Lydia Doerbecker

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Haist
• Eby ID Number: 00137-8377.66
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist N. C .
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1921, 30 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

HAPPILY MARRIED.

HAIST-DOERBECKER.

"Hear the mellow wedding bells,golden bells, What a world of happiness their harmony foretells."

On Wednesday, April 12th, the home of Mr. Menno L. Weber of St. Jacobs was the scene of a quiet but very pretty wedding when Miss Lydia Doerbecker, youngest daughter of Mr., Valentine Doerbecker was nited in marriage to Mr. Martin F. Haist, of Tavistock. Exactly at 11.45 a. m. Mendelssohn's Wedding March was played by Miss Hannah Weber of Listowel. The bride was assisted by the Misses Hamel of Berlin, while Mr. Edward Doerbecker of Chicago and Mr. H. Haist of East Zorra looked after the interests of the groom. Rev. D. H. Brandt officiated. About forty guests sat down to a sumptuous wedding dinner, after which the bridal party left for their honeymoon trip amid showers of rice. Upon their return they settle down at Cassel where Mr. Haist owns a fine farm. The numerous and costly presents received by the bride show the high esteem in which she is held in and around St. Jacobs. Congratulations.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 20 Apr 1899, p. 4

Lydia married Martin Y. Haist 12 Apr 1899, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Martin (son of Bernardt Haist and Magdalena Yost) was born 16 Oct 1870, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Lydia — Haist. was born Abt 1868; died Bef 1921. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Ella May Shelley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150604

Ella — Lester Weber Shelley. Lester (son of Jacob Cook Shelley and Maria Ann L. "Mary" Weber) was born 23 Aug 1894, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-322110
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Felt Factory
• Residence: 1921, 30 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Other Events:

• Military: Royal Canadian Air Force
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179714P

Notes:

Dr. Robert Shelley, 84, passed away peacefully on Friday March 29, 2013, surrounded by family at his home in Tillamook, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Bob was born on Feb. 25, 1929 to Lester and Ella Shelley in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and was the second oldest of five children.

Bob was predeceased by his first wife, Dorothy in 1984 after 30 years of marriage, and by his second wife, Sheila in 2011 after 25 years of marriage.

Bob is survived by his children, John (Andrea Johnstone) of Toronto; Brett (Shelley) of Amherstburg; Dawn Elliott of Woodstock; Drew (Brenda) of Stratford; stepchildren, Mitch (Cindy) Parker of Tillamook; Melinda Parker (Eric Angstadt) of San Francisco; Melissa Robinson of Los Angeles; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; siblings, Elaine Iglin of Meaford, Ontario; John (Cindy) of La Jolla; Doris Maxwell of Ottawa and David of Oakville; and many other loving nieces, nephews and relatives.

Bob earned his medical degree at the University of Western Ontario while enlisted in the Royal Officers Training Programme with the Royal Canadian Air Force. After graduation, he was stationed at Rockcliffe Air Base in Ottawa where he attained the rank of squadron leader and served as Command Medical Officer Air Material Command. He moved to Amherstburg in 1960 where he worked as a general practitioner for more than 30 years, including 20 years as Coroner. He delivered many babies in Amherstburg and patients will remember him as one of the last doctors to continue making house calls.

Bob was active in the Amherstburg community and served as Chairman of the Board of the local community centre, and also on the boards of the House of Shalom Teen and Youth Social Centre and the Handicap Residential Housing Committee.

Bob retired in 1989 and sailed the Caribbean for two years with wife Sheila in their sloop Skylark, and then after returning to Windsor for a 3-year locum, moved to Tillamook where he and Sheila built their dream home in the coastal mountains. During his 15 years in Tillamook, Bob was active in the Master Gardeners and also served as president of the local bridge chapter. He will be fondly remembered and sadly missed by the many friends he made here.

He concluded his final days with this quote…

"It's been a great ride, thanks for all the fun and fond memories!"

Celebrations of Bob's life will be held in Tillamook and in Ontario, Canada.

The Headlight Herald, Tillamook, OR April 9, 2013