melvin Jones Awards. Herb touched the lives of countless people of all ages. Herb's family will share memories with friends at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Friday, July 26, 2013 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A Celebration of Herb's Life will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 3 p.m. at the Bridgeport Community Centre, 20 Tyson Dr., Kitchener. Friends and family are invited to stay or drop in after the service for a time of food, fellowship and sharing stories of Herb until 7: 00 p.m. Dad, you can stop looking, you're in the paper today. We will miss you, your stories and wonderful sense of humour. Condolences for the family and donations to the Bridgeport Lions Club, Bridgeport United Church or the Mission and Service Fund of The United Church of Canada may be arranged through the funeral home www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

Herbert — Barbara Anne Boettger. Barbara (daughter of David Warren "Warren" Boettger and Kathleen Jennie"Kay" Lough) was born 8 Jun 1940; died 9 Apr 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24173

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Phil Quickfall grew up in a family enriched by the world and the community

Phil Quickfall of Waterloo, born: April 11, 1970, in Bridgeport, died: Oct. 4, 2018, of a cardiac failure

by Valerie Hill Waterloo Region Record

WATERLOO - Phil Quickfall and his siblings, Heather Leffler and Rick Quickfall, grew up in a rather unconventional household.

Their parents, Herb and Barbara Quickfall, believed in welcoming the world into their huge 1835 Georgian farmhouse outside Bridgeport, home of six generations of Quickfalls, where everyone and anyone was welcome to live, hang out for awhile or just use the land.

The extended family, which includes dozens of cousins, were regular visitors or sometimes boarders and there was often exchange students from around the world living there plus the Lions Club used the house for their meetings. The place was never empty.

Outdoors, the couple had given land to a First Nations drumming group to build a sweat lodge and erect a teepee. They also turned their greenhouse over to the Working Centre for a therapeutic herb nursery, for people with mental health issues.

For her own kids, Barbara, an artist and avid outdoorswoman, would take them camping and on nature walks and there wasn't much she wouldn't allow them to do in the house. Messes were never a consideration. Barbara wanted her kids and later grandkids, to let their imaginations run free even if it meant floors would be littered with boxes and glitter.

This was the creative world Phil grew up in, a world that fed his inquisitive nature and bright mind.

Heather and Rick were nine and eight years old when this surprise little brother was born April 11, 1970. He was cute and fun to play with but the elder siblings thought perhaps their parents were a bit more lenient with him than they were with them, so they took on a parenting role.

Did Phil complain? Heather thinks not, that he mostly ignored his older siblings' bossiness.

From the time he was a kid, Phil was driven to achieve.

His love of music and stories can be attributed to his mom who would sit with him at his Suzuki violin lessons starting at age three and she would read to him and sing songs.

"When he was in (Bluevale) high school, he did everything," said Rick, noting his brother served on the student council and had won all the awards available to students, including sports, theatre and academics. The school had to create a new award to recognize his achievements.

"By the time he graduated, he was pretty sick of school," said Rick. "He had really good grades and everyone expected him to go to university."

But Phil wasn't ready, he needed a break and took a labour job with the City of Waterloo, mostly ditch digging. When he turned 22, Phil decided perhaps school wasn't so bad after all.

Phil completed a degree in civil engineering at the University of Waterloo and became a professional engineer, starting his career at Stantec then moving on to the City of Waterloo. At the time of his death at age 48 on Oct. 14 from a suspected cardiac arrest, he was director of water services.

Having worked quite literally in the trenches for the city, Phil was cognizant of what it was like for staff to follow an engineer's plans. What worked on paper didn't necessarily work in real life.

Rick joked "he remembered the stupid things engineers did and he tried not to do that."

Through his university years, Phil had not kept up with his music but his sister said that about a decade ago he starting thinking that if he had children he needed to be a role model when his own kids took music lessons. So he picked up the violin again, studying under violinist/composer Jeff Enns.

In high school, Phil had played in the band and he performed a violin solo in the school's production of "Camelot" but as an adult, he mostly entertained at family functions.

Described by friends as "one of the best" Phil was always the guy who treated everyone the same, whether it was a janitor or a manager and he had a way of making you feel you were the most important person in the room.

His siblings said Phil was a real people person and in fact, during his engineering co-op program he inadvertently applied for a customer service job with a computer support company. Oddly the company hired him because he was good at connecting with people and he understood technology.

Phil met high school teacher Heather Godwin through mutual friends and they married in August 2005. The couple had two children, Max and Emma, now nine and seven years old.

Phil loved being a dad. In fact he just loved kids. Nieces and nephews could do pretty much anything to him, he was infinitely patient. Phil was the uncle everyone went to for advice or help.

Among his friends, Phil was the glue, the one who brought everyone together, embracing friendships dating back to elementary school. Phil valued people, regardless of their social status.

"It didn't matter who Phil connected with, to him people were people," said his sister.

His parents, Herb and Barbara died in2013 and 2015, respectively and the farm was sold, the old house torn down.

Heather said "it was a significant place to grow up."

The Quickfall homestead was an enriching place and helped formed the man Phil would become, rooted to his community, embraced by his family.


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