Jacob Harvey "Harvey' Kolb

Other Events:

• Military: (R99642 - R.C.A.F.)
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184930

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Kolb, Jacob Harvey (R99642 - R.C.A.F.)

Passed away at home in Aylmer on February 2nd in his 89th year. Only son of Titus L. Kolb and Priscilla Shantz. He is survived by his beloved wife Grace (Knechtel), much loved children John and his friend Liz of Kitchener, Jim and his wife Sharon of New Hamburg and Julia and her husband Kirk of Aylmer, his adored grandchildren Jeffrey and his fiancée Lindsay, Jennifer, Jared and his friend Erika, Jane, Jill Kolb, Ellie and Libby Cook and his great-grandson, Noah Kolb-Bromley. Also survived by sister Esther Hess of Goshen, Indiana. Predeceased by his parents, sisters Leda Kolb, Myrtle Liechty, Charlea Snyder, and Gertrude Edgeworth and brothers-in-law Howard Snyder, Leslie Edgeworth, Charles Hess, and Gordon Liechty. Cremation has taken place. Harvey's family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, February 5, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. and on Saturday from 1-1: 45 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467. A memorial service will take place in the chapel of the funeral home at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2010 followed by a reception. As expressions of sympathy donations to Mennonite Central Committee or Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Harvey's memorial. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. From Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray

Waterloo Region Record, February 3, 2010

Jacob — Grace Knechtel. Grace (daughter of Jonas O. Knechtel and Louise Violet Schwalm) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]