Cora Odella Schmidt: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Cora Odella Schmidt was born 7 Apr 1894; died 28 Oct 1979; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Cora Odella Swartz
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37271
Residence: 1932, 35 Cedar St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Cora — Wellington Bergey Swartz. Wellington (son of Abraham H. Swartz and Susannah Bergey) was born 9 Mar 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Arlie Marie Swartz was born 9 Apr 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 2009.
3. James H. "Jim" Swartz was born 15 Nov 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2002.

Generation: 2

Arlie Marie Swartz

(1.Cora¹) was born 9 Apr 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 2009.

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Name: Arlie Marie Bentley
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-225707

Arlie married Walter Robert Bentley 18 Aug 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Walter was born 14 Feb 1915, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1984. [Group Sheet]

James H. "Jim" Swartz

(1.Cora¹) was born 15 Nov 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2002.

Other Events:

Honoured: Waterloo Hall of Fame
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-225700
Residence: 1964, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Jim Swartz, born in Kitchener, was an outstanding basketball and baseball player in his youth, and a supporter of sport in the Region of Waterloo throughout his life.

He was the leading scorer and captain of the K-W YMCA Blues (basketball) which he led to the Canadian Championship in 1953. After his playing days, Swartz coached basketball at Wilfrid Laurier University on a volunteer basis in the early 1960s. He refereed basketball games at both the high school and university levels and he administered the KW Referees Association and conducted training clinics for two generations of referees.

Swartz was actively involved in the Kitchener Sports Association for over forty-eight years, serving as secretary of the Association for forty years. He was instrumental in the development of all of KSA's projects: The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Jack Couch Park, the Waterloo County Hall of Fame, Lion's Baseball Park, Breithaupt Baseball Park, the Boxing Academy, and the KSA Volunteer's Dinner and Scholarship Program. He also helped to raise funds for many individuals and teams traveling to national and international sport competitions.

Swartz served on the Board of Governors of the Waterloo County Hall of Fame as secretary and treasurer, and as chairman of the Sports Research Committee.

He was married to the former Judy Siebert for fifty-one years, and the proud father of four children Nancy, Tom, David and Jennifer. Grandpa to Erin, Meghann, Joel, Laurie, Josh and Kelly.

"List Of Hall Of Fame Inductees". 2022. Regionofwaterloomuseums.Ca. https://regionofwaterloomuseums.ca/en/exhibits/past-and-present-inductees.aspx#Jim-Swartz-1928-2002.

James married Judith "Judy" Siebert 24 Aug 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Judith (daughter of Albert Charles "Babe" Siebert and Bernice Marguerite Milhausen) was born 6 Jun 1928, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; died 19 Dec 2014, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]