Annoinette "Nettie" Bisch

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• Name: Annoinette "Nettie" Gastmeier
• Name: Nettie Bisch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70357
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Annoinette married Orson Jacob "Ory" Gastmeier 18 Oct 1911, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Orson (son of Otto Gastmeyer and Catherine Kleeberger) was born 8 Dec 1887, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1953, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232890
• Residence: 1953, , Venzuela

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Talking Business

By HENRY KOCH Record Business Editor

When Dallas Gastmeier of Bridgeport packed his bags and set sail for Caracas, Venezuela, on a bitter cold December morning in 1939, be had no idea he'd be saying goodbye to Canada, But that's how things have worked out.

He was 28 then. During the Dirty Thirties he worked at B. F. Goodrich Canada Ltd. in the mill room, was a tire builder at Uniroyal Ltd. (then) Dominion Rubber Co. Ltd.), ran the Bridgeport post office and drove a taxi for Kelly Kellerman in Kitchener.

THEN he joined a Montreal amusement ride company as a technician. The company asked him to go to Venezuela to set up and operate a "flying scooter" airplane-type ride on steel cables in a Cara cas amusement park.

The equipment was manufactured by an uncle, Alvin Bisch of Chicago.

Mr. Gastmeler expected to be in Venezuela for a couple of weeks.

But he soon "fell in love with the climate and slower pace" and stayed for 32 years.

HE LEARNED to speak Spanish fluently, married a girl from Hamburg, West Germany, after courting her by mail for a year, raised two sons and now is president of a company which manufactures and leases corn-husking and harvesting equipment.

The company is located in Chaguaramas, a town in the central part of Venezuela, and he lives in Valla de la Pascua, a city of 60,000 about 20 miles. away

MR. GASTMEIER is spending a month in town with his mother, 84-year-old Mrs. Nettie Gastmeier and sister, Mrs. Stanley Seitz, who both live at 142 Queen St. S.

He has two other sisters, Mrs. Grace Stoner of Kitchener and Mrs. Marjorie Baldwin of Toronto and three brothers, Clyde of Petersburg Howard of Kitchener and Lloyd of New Zealand.

He's "come home" four other times in the 32 years in 1946, 1962, 1968 and 1964, always in the summer.

HE HASN'T seen snow since that December day in 1939 (except in the Venezuelan mountains), and doesn't miss it. He donated his heavy overcoat to a destitute man in Caracas.

Between setting up the amusement ride in Caracas and operating the harvesting equipment company which. employs 60, Mr. Gastmeier worked as a carnival ride technician, became a member of a geophysical oil exploration team for an Oklahoma company and operated a service station in Chaguaramas for 10 years.

LIVING in Venezuela required considerable adjustment

Besides having to learn Spanish, he had to figure out the monetary system, measurements in kilos and litres and the temperature on the centigrade thermometer.

And he soon discovered that Venezuelan government and civic officials did not refuse money "under the table" for special favors.

"We call it SOP-standard operational procedure in Venezuela." Long-time residents can get away with smaller bribes. Visitors or newcomers have to shell out more.

THIS applies to anything from traffic violations to immigration.

The former Bridgeport man said Venezuela does not have the restrictions and controls that Canada has and taxes are not nearly as high as they are here.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record - 24 Aug 1972, Thu Page 18

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• Name: Pearl V. Seitz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232894
• Residence: 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Pearl — Stanley Cyril Seitz. Stanley (son of Michael Seitz and Susanna Schiestel) was born 11 Apr 1910, Ambleside, Bruce Co., Ontario; died 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232891
• Residence: 1953, Wellington, , New Zealand

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• Name: Grace Elizabeth Stoner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-176674P
• Elected Office: 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener Council

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It is with great sadness that we announce that our dearly loved mother passed away at her Lanark Heights residence on Sunday, September 11, 2011 in her 94th year.

Forever cherished by daughter Maxine Walsh (Conor) and son Keith Stoner, grandchildren, Gloria Hayes and Lance Meredith Gore and great grandchildren, Lorne Robert and Julia. Loving sister to Howard Gastmeier (Veronica Thiele), sister-in-law to Yvonne Gastmeier of Wellington, New Zealand and auntie to many nieces and nephews.

Beloved wife of the late Lloyd Meredith Stoner, predeceased by brothers, Dallas, Lloyd, Clyde Gastmeier and sisters, Pearl Seitz and Marjorie Baldwin.

After working for many years as a staff member for the City of Kitchener, Grace was elected five times and served as Alderman for City of Kitchener and as Councillor for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, during which time she held many positions on Boards, Planning Commissions and related civic committees.

Thank you to the staff of Lanark Heights for the compassionate care given to Grace.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Erb and Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Thurs. September 15, 2011 at 5 p.m. Condolences for the family and, If desired, donations may be made to the Grand River Hospital Foundation and may be arranged through the funeral home, www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445

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1970-1971, 1975-1982

Grace — Lloyd Meredith Stoner. Lloyd was born 25 Jul 1912, Port Colborne, Humberstone Twp., Welland Co., Ontario; died Bef 2011. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133974
• Residence: 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada