Verena Ida Witmer: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Verena Ida Witmer was born 18 Nov 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 May 1936, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 May 1936, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Ida Witmer
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203640
Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Witmer.-Verena Ida, the only daughter of Mrs. Jesse A. Witmer, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., on Nov. 18, 1910; passed away at Preston, Ont., May 24, 1936; aged 25 y. 6 m. 6 d. She had been in failing health for some time and the end came peacefully on the above date. In her early years she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and became a member of the Blenheim Mennonite congregation. She bore her affliction with Christian fortitude, expressing a love for her Savior, keeping on the victory side, and manifested a keen interest in the mission cause. She left a bright testimony and expressed a desire to depart and be with her Lord. Her mother is the lone survivor, her father having died twenty years ago, and a brother a year later. Funeral services were held on May 26 with services at the home by Bro. B. B. Shantz and at the Hagey Church with Bro. B. B. Shantz in charge, assisted by M. H. Shantz. Text, Psa. 39: 4, 5. Burial in the Wanner Cemetery.

Gospel Herald, June 11, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.11 - page 239, 240