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Catherine "Katie" Schuetz

Female 1891 - 1964  (73 years)


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  1. 1.  Catherine "Katie" Schuetz was born 5 Jan 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72891947
    • Name: Catherine "Katie" Brezina
    • Name: Katie Schuetz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36659
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Typist, Newspaper
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1964, 50 Madison Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mrs. Anthony Brezina

    Mrs. Anthony Brezina, 73, of 50 Madison Ave. S. died today at St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness.

    She was the former Catherine Schuetz, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuetz and a lifelong. resident of Kitchener.
    Mrs. Brezina was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and the Silver Cross Women.

    Surviving are her husband to whom she was married here in 1911; three sons. Harry F., Wilfred H. G. and Laverne W., all of Kitchener; a brother, Henry Schuetz of Kitchener, and six grandchildren. One son, Roy, died in infancy, and another, Flt.-Sgt. Fred Brezina, was killed overseas in the Second World War.

    The body will be at the Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home until noon Saturday when removal will be made to St. Peter's Luth eran Church for service at 2 p.m. Rev. Dr. H. W. Opperman will officiate. Temporary en tombment will be in Woodland Mausoleum, followed by burial in the family plot in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.

    Catherine — Anthony "Tony" Brezina. Anthony (son of Anton Brezina and Franziska Hosek) was born 17 Sep 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Sep 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harry F. Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1913; died 2005; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Wilfred H. Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jun 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Apr 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Sergeant Frederick George Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1944, Delmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland; was buried , Dunure Cemetery, Dunure, , Ayr, Scotland.
    4. 5. Laverne W. Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Apr 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 6. Roy Wesley Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Aug 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harry F. Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born 1913; died 2005; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-400653

    Harry — Margaret E. Jacobi. Margaret (daughter of Herbert Henry Jacobi and Emma Philipina Guenzler) was born 1917, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jan 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Jan 1978, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. James F. Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. John F. Brezina  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Wilfred H. Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born 15 Jun 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Apr 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227862


  3. 4.  Sergeant Frederick George Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1944, Delmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland; was buried , Dunure Cemetery, Dunure, , Ayr, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • Military: WW2
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98670P

    Notes:

    KILLED IN ACTION

    Sgt. Frederick George Brezina, R.C.A.F., 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Brezina, 50 Albert St. S.

    Sgt. Brezina, a bombardier with the R.C.A.F. overseas, was killed in action July 18, at Delmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was buried at St. Dunure Cemetery, Ayrshire, at two o'clock, July 22.

    That is the information received by his parents by telegram and letter within the past few days. Sgt. Brezina is the third oldest of the family of four sons, all serving in the air force.

    Wilfred works with air force equipment somewhere in France; PO. Laverne is serving in England; Harry is an instructor at the Polson, Man., station. The four boys were members of the Scots Fusiliers reserve unit before enlisting.

    Fred was born and educated in Kitchener, and worked at the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. of Canada, Ltd., before joining the air force, Dec. 9, 1941. He left for overseas Sept. 3, 1943.

    The airman was a talented enter tainer and lightning cartoonist, and planned to make a career as an en tertainer after the war. 31/44


  4. 5.  Laverne W. Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born 26 Mar 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Apr 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72905296
    • Military: WW2 - R.C.A.F.
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227863
    • Residence: 1944, 50 Albert St. S., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Serving overseas \endash PO L. W. Brezina, RCAF, 50 Albert Street South, is serving overseas.


  5. 6.  Roy Wesley Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born 7 Aug 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227861



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  James F. Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (2.Harry2, 1.Catherine1)

  2. 8.  John F. Brezina Descendancy chart to this point (2.Harry2, 1.Catherine1)


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