John Albert "Albert" Steiss

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100336349
• Name: A. J. Steiss
• Name: Albert Steiss
• Name: J. Albert Steiss
• Residence: 61 Ezra Ave., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-307016
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cheese Maker
• Occupation: 1911, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cheese Maker in factory
• Residence: 1911, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cheese Maker, Lymburger
• Residence: 1921, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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J. Albert Steiss of 61 Ezra Ave., Waterloo, died Monday at K-W Hospital. He was 93.

The last surviving member of his family, Mrs. Steiss was born Nov. 12, 1876, at Heidelberg, son of the late Adam Steiss and Elizabeth Huehnergard. He moved to Waterloo in 1959.

For many years he was treasurer of Woolwich Township and had been retired for 11 years. He was a member of Emmanuel United Church, Waterloo.

His wife, the former Ada Weber, died in 1963. He was also predeceased by a son, Earl, in 1955 and by three brothers and three sisters. Surviving are two grandchildren.

The body is at the Edward R. Good funeral Home, Waterloo, where the funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 pm. Rev. W. H. H. Stewart of Emmanuel Church will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Heidelberg.

Elmira Signet 18 Feb 1970

John — Ada Matilda Weber. Ada (daughter of Christian S. Weber and Margaret "Maggie" Schneider) was born 2 Jul 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Hillside United Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: life story, military
• Military: Canadian Army - Intelligence Service
• Military: WW2
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-111899
• Residence: 1911, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Erle A. Steiss Dies Age 49

Erle Addison Steiss, manager of the investment department of the Canada Trust Company and Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation, died suddenly yesterday in Toronto Western Hospital. Mr. Steiss, in his 50th year, suffered a brain hemorrhage in Toronto Saturday morning. He came to London in 1946, after five years overseas with the rank of major in the Canadian Army intelligence service in World War II.

Previously in his career he had been instructor of accounting at Harvard University at Boston from 1929 to 1931; was with Standard Statistics, New York City, 1931 to 1933; and was assistant to the president, Canadian General Investments, 1933 to 1941, when he entered the army. He came to London in July, 1946, as investment department manager with the old London and Western Trust organization, which the same year was amalgamated with the Huron and Erie Corporation and Canada Trust Company. He was a regular lecturer at the School of Business Administration, University of Western Ontario. The only child of J. Albert and Ada May Steiss, he was born at Heidelburg, [sic] near Kitchener, and was educated at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, the University of Toronto and Harvard University.

Mr. Steiss was a member of the Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist; past director of Forest City Kiwanis Club; president of the London branch of the Institute of International Affairs; member of the London Club and Canadian Club, in London and the Albany Club, Eglinton Hunt Club and Royal Canadian Yacht Club, in Toronto; and in 1941 was vice-president of the Canadian Club in Toronto. Surviving besides his parents are his wife, the former Jean Schneider, whom he married in 1947, and two small daughters, Janet and Deborah. He lived at RR 6, London. The body is resting at the George E. Logan and Sons funeral home here until tomorrow. A service will be held at eight o'clock tomorrow night in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, and the funeral will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Dreisinger funeral home, Elmira, with burial in Heidelburg Cemetery. The Very Rev. Archdeacon C. W. Foreman, rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, will officiate at both services

London Free Press 12 Apr 1955

Erle married Jean E. Schneider 1947. Jean (daughter of Herbert H. Schneider and Edna Lichty) was born 1924, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Apr 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hillside United Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]