Caroline Roos Guggisberg

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• Birth: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Caroline Roos Janzen
• Name: Rose Guggisberg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32659
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Caroline married Charles Henry Janzen 12 Feb 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles (son of Mayor Henry Louis Janzen and Eliza M. Koppe) was born 9 Sep 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188650
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Louis — Gladys Marguerite Seitz. Gladys (daughter of Michael Joseph Seitz and Matilda Ellen "Ellen" Lambertus) was born 5 May 1909, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died 21 Jun 2000; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188651
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145908

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HENRY JANZEN 1915 - 2007 Passed away peacefully on December 29, 2007 at Golden Years Retirement Home in Cambridge. Henry Leon Janzen was in his 93rd year. Beloved husband of Emily (Drexler) for 43 years. Brother of Margaret Currie of Ayr. Brother-in-law of Mary (Jerome) Lorentz, Verne Drexler, Rose Petherick and Mary (Charles) Drexler. Survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, Charles and Rose (Guggisburg) Janzen; brothers, Robert, Frederick and Louis; sister, Elizabeth Dreger. Henry grew up and spent his life in the Breslau area at Springbrook Farm Nursery. His father Charles was Kitchener's Horticulturist and was responsible for the beautiful Rockway Gardens that we all enjoy today. Henry graduated in Horticulture from the University of Guelph. He was a member of the Grand River Conservation Society and the Waterloo Township Council. Uncle Henry was very interested in finances and was a member of various investment clubs. He loved to give many of us some good tips. Visitation will take place at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street S., Waterloo, on Wednesday January 2, 2008 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the funeral home, the Rev. Ronald Voisin officiating. Reception to follow the service. Donations to Salvation Army and Heart and Stroke will gratefully be accepted and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home, 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com. In living memory of Henry, a tree will be planted through the Trees for learning Program by the funeral home.

The Record Newspaper 31 Dec 2007

Henry — Emily Marie Drexler. Emily (daughter of Bernard Drexler and Theresia Barbara Kloepfer) was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 2016, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Miriam Dreger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-49786
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Elizabeth Dreger, a native of Kitchener, gave distinguished service to her community and her country. She graduated from MacDonald Institute, Guelph, with a diploma in Household Science.

She was actively involved with the K-W Business and Professional Women's Club, the Kitchener Horticultural Society, the K-W Gyrettes, the Kitchener YWCA and served as treasurer of the National YWCA. She was a charter member of the Ontario Press Council, a member of the board of governors of the University of Waterloo (1972-1975), the board of governors of Conestoga College (1967-1975), and the board of directors of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation (chairman for three years). She was also a member of the Research Committee of the Pioneer Builders Section of the Waterloo County Hall of Fame.

Dreger was President of the Western Ontario Progressive Women's Association and chairman of the women's advisory committee for Ontario. In 1956, she was elected president of the Progressive Conservative Women's Association of Canada and became the first woman in Canada to preside at sessions of a national party convention.


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Elizabeth — Mayor Frederick Louis Dreger. Frederick (son of Frederick William Dreger and Martha Marie Plath) was born 8 Feb 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1988; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145909