Andrew B. Groff

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• Family Photograph: Andrew B. Groff and Lydia Wilhelm and baby Moses
• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Andrew B. Groff, "is married to Anna Block. They reside in Wilmot Township, north of Baden where he is farming. They have a family of five children".

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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AMONG THE FARMERS.

We called on Mr. Andrew Groff recently and found his splendid new barns 78x59, filled with grain; in fact, he has had to thrash twice and each time his large granaries were filled and he has still a lot to thrash. His short horn bull is a dandy and a great convenience to the people in town who own cows, he has also a fine lot of Berkshire pigs, the barns are a model of their kind and were erected by that popular barn builder Herman Hertel of Centreville. A new driving shed and implement building 42x30 has also been erected in which all the rigs and implements are kept, a model hennery is attached to this building where a fine lot of poultry was shown us.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 3 Jan 1895, p. 4

Family Photograph:
Image from Find A Grave submitted by Brian Lichty

Andrew — Barbara Ann "Annie" Block. Barbara (daughter of John Block and Magdalena Hotel) was born 30 Sep 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Sep 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Andrew married Lydia B. Wilhelm 20 Jul 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of John Sipple Wilhelm and Louisa Grube) was born 12 Jun 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Apr 1929, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• House of Industry and Refuge: Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario
• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.2
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• House of Industry and Refuge: 1909, Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-282647
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.3

Notes:

Irvine Groff - Following a lengthy illness, Irvine Groff, 58, formerly of New Dundee, died at the Toronto General Hospital yesterday. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Groff, he was born in Wilmot Township, May 10, 1887. Surviving are three brothers, Simeon, New Hamburg; Eli, Vulcan, Alta.; and Moses, Kitchener; and seven sisters, Mrs. Harry (Lydia) Vick, St. Wallburg, Sask.; Miss Mabel Groff, Toronto; Mrs. Albert (Ida) Kaiser, Waterloo; Mrs. David (Louise) Jantzi, Kitchener; Mrs. Omar (Elsie) Snider, New Dundee; Mrs. carl (Eva) Gross, Park Ridge, N.J.; Mrs. Fred (Luella) Parsons, Oshawa. The remains will rest at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until one o'clock Monday when removal will be made to the Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden, for funeral services at 2: 30. Interment will be made in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Leslie Witmer and Rev. Moses Roth will officiate.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-282658
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Lydian Vick
• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.4

Lydian — Henry William "Harry" Vick, III. Henry was born 1889, London, England; died 1982, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Saint Walburg Municipal Cemetery, Saint Walburg, , Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Simeon Groff
• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.5
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

GROFF, Simeon -- At the Fairview Mennonite G\\Home, Cambridge (P), on Tuesday September 26, 1978, after a brief illness, Simeon Groff, aged 86 years. A member of First Mennonite Church. Had been employed at Hahn Brass Limited for 35 years; until his retirement in 1958. Husband of the former Violet Snyder; father of Weyburn of Goshen, Ind., James of Guelph, Merle and Mrs. Dorothy Hallman; both of Kitchener; step-brother of Moses of Ariss; brother of Mrs. Ida Kaiser and Mrs. Louise Jantzi, both of Kitchener, Mrs. Omar (Elsie) Snyder of New Hamburg, Mrs. Eva Gross of New York. Twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Predeceased by his parents, three brothers and three sisters. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, where the funeral service will be held on Thursday, at 3 p.m. Rev. Glenn Brubacher officiating. Interment will be in the First Mennonite cemetery.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 Sep 1978

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Groff, Simeon, died at Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge, Ont. Sept. 26, 1978; aged 86 y. He was married to Violet Snyder, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Weyburn, James, and Merle), one daughter (Mrs. Dorothy Hallman), 12 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 4 sisters (Mrs. Ida Kaiser, Mrs. Louise Jantzi, Elsie Mrs. Omar Snyder, and Mrs. Eva Gross), and one stepbrother (Moses). He was a member of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont. Funeral services were held at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Sept. 28, in charge of Glen Brubacher; interment in First Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume 71, Number 42 - October 24, 1978 - pages 833, 834

Simeon — Violet Snyder. Violet (daughter of Samuel H. Snyder and Angeline Shantz) was born 28 Nov 1897, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 13 Dec 1992, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.6

Notes:

"...a daughter, name not received"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202361
• Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Eli Groff - Eli Groff, 70, of 247 Franklin St., died Wednesday at his residence after a brief illness. Mr. Groff, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Groff was born in Waterloo County on Jan 28, 1896. He was employed as a machinist at the Hahn Brass Co., New Hamburg, until his retirement. Surviving are two brothers, Simon, New Hamburg; Moses, Kitchener; six sisters, Mrs. Harry (Lydian) Vic, St. Wallburg, Sask.; Mabel Groff, Kitchener; Mrs. Ida Kaiser, Waterloo; Mrs. Ena Gross, New York; Mrs. David (Louise) Jantzi, Kitchener; and Mrs. Omar (Elsie) Snider, New Hamburg. The body is at the Keffer Funeral Home where a service will be held Friday at 3: 30 pm. Rev. Curtis C. Cressman of New Hamburg Mennonite Church will officiate. Burial will be in Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Baden.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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• Name: Lea Hallman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370564

Lea — Edgar Hallman. Edgar died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: story, accident
• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.9003
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Misfortune: 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; killed in silo accident

Notes:

Young Man Succumbs to Injuries

John Groff who had his leg badly torn while silo filling at the farm of Samuel Snyder near New Dundee three weeks ago on Monday, died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital on Sunday as the result of his injuries. His trousers caught in the machinery while he was oiling the same, and his leg was broken in two places, above and below the knee, and otherwise badly mangled. From the outset there were only slight hopes for his recovery. On the Saturday preceding his fatal accident the deceased and his brother lost their thresh-outfit in a fire that destroyed the barn of J. J. Brown, near Ayr.

The deceased was in his 22nd year, and was a son of the late Andrew B. Groff, of Wilmot. He is survived by his mother in Baden and several brothers and sisters. The remains were taken to the home of Mr. John S. Wilhelm, Erb's Road, from where the funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon to Shantz's Church and Cemetery.

New Hamburg Independent, November 5, 1920

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24642
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

GROFF, Miss Mabel - On Saturday, July 29, 1978, at the K-W Hospital, after a brief illness, Mabel Groff, aged 78 years, of Parkwood Manor, Waterloo. Survived by four sisters, Ida (Mrs. Albert Kaiser) and Louise (Mrs. David Jantzi), both of Kitchener, Elsie (Mrs. Omar Snider) of New Hamburg and Eva Groff of Binghamton, N.Y.; two brothers, Simeon of Cambridge (P) and Moses of Kitchener. She was born in Wilmot Township, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Groff (her mother the former Lydia Wilhelm). She was a member of Highland Baptist Church. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. Funeral and committal service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Arthur McDowell will conduct the service. Interment will be made in Waterloo Mount Hope cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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• Name: Ida May Kaiser
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370571
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Kaiser, Mrs. Ida M. - On Wednesday, March 22, 1989, at Winston Hall Nursing Home, the former Ida May Groff, age 87 years. Survived by her daughter, Barbara and her husband James Heldmann; grandsons, Stephen and Mark, all of Waterloo; three sisters, Louise (Mrs. David Jantzi) of Kitchener, Elsie (Mrs. Omar Snider) of New Hamburg and Eva Groff of Binghamton, N.Y.; sister of Moses Groff of Kitchener and step-mother of Howard Kaiser of Salem, Ill. She was born in Wilmot Township, a daughter of the late Andrew Groff and the former Lydia Wilhelm. Widow of Albert William Kaiser. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Waterloo. The family will receive friends at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, 7-9 pm this evening (Thursday), and 2-4 and 7-9 pm Friday and until service time on Saturday, where the funeral and committal service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 11 am, with Rev. Clayton Wilhelm officiating. Interment will be in Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Ida — Albert William Kaiser. Albert (son of John Frederick "Frederick" Kaiser and Caroline Riehm) was born 23 Mar 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Mar 1963; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Susanna Jantzi
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24644
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Jantzi.- Louise, 94, New Hamburg, Ont., died Feb. 5. Spouse: David Jantzi (deceased). Parents: Andrew and Lydia Groff (deceased). Survivors: step-daughter Shirley Martin; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Funeral: Feb. 8 at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont.

The Mennonite, March 14, 2000, pages 14-15, Vol. 3, No. 10

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JANTZI, Louise (nee Groff) - Passed away, at her residence, at Nithview Home for the Aged, New Hamburg, on Saturday, February 5, 2000, in her 95^th year. Beloved wife of the late David S. Jantzi. Step-mother of Shirley Martin and her husband Abner of Waterloo; grandmother of Kevin Martin and his wife Nancy of Atwood, Cori Martin and her husband Hannibal Hamlin of Brooklyn, N.Y. Stephanie Martin and her husband Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill and Craig Martin and his wife Susan Murley, all of Toronto; great-grandmother of Shauna, David and Patrick Martin. She will be fondly remembered by her sister-in-law, Veronica Groff of Nithview Home for the Aged, New Hamburg and sadly missed by her "special" family, Alice and David Cressman of New Hamburg and Susie and Leroy Good of Wellesley and by many nieces and nephews. Louise was the last surviving child of the late Andrew and Lydia (Wilhelm) Groff. Mrs. Jantzi's family will receive friends and relatives at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S, Waterloo today (Monday - from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m). The funeral service will be held at First Mennonite Church, 800 King St. E., Kitchener on Tuesday, February 8, 2000 at 2 p.m., with Rev. Rudy Baergen officiating. Interment at First Mennonite Church Cemetery, Kitchener.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Louisa — David S. Jantzi. David (son of John B. Jantzi and Nancy Schultz) was born 11 Nov 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43912404
• Name: Elsie Snider
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370544
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Snider, Mrs. Elsie - On Tuesday, March 19, 1991, at her residence, Nithview Home, New Hamburg.

She was born in Wilmot Township 84 years ago, a daughter of the late Andrew B. Groff and the former Lydia Wilhelm. She was a member of the New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church, where she was a member of the Bethany Sisters and where she had been the church custodian. She had worked at Nithview Home as a nurses' aide from 1972-1978 and enjoyed various hobbies which included gardening, baking and fishing.

Beloved wife of Omar Snider, whom she married October 12, 1938 and who predeceased her March 24, 1980. Lovingly remembered by her children, Jeannette and her husband Orval Cressman of RR 1, New Hamburg, James Snider and his wife Dianne of New Hamburg, Yvonne Snider of Kitchener, Ruth and her husband Willard Kinzie, Eunice Snider, all of Barrie, Gord Snider and his wife Evelyn of Victoria, B.C., Russell Snider of Lakefield, Clare Snider and his wife Beulah of Delphos, Ohio and Eva and her husband Vernon Brubacher of New Hamburg. Sadly missed by 18 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Moses and his wife Veronica Groff of Durham and Josiah Baer of New Dundee; three sisters, Mrs. Louise (David) Jantzi of Kitchener, Eva Groff of Binghampton, N.Y., Mrs. Lea (Edgar) Hallman of New Dundee; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Louida (Gilbert) Snider and Mrs. Violet (Simon) Groff. Elsie was predeceased by five brothers and six sisters. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, after 7 pm this evening (Thursday) and until Saturday at noon, when transfer will be made to the New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite church for the service at 2: 30 pm, with Pastor timothy Martin, Pastor Arnold Good and Bishop Merlin Bender officiating. Spring interment in Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Elsie married Omar Snider 12 Oct 1938. Omar (son of Rev. Jonas B. Snider and Susannah Horst) was born 29 Jun 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Family Photograph: Andrew B. Groff and Lydia Wilhelm and baby Moses
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43403620
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200858
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

GROFF, MOSES at Durham Memorial Hospital, on Wednesday, June 12, 1991, Moses Groff, formerly of Kitchener, age 83 years. Beloved husband of Veronica of Durham; father of Stanley and his wife Beatrice of Kitchener, Luanne (Mrs. Willard Lichty) of Durham; brother of Louise Jantzi of Kitchener and Eva Groff of Binghampton, N.Y.

Sadly missed by 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents; several brothers and sisters.

Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, today (Friday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. At 11 a.m. Saturday transfer will be made to Grandview Baptist Church, 239 Old Chicopee Drive, Kitchener, for funeral and committal services at 1 p.m. Private interment Memory Gardens, Breslau.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Gideon Bibles, would be gratefully acknowledged.


The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 13 Jun 1991

Family Photograph:
Image from Find A Grave submitted by Brian Lichty

Moses — Veronica Kropf. Veronica (daughter of David R. Kropf and Barbara Lichti) was born 8 Feb 1913; died 20 Sep 2006, Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00044-3364.9000

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• Name: Eva Selina Gross
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200859
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1940, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: 1991, Binghamton, Broome, New York, USA

Eva married Carl Gross 1 Apr 1940, Alexandria, Alexandria (city), Virginia, United States. Carl was born 15 Nov 1899, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Luella Marguerite Parsons
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200860
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Luella married George Frederick "Frederick" Parsons 20 Jul 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George was born 4 Oct 1910; died 12 Feb 1976; was buried , Mount Lawn Cemetery, Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorothy Hallman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-114339

Dorothy married Lyle S. Hallman 27 Jan 1922. Lyle (son of Anson Hallman and Esther Shantz) was born 1922, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Oct 2003, First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Barbara — James Heldmann. [Group Sheet]

Jeannette — Orval Claude Cressman. (son of Edmund H. Cressman and May Hunsberger) [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Luanne Erlein Lichty
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-155629
• Residence: 1991, Durham, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada

Luanne — Willard B. Lichty. Willard (son of Sidney Z. Lichty and Lovina Bauman) was born 21 Aug 1927; died 1 Dec 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 Dec 2006, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122487
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Peter George Hallman
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: 2014

Notes:

Peter Hallman August 6,1950 - June 22, 1999 Today, on the 10th anniversary of your death, our family will gather to remember how you were suddenly and tragically taken from us and how life changed that day for each of us. We will reflect on how your life continues to impact us and we will continue to remember how your life and work made a difference. The Hallman Family

WATERLOO REGION RECORD, Kitchener, Ontario - Jun. 22, 2009

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HALLMAN, Peter - 1950 - 1999. Ten years later and still missing the good times we had together. "Oily" and Carolyn, "Corny" and Linda, "Jack" and Dianne, "Rez" and Pauline.



WATERLOO REGION RECORD, Kitchener, Ontario - Jun. 22, 2009

Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region:
Peter Hallman, community service and sports builder '97 A lifelong resident of the region, Hallman had a passion for softball, and served as a volunteer manager and corporate sponsor. His generosity is considered a prime factor in making the Waterloo Twins Canada's longest-established senior men's fastball team. The Peter Hallman Ball Yard is named in his honour. Hallman died in 1999.

Peter — Brenda Faye Snyder. (daughter of John Willard Shirk Snyder and Magdalena "Lena" Martin) [Group Sheet]

Barry — Brenda. [Group Sheet]

Kevin — Laurie. [Group Sheet]

Brian — Michele. [Group Sheet]