Gertrude Wiebe: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Gertrude Wiebe was born 1884, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Gertrude Reimer
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158499
Immigration: 1926, , Canada

Gertrude — Rev. Gerhard Reimer. Gerhard was born 27 Nov 1876, , Russia; died 22 Aug 1931, Leamington, Mersea Twp., Essex Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Helen Reimer was born 1908, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 1994; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Elsie Reimer was born 1914, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 1963; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Clara Reimer was born 1917, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 2002; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Lydia Reimer was born Abt 1918, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died Bef 2008.
6. Gertrude Reimer was born Abt 1918, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died Bef 2008.
7. William Reimer was born Abt 1918, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died Bef 2008.
8. Gerhard Reimer was born 1924, , Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 28 Dec 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

Helen Reimer

(1.Gertrude¹) was born 1908, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 1994; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Helen Tiessen
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158504
Immigration: 1926, , Canada
Residence: 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Helen — Henry B. Tiessen. Henry (son of Tiessen) was born 1905; died 2002; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

3.	Elsie Reimer (1.Gertrude¹) was born 1914, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 1963; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158508 Immigration: 1926, , Canada

4.	Clara Reimer (1.Gertrude¹) was born 1917, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 2002; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158509 Immigration: 1926, , Canada

5.
Lydia Reimer (1.Gertrude¹) was born Abt 1918, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died Bef 2008.
Other Events:
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158503

Immigration: 1926, , Canada
6.
Gertrude Reimer (1.Gertrude¹) was born Abt 1918, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died Bef 2008.
Other Events:
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158507

Immigration: 1926, , Canada
7.
William Reimer (1.Gertrude¹) was born Abt 1918, of, Molotschna District, Ukraine; died Bef 2008.
Other Events:
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158510

Immigration: 1926, , Canada

Gerhard Reimer

(1.Gertrude¹) was born 1924, , Molotschna District, Ukraine; died 28 Dec 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Military: WW2
Name: Hardy Reimer
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158497P

Notes:

GERHARD REIMER 1924 - 2008 Passed away peacefully at Forest Heights Long Term Care Centre, in Kitchener, on Sunday, December 28, 2008, age 84 years. Hardy was born in the Molotschna district of Ukraine, to which his parents Gerhard and Gertrude (Wiebe) Reimer returned in 1921, after having lived for fifteen years - through the period of World War One and the Russian Revolution - in a Mennonite community in the Ufa district in northern Russia. In 1926, the family (including Hardy and his five sisters, Lydia (Thielman), Helen (Tiessen), Gertrude, Elsie, and Clara Reimer and his brother, William Reimer), joined other Mennonites to travel through Moscow, Liverpool, Saint John, and Montreal, to settle in Canada, first in Winnipeg. In 1930, the family settled in Leamington, Ontario, where Hardy's father, a minister, died a year later. The family moved to Kitchener in 1940. Hardy, who enjoyed sports like baseball, basketball, and swimming, attended Kitchener Collegiate Institute (KCI), but withdrew to enlist in the Canadian forces during World War Two. From the 1940s to the 1980s he worked at a number of jobs in Kitchener-Waterloo, including as a hospital orderly. He lived with his mother (who died in 1988) and sisters on Stirling Avenue, Homewood Avenue and, from the early 1950s, on Brick Street. Since 1997 he has lived at Forest Heights Long Term Care Centre, where family and friends who visited him frequently will now miss his gentle thoughtfulness and mischievous sense of humour. Hardy will be fondly remembered by nephews and nieces in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, and his sister-in-law,Verna Reimer of Oshawa. Hardy was predeceased by his parents, Gerhard and Gertrude (Wiebe) Reimer; all his siblings, and a nephew and niece. In Hardy's memory, donations to the Mennonite Central Committee can be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King Street South, Waterloo, phone 519-745-8445. A private family burial will take place at First Mennonite Cemetery in Kitchener.

The Waterloo Region Record newspaper Dec. 31, 2008