Veronica Roth

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• Name: Fanny Roth
• Name: Feronika Roth
• Name: Veronica Honderich
• Name: Veronicka Roth
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78118P
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Veronica married Rev. John G. Honderich 1850. John (son of Christian Honderich and Margareth S. Gingerich) was born 22 Dec 1825, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1907; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Honderich
• Name: Katharina "Catherine" Richter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218584
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Katharina — Jacob Richter. Jacob was born 29 Jun 1846; died 16 Nov 1933; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78126P 
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78126P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• 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: 1910, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Christian — Catherine Yost. Catherine was born 13 Aug 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died 11 Dec 1908; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Christian married Elizabeth Mayer 3 Nov 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes P. "John" Mayer and Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller) was born 4 Nov 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Feronika Hondrich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218607
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Magdalena Yost
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218618
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Magdalena married John R. Yost 21 Feb 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of William K. Yost and Catherine Roth) was born 23 Jul 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218629
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Nancy Hofstetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51490
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Nancy married Christian Henry "Henry" Hofstetter 5 Feb 1884. Christian (son of Wilhelm "William Hofstetter and Maria Magdalena "Magdalena" Wernwag) was born 16 Aug 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Oct 1857; died 5 Oct 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77444P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Sarah — Isaiah R. Shantz. Isaiah (son of Levi S. Shantz and Lydia Rosenberger) was born 11 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1906, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Abram Honderich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78109P
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Abraham — Lydia R. Shantz. Lydia (daughter of Levi S. Shantz and Lydia Rosenberger) was born 1 Jan 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1948, RR2, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fannie Eulalia Bean
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109116

Fannie — Franklin "Frank" Bean. Franklin was born 30 Jun 1889, Downie Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1970; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78129
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78130
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Business: 1913, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baden Star Newspaper

Notes:

John W. Honderich, a resident of Baden for many years, passed away at the home of his son in Toronto on Sunday in his 71st year. Born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian R. Honderich, he was a direct descendant of John Honderich, who was the first white male child born in Wilmot township. Mr. Honderich was a printer by trade and in 1913 launched a weekly newspaper, The Baden Star, which he published in Baden for about two years. Prior to moving to Toronto, he had lived in Kitchener. His wife, the former Rae Laura Armstrong, predeceased him 10 years ago. Surviving are three sons, Rev. Loine Honderich of Miami, Florida; Beland Honderich, financial editor of the Toronto Star, and Edgar, of Toronto, and two daughters, Ruth (Mrs. E. V. Spielberg), Toronto, and Mary (Mrs. Rev. Roy Treganza) of Witchita, Kansas. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon with service at the Trull Funeral Home and interment was in York Cemetery.

New Hamburg Independent 9 Sep 1954

John — Rae Laura Armstrong. Rae was born 17 Feb 1888, Greenock Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1951; was buried , York Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51522

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51523
• Occupation: 1916, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer

Elwy married Josephine McMurran 27 Jul 1916, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario. Josephine was born Between 1893 and 1894, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1889; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51524

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51525

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• Name: Alda Livingston
• Name: Aldie Hofstetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109493P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1947, 395 Louisa St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Alda — James Roydin Livingston. James (son of John Riddell Livingston and Martha "Mattie" Tomlinson) was born 29 Mar 1885, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Mar 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Irene Veronica Mogk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51492P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Irene — Harry Isaac Mogk. Harry (son of John Mogk and Caroline "Carrie" Seitz) was born 28 Apr 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77445P
• Occupation: 1911, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; telegraph operator

Perlus — Lilla Jones. Lilla was born 1904; died 1979; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

Perlus married Jennifer McCaul 18 May 1911, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Jennifer was born 1891; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ena May Hildebrand
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77446
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Ena — Clarence Roy Hildebrand. Clarence (son of Charles F. Hildebrand and Lydia Bier) was born 14 Mar 1899, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1980. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213855
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Harold married Mary Ethel Boyd 2 Jun 1926, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 1899, Belmont, Peterborough, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78111P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Earl — Cora M. Hunsberger. Cora (daughter of John S. Hunsberger and Margaret M. "Maggie" Hostetler) was born Apr 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26291P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Honderich, Delford Austin - On Thursday, July 25, 1985, at K-W Hospital, Kitchener, Delford Honderich, of 134 Snyder's Rd., Baden, aged 86 years. He was born in Wilmot township, a son of the late Abram Honderich and the former Lydia Shantz. He was an adherent of the North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Church; a member of the Wilmot Rod and Gun Club; a member of the Especially for Seniors, Baden and was an avid sportsman

Beloved husband of the former Alice Hiller, who predeceased him in February of 1965. Sadly missed by his children, Marlene (Mrs. Allan Parker) of Toronto, Ronald and his wife Melba, Calvin and his wife Madeline, all of New Hamburg, Stuart and his wife Shelley of Baden; his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mary Bebes of Apple Hill, Ont. Dear brother of Flyod and Cameron, both of RR 2, New Hamburg, Mrs. Vera Beaudoin, Mrs. Violet Stueck, both of Kitchener. Lovingly remembered by 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Delford was also predeceased by one son, Glenn in 1966; one brother, Earl and one sister, Mrs. Ada Heimbecker. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, after 2 o'clock on Friday and until Saturday at noon, when transfer will be made to the North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Church for service at 2 o'clock p.m., with Rev. Robert Beehler and Rev. Ed Bankert officiating. Internment to follow in the Wilmot Reformed Mennonite cemetery, RR 2, Baden. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 25, 1985

Delford — Alice Rose Hiller. Alice (daughter of John H. Hiller and Sarah Ann Hostetler) was born 2 May 1902, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78112

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• Name: Ada V. Heinbecker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78113P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Ada — Milton C. Heinbecker. Milton (son of Henry Heinbecker and Ann Maria Reibling) was born 3 Aug 1898, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Church Membership: North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Church, North Easthope, Perth Co., Ontario
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48891362
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-214589
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

HONDERICH, Floyd Vincent 1993

On Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1993, at Nithview Home, New Hamburg, Floyd Honderich, formerly of RR 2, New Hamburg.

He was born in Wilmot township 91 years ago, a son of the late Abraham and Lydia (Shantz) Honderich. He was a member of the North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Church.

Beloved husband of the former Ella May Howard, who predeceased him in 1974. Loving father of Gary of Kitchener and Patricia Shantz, who predeceased him in 1979. Ever remembered by a son-in-law, Ken Shantz and his wife Hazel of New Hamburg; his grandchildren, Dale and his wife Sandra, Lyle and his wife Denise, Tim and his wife Heather, Glenn and his wife Nancy, Lee and Grant. Dear brother of Cameron and his wife Dorothy of RR 2, New Hamburg, Vera (Mrs. Leo Beaudoin) of Kitchener and Violet (Mra. Allan Stueck) of New Hamburg.

Floyd was predeceased by three brothers, Earl, Delford and twin brother, Lloyd in infancy and one sister, Ada (Mrs. Milton Heinbecker).

Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, today (Thursday) 2-4 p.m and 7-9 p.m. At noon on Friday, October 22, 1993 transfer will be made to North Easthope Reformed Church for the service at 2 p.m. with Robert Beehler and Ed Bankert officiating. Interment to follow in Wilmot Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, RR 2, Baden.

As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 19 Oct 1993

Floyd married Ella May Howard 12 Mar 1924, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ella (daughter of William Howard and Mary Brooks) was born 31 Mar 1902, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 7 Jan 1974; was buried , Wilmot Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Region of Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-214600
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75695

Grant — Dorothy Mae Shuh. Dorothy (daughter of Clayton H. Shuh and Bella May Shantz) was born 1916, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 2005, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Region of Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204229

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204227

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• Honoured: Officer of the Order of Canada
• Interesting: newspaper, business
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204224

Notes:

Beland Hugh Honderich, OC (November 25, 1918 \endash November 8, 2005) was a Canadian newspaper executive who was the Chairman and Publisher of the Toronto Star and Chairman and President of the Torstar Corporation.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, the son of John Honderich Sr. and Rae Honderich, he was a high school drop-out[1] who worked as a cub reporter for the Kitchener-Waterloo Record before heading to Toronto. He was hired at the Star to replace reporters who went to serve in World War II, as Honderich was rejected by the RCAF due to poor eyesight.

In 1955, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star and a director in 1956. In 1966, he was elected president and publisher of Toronto Star Limited. In 1976, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation. In 1988, he retired as publisher and moved to Vancouver after his third marriage in 2000.

He died at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver after having a stroke. His final request was for cremation.

Beland Honderich. (2019). En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 11 May 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beland_Honderich

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Beland Honderich, 86

An outsider who joined the Toronto Star as a "wartime replacement," Beland (Bee) Honderich worked his way up through the newsroom to become editor, publisher and ultimately chairman of the board of the country's largest and most colourful city newspaper. Its archives can boast staff bylines belonging to Ernest Hemingway (he likened it to "serving in the Prussian army under a bad general"), Pierre Berton, Gordon Sinclair and Peter Newman.

A micromanager and a curmudgeon who was feared more than he was loved, he transformed and modernized the Star, built a legendary newsroom in the late 1950s and 1960s, fought and won a newspaper war with the now defunct Toronto Telegram, bought up its circulation lists and its fleet of community newspapers, crusaded in support of diversity, national unity and cultural nationalism, and acquired Harlequin Enterprises, for many years a substantial cash cow for Torstar Corp.

"He took a paper that mattered and turned it into a great newspaper. I think his impact on Canadian journalism and his craft was huge," said his son, John Honderich, himself a former editor and publisher of the Toronto Star and now a member of the board of directors of Torstar Corp.

"He took a paper that mattered and turned it into a great newspaper. I think his impact on Canadian journalism and his craft was huge," said his son, John Honderich, himself a former editor and publisher of the Toronto Star and now a member of the board of directors of Torstar Corp.

He was hard to love, but easy to respect, said Peter Newman, editor-in-chief from 1969 to 1971. "I was always impressed by his wisdom, his determination and his optimistic view of the Canadian future. Unlike most publishers, his ideology went way beyond the bottom line. He never really understood the Canada that stretched beyond the shadow of the CN Tower, but he loved the idea of this country."

Beland (Bee) Hugh Honderich was born in Baden (near Kitchener), Ont., one of six children of John William Honderich, a Mennonite postmaster and railway agent, and Rae Laura (Armstrong), a Presbyterian. Religion was a contentious and omnipresent factor, according to Mr. Honderich's youngest brother, philosopher Edgar (Ted) Honderich. His father liked unusual names. He called his eldest son Loine and he named his second son after a physician named Béland in Montreal.

During the Depression, the family home was sold at auction when the mortgage holder foreclosed. Beland left school after Grade 8 to help support the family and began working as the Baden correspondent for the Kitchener Record (now The Record) in 1935 at the age of 17.

He did well covering two big fires in his community and made the move to the Toronto Star as a wartime replacement in 1943, earning $35 a week. He had been rejected from the armed forces because he had poor eyesight and a bad ear. When he got to the Star, he was told "all the good men were away fighting" and warned that there wouldn't be a job for him when they came back.

Shy, private, and insecure -- the poorly educated country man in the big city-- he "always felt he had to work twice as hard," according to his son, John.

Mr. Honderich told the journalist Doug (now George) Fetherling in a 1983 interview for Saturday Night magazine that "you produced or else," explaining that he covered two speeches a day, delivering a few facts and a couple of "punchy" quotes. "It left a deep impression on my mind . . . what people are interested in is information." This was a lesson he would apply when he had control of the paper.

Far from being dismissed when peace was declared, he was promoted to financial editor in 1945, named editor-in-chief a decade later and elected a director of the company in 1957.

The Toronto Star is a private business like other newspapers in Canada, but it is unusual in that it is owned by a group of families and it operates according to a set of principles established by the late Joseph Atkinson Sr. He became editor in 1899, quickly turned the struggling newspaper around and soon acquired a controlling interest. In 1911, Harry C. Hindmarsh joined the paper. He became Mr. Atkinson's lieutenant and his son-in-law. Together, they turned the newspaper into the home of "razzle-dazzle journalism," ordering saturation coverage of big stories and indulging in huge headlines, full-page pictures and wacky stunts. They also supported the Liberal Party and social-welfare issues such as mothers' allowances, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, minimum wages and the rights of labour unions. The combination of Christian piety, free-wheeling Fabian socialism and popular journalism was good for circulation and advertising revenues. By 1913, the Star was Toronto's largest paper and Mr. Atkinson was its controlling shareholder.

He died in 1948, leaving an estate of more than $8-million, putting the bulk of it, including the ownership of the paper, into the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, which he had established six years earlier. In his will, he directed that profits from the paper's operations were "for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature, for the benefit of the people of the province of Ontario" and he stipulated that the paper could be sold only to people who shared his social views.

Mr. Hindmarsh became president of the five-person board established to govern the paper and carry out Mr. Atkinson's wishes. However, the Ontario government, led by Conservative Leslie Frost, and rival newspapers, including The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Telegram, argued that the foundation was merely a device to avoid paying succession duties on Mr. Atkinson's estate.

The Frost government passed a law forbidding charitable foundations from owning more than 10 per cent of a profit-making business. The Star was given seven years to sell its business interests, with the foundation's trustees, officers and directors allowed to buy them, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court of Canada.

While this wrangling was going on, Mr. Hindmarsh dropped dead of a heart attack on Dec. 20, 1956. The new board of the Atkinson Foundation was made up of Joseph S. Atkinson (son of the late Mr. Atkinson), his sister Ruth Hindmarsh (widow of Mr. Hindmarsh), Burnett Thall, William J. Campbell and Mr. Honderich.

In 1958, after swearing before the Supreme Court that they would uphold the principles outlined in Mr. Atkinson's will, they were allowed to buy the newspaper. They paid $25.5-million in a leveraged buyout, which Globe business columnist Eric Reguly has called "the steal of the century." They put down $1-million in cash and secured most of the rest by selling debt and preferred shares to the public.

Mr. Honderich, who had been editor for three years and on the board for one, had no family money or other resources to draw upon. He was living in a duplex with his wife and three children. "We had one couch and one chair," said his son John. "The Bank of Commerce virtually put up all the money, but the security was the shares of the largest newspaper in the country."

In addition, Mr. Honderich took a personal loan for his 15-per-cent share, helped by advice and references from accountant, cultural nationalist and later politician, Walter Gordon. Today, Torstar Corp., the media conglomerate that owns the Star, is worth about $1.7-billion.

As editor and then publisher, Mr. Honderich built the great Toronto Star newsroom of the late 1950s and 1960s. He transformed the paper from a flashy, scoop-an-edition news sheet into an information-based vehicle for columnists and critics. He quickly realized, according to journalist Val Sears, that the real market in the postwar period lay in finding readers among the young middle class in the suburbs who were moving up through the social strata.

They wanted context and information, not just headlines. Ron Haggart worked as a columnist for the Star in the sixties. Mr. Honderich had the right ideas about how to change the Star, which was a stodgy, old-fashioned paper, according to Mr. Haggart. "It was still a paper that believed the most recent event deserved a headline because it had happened in the last hour."

Among the stable of writers and editors Mr. Honderich enlisted or celebrated were: Pierre Berton as a daily columnist, Charles Templeton as managing editor, Nathan Cohen as drama critic, Milt Dunnell on sports, Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas on crime and Peter Newman as Ottawa editor and editor-in-chief.

He loved to hire people, said journalist Robert Fulford, who worked for the Star twice (from 1958 to 1962 and from 1964 to 1968), but he quickly grew bored with them. Managing editors were a notoriously endangered species, according to Mr. Fulford, who once joked that after more than two years on the job, managing editors took on the look of "hunted animals." When he was having trouble sleeping at night, police reporter Jocko Thomas was said to recite the names of the more than 40 city editors who served during his long career at the paper.

Mr. Newman spent seven years at the Star, leaving in 1971 in "frustration because [Mr. Honderich]was always stone-cold certain about what he didn't want, but not good at suggesting practical options."

He could be a bully. "He wasn't a particularly big man, but he looked big to his employees. He tended to tower," said Mr. Sears, who worked for Mr. Honderich for about 25 years in a number of capacities, including Ottawa bureau chief and Washington correspondent. "He spoke low, but he made his position very clear. On the other hand, he was certainly the best publisher I ever worked for because he knew what he wanted and he would back you up."

Saying that he and Mr. Honderich fought a lot, especially when he was editor of the editorial page, Mr. Sears said he always thought it was a mistake to try to outguess his boss. Mr. Honderich seemed aware of his power. "He once said to me, 'If I walk through that newsroom and I say to someone it is a nice day, by the final edition I have two full pages on the weather," said Mr. Sears.

Stories abound about Mr. Honderich's tendency to micromanage. When he was editor, he behaved as though he was the publisher and when he became publisher and president in 1966, "he acted as though he owned the paper outright," Mr. Fulford said.

Staffers were obsessed with anticipating his wishes, often with bizarre results. Somebody heard that "Bee" believed that a colour photograph had to have red in it, so Star photographers took to stowing red jackets in their cars and asking people to put them on before snapping their pictures, or so the story goes.

"Bee had a phobia about accompanying each picture in his paper with explanatory cutlines," recalled Mr. Newman. "I got hell once for running an illustration of Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian film star, standing beside a male dwarf, because I had left out the 'left' and 'right' identifications."

During his years at the newspaper, Mr. Honderich oversaw the introduction of colour, the shift from an afternoon to a morning paper, a Sunday edition and the appointment of the first ombudsman at any paper in Canada. He was also a driving force behind the establishment of the Ontario Press Council. In 1976, he was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Torstar Corp. He continued to serve as publisher until September, 1988.

Mr. Honderich married three times. His and his first wife Florence divorced in 1962. He married Agnes King in 1968. Star legend has it that he called the paper from the airport as he and his bride were leaving on their honeymoon and asked for the front page to be read to him. She died of cancer in 1999 after a long and painful illness. "He was amazingly diligent in the way he cared for her," said his son John.

That same year he became engaged to Rina Whelan, a widow he had met many years before (when both were married to other people) in the barbershop of the Hotel Vancouver, where she worked as a manicurist. "This is one of the great love stories," John Honderich said, "I have had the honour of standing up for him at two of his three weddings."

The Honderichs lived in the penthouse of La Carina (Rina's House), a condominium she had developed and built on English Bay. "He was a wealthy man and she was a wealthy woman," commented Mr. Honderich's brother Ted, "and so both were under suspicion of being gold diggers."

Mr. Honderich became more left wing in his politics as he became older, said his brother. "All newspaper publishers are accused of being ruthless, but actually they are activists," he said. "They want to make things happen and they don't like things hanging on in an indecisive way."

Beland Hugh Honderich was born on Nov. 25, 1918, in Baden, Ont. He died yesterday in St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver after a massive stroke. He was 86. He is survived by his first wife Florence, his third wife Rina, three children, six grandchildren and one brother.


Beland Honderich, 86. (2005). The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 May 2019, from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/beland-honderich-86/article1130520/

Honoured:
Honour: Officer of the Order of Canada
Appointment: December 29, 1986
Investiture: April 29, 1987

Recognized as one of the finest journalists ever produced in Canada, founding member of the Ontario Press Council, Chairman and Publisher of the Toronto star Newspapers Limited and Chairman and President of the Torstar Corporation, he has been the mastermind behind the development of the Toronto Star for some 25 years.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204230

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204228

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• Famous: Television personality
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109246

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Born in Weston, Ontario, the son of pickle manufacturer Elwy Honderich Yost and Annie Josephine McMurran. In his youth, the senior Yost would give his son a dime a week to go see a movie on condition that he'd then recount the plot. Yost graduated from the Weston Collegiate and Vocational School in 1943.

He began studies at the University of Toronto in 1943, and studied engineering but left, in 1944, after failing his exams and joined the Canadian Infantry in 1944. He was honorably discharged in September 1945. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in 1948, he worked variously in construction, at the Canadian National Exhibition, made an independent film with a classmate and acted in summerstock theatre. In 1951, he was working in the circulation department of the Toronto Star where he met his future wife, Lila Melby. He also worked in the Avro Canada personnel department from 1953 until 1959 when he and most of the staff were laid off due to the cancellation of the Avro Arrow project. He then worked as an English and History teacher at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate in Etobicoke, Ontario.....


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Elwy became noted for this television work including "Saturday Night at the Movies" interviewing many movie stars describing their roles in Cinema. His son Graham Yost is a noted screenwriter, producer.

Elwy — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-182039

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-182040

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184966

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Honderich, Emerson Earl - On Sunday, May 19, 1996, at Toronto General Hospital, Emerson Honderich, of Kitchener. He was born in Wilmot township 69 years ago, son of the late Roy and Cora (Hunsberger) Honderich. He was associated with Trinity Lutheran Church, New Hamburg. Emerson had owned and operated Honderich Bus Lines prior to his retirement and had farmed in the Baden area. He has interests in horse jumping, boating, traveling and collecting and restoring tractors. Emerson also enjoyed the companionship of his dog, Papik. Beloved husband of Barbara (Pauli) Honderich, whom he married August 20, 1955. Loving father of James Emerson Honderich and his wife Pam Carnochan of Huntsville. Special grandpa to Elijah. Ever missed by brothers and sister-in-law, Bill and Bette Pauli of Mississauga, Clayton and Martha Wagner of Kitchener, Joan Nabert, Karl Pauli, Grace and Grant McGregor, all of New Hamburg, Patsy and Bob Brenner of Long Point, and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncle and cousins. He was predeceased by a brother-in-law, Ed Nabert and two sisters-in-law, May Wagner and Betty Pauli. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. At noon on Thursday, May 23, 1996, transfer will be made to Trinity Lutheran Church for the service at 2 p.m., with Pastor Andre Lavergne and Pastor Judi Harris officiating. Burial to follow in Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Cardiac Nurses Training Fund (Toronto Hospital) or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

The Record, May 21, 1996

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Emerson — Barbara Wilhelmina Pauli. Barbara (daughter of William Edward Pauli and Lavina Kropf) was born 1931, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 2004, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Marlene — Allan Parker. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161086

Glenn — Mary "Bebes" Vessey. Mary was born 23 Feb 1927, Charlottetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died Oct 2003. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ron Honderich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161084

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It is with very heavy hearts the family announces the peaceful passing at his home Nithview Village, New Hamburg, with his family by his side on Sunday September 30, 2007 after courageous battle with cancer for the last two and half years. Ron was born 77 years ago in Wilmot Township and was the son of the late Delford and Alice (Hiller) Honderich. Survived by his loving wife Melba (nee Mair) of 57 years. Loving father to his son Laurie and wife Nancy Honderich, daughters Wendy and husband Rich Held, Brenda and husband Paul Carney all of New Hamburg and Debbie Snyder and friend Jim Miller of Wellesley. Sadly missed by his grandchildren, Brad (Sue) Honderich, Lisa (Paul) Holba, Melanie (Mike) Eichler, Stephanie Taves, Jennifer Scott (Kevin), Kris Carney (Trish), Amanda Carney, Tara (Dave) Kleine, Christina (Dave) Flood. Papa Ron to eight great-grandsons, Brady and Cooper Honderich, Colton Holba, Kaden Eichler, Tyler and Logan Kleine, Jacob and Montana Flood. Also remembered by his brother, Calvin (Madeline) Honderich; sister, Marlene (Alan) Parker; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Shirley Honderich, Reta (Tristano) Langenegger, Gordon (Pat) Mair and many nieces and nephews. Ron was predeceased by brothers, Glen (Bevis) Honderich and Stuart Honderich. Ron was a member of Zion United Church, New Hamburg, the Restless Seniors and Wilmot Senior Shuffleboard. Ron enjoyed all the great times with family and enjoyed all sports with ball, hockey and golf being the favorites. He carved many beautiful carvings at the Wilmot Woodworking in Baden. Family and friends may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron Street, New Hamburg on Tuesday October 2, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will take place on Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Zion United Church, New Hamburg with Pastor Bob Thaler officiating. Interment to follow in Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to Zion United Church or the Canadian Cancer Society. Special thanks to Dr. Donna Ward, Lisa, Kelly and Palliative Care for all your support to make it possible for Ron to be at home these last few weeks.


The Record Newspaper 1 Oct 2007

Ronald — Melba Mair. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161087P

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Stuart Honderich, 73, of Baden, passed away peacefully, in the presence of his loving family on February 9, 2005, after a short stay at K-W Health Centre of the Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. He was born on October 19, 1931, in Wilmot Township. Beloved husband of Shirley (Wettlaufer) Honderich. Loving father of Cathy and her husband John Young of Camlachie and Susan and her husband Gord Mills of New Hamburg. Dear brother of Ronald (Melba) Honderich, Calvin (Madeline) Honderich, Marlene (Allan) Parker and brother-in-law of Jean (Ernie) Faulhafer. Also remembered by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, Delford and Alice (Hiller) Honderich; a brother and sister-in-law, Glenn and Babes Honderich; and a cherished granddaughter, Hannah Young (February 3, 2005). Stuart was employed at J.M. Schneider Limited for 33 years and a member of the 25 year club. He was active in his church, Zion Lutheran Church in Philipsburg, where he served previously on church council. He was a charter member and past president of the Baden Optimist Club, active in the Wilmot Seniors Woodcarving Club, a member of the Wilmot Heritage Fire Brigade, enjoyed coaching minor softball and hockey and was a loyal Detroit Red Wings fan. He will always be remembered for his kind and gentle manner and his love of the outdoors, sports, music and gardening. There will be no funeral home visitation. A private family service will be held with interment in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to ChildCan or the Optimist Childhood Cancer Campaign through the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, New Hamburg. (519-662-1661)

The Record, February 11, 2005

Stuart — Shirley Wettlaufer. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-327001

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HONDERICH, Calvin Kenneth Passed away at his home in New Hamburg on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. He was born 79 years ago in Wilmot Township and was the son of the late Delford and Alice (Hiller) Honderich. Beloved husband of Madeline (Schaaf) Honderich whom he married March 26, 1960. Loving father of Steven Honderich of Wilberforce, Mark and Christine Honderich of Guelph and Dean and Christine Honderich of New Hamburg. Sadly missed by his grandchildren Jodie, Brooke, Nichole, Zachary, Claire, Cassandra, Natasha and great-granddaughters Mackenzie, Madison, Alexandra and Lily. Remembered by his sister Marlene and Alan Parker of Toronto, sisters-in-law Melba Honderich of New Hamburg, Shirley Honderich of Baden, brother-in-law Ernest and wife Elaine Tallman of Dorchester and many nieces and nephews. Cal was predeceased by his brothers Glenn and wife Bebes Honderich, Ronald Honderich and Stuart Honderich. Cal was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Petersburg and former member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New Hamburg. He had been active in both minor softball and hockey in New Hamburg, helping coach, referee and umpire. He played many games of horseshoes over the years in the area. Family and friends may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron Street, New Hamburg tonight (Wednesday) from 7-9 p.m. again Thursday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The funeral will take place on Friday, August 10, 2012 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Petersburg at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Richard Orlowski officiating. Interment to follow in Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to New Hamburg Minor Hockey, Grand River Hospital Renal/Dialysis Unit or Intensive Care Unit. On line condolences and donation information available at: www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca

The Waterloo Region Record 8 Aug 2012

Calvin married Madeline I. C. Schaaf 26 Mar 1960. Madeline (daughter of Arthur Herbert Leslie Schaaf and Esther Wilhelmina Forler) was born 18 Oct 1935; died 19 Feb 2013, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Gary — Dorothy Ellen Flood. (daughter of William Wesley Flood and Jessie Beatrice Lane) [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Patricia May Merle Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161058

Patricia — Kenneth Leander Shantz. Kenneth (son of Irvin Shantz and Laurene Snyder) was born 22 May 1929, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jan 2018, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Kathryn married Dr. Patrick Bruce Wall [Group Sheet]