Elmina Catherine Trautman

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• Name: Elmina Catherine Koehler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208619

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KOEHLER, Elmina Catherine (Trautman) - February 19,1915, October 31, 2005. Peacefully, on Monday, October 31,2005 at Trinity Village Care Centre, amidst the love of her family, in her 91st year.

Predeceased by Lorne (2000), her loving husband of 57 years. Sadly missed ) and always remembered by her children, Anne Maria McKerral (Cal), Rosemary Guerreiro (Michael), Virginia Anderson (Robert) and Mary Jane Gutoskl (Donald) and her grand-children, Steven, Angela, Andrew, Amy, Jocelyn and Graham. Also remembered by her sisters, Sister Leona Trautman, Rita Hastings and Kathleen Maynard; her brother, Howard Trautman and many nieces and nephews.

Raised in Formosa, Ontario, Elmina lived in Kitchener for over seventy years. She was first employed at Tony Day Knitters and later at Terry Williams Sweater Company for more than twenty years when she retired in 1981 to care for her grandson. A 43 year breast cancer survivor, Elmina devoted much of her life to caring for others. She was a longtime member of St. Francis of Assisi RC Church and the Catholic Women's League.

The family will receive friends and relatives at Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel (742-4481), 51 31 Benton St., Kitchener on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Parish prayers will be at 8:45 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at St. Francis of Assisi RC Church (Blueridge Ave.) on Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 10 a.m. woith Father Joseph de Viveiros CR officiating. Cremation to follow. A reception will be held in the church hall.

Elmina — Lorne William Koehler. Lorne (son of Carl Conrad Bierman "Charles" "Pop" Koehler and Carolina "Carrie" Wunder) was born 17 Jan 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]