Lucinda Betzner

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• Name: Lucinda Kolb
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0944
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Lucinda Betzner "was born September 5th, 1865. She is married to Elias Kolb. They reside about two miles east of Berlin where he is engaged in farming. They have no family."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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Kolb - Lucinda, daughter of Moses and Veronica (Brubacher) Betzner, was born Sept. 5, 1865, at the Betzner homestead, the Memorial Tower farm; died Sept. 18, 1937, at the K. W. Hospital from bronchial congestion and heart failure; aged 72 y. 13 d. She was married to Elias B. Kolb, Oct. 1, 1891. Her early married life was spent on the Kolb farm, one mile east of Kitchener, on the Guelph Highway. In 1902 they built their new home across the highway, now known as the George Hahn farm. In 1908 they moved to Herbert, Sask., and lived in that section for eighteen years. They returned to Kitchener In 1925. The last five years were spent with their daughter, Mrs. C. F. Derstine. She is survived by her husband, 1 daughter (Mary Elizabeth, wife of Bishop C. F. Derstine), and 7 grandchildren. She is also survived by 2 sisters and 1 brother (Mrs. Maggie Quickfall, Kitchener; Allan Betzner, Berkeley, Calif., and Elizabeth, wife of B. B. Shuh, Guernsey, Sask.). One brother (John Betzner) predeceased her. She accepted Christ in her youth, and died in the fellowship of the Mennonite Church as a faithful member. She was deeply interested in her work and welfare of the Church, and in her younger years was an active Sunday school teacher. The funeral and interment at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont. The services were conducted by Bishops S. F. Coffman and Jonas Snider. The son-in-law and pastor, Bro. C. F. Derstine, gave an address on "My Personal Tribute to My Mother-in-law."


Obituary - Gospel Herald, October 7, 1937

Lucinda married Elias B. Kolb 1 Oct 1891. Elias (son of Deacon Jacob Ziegler Kolb and Maria Bowman) was born 3 Mar 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Church Membership: First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Mary Elizabeth Derstine
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-21000
• Residence: 1971, 1102 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Derstine, Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elias B. Kolb, was born at Kitchener, Ont.; died of a heart attack at the K-W Hospital, March 11, 1971; aged 69 years. On July 5, 1927, she was married to C. F. Derstine, who preceded her in death Aug. 31, 1967. Surviving are 2 sons (John R. and Clayton K.), 5 daughters (Grace - Mrs. Paul Brunner, Mrs. Eyvonne Harris, Esther - Mrs. Alfred Smith, Ruth - Mrs. George Hostetter, and Margaret - Mrs. Robert Becker), 9 grandchildren, and one great-grandson. She was a member of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont., where funeral services were held Mar. 15, in charge of Jesse B. Martin and Robert N. Johnson; interment in First Mennonite Cemetery.

Obituary - Gospel Herald, April 6, 1971

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Mary Elizabeth Kolb Derstine: teacher, pastor's wife; b. 11 August 1901 on her grandparents' farm near Breslau, Ontario, Canada to parents Elias Kolb (3 March 1865-8 July 1848) and Lucinda (Betzner) Kolb (5 September 1865-18 September 1937). Mary was an only child. On 5 July 1927 she married bishop and evangelist Clayton F. Derstine of Kitchener and became an instant mother to his three daughters. The couple had four children together. Mary died 11 March 1971 in Kitchener.

Although born in Ontario, Mary grew up on the Saskatchewan prairie, where her parents went to homestead in 1904. There she learned to handle horses and guns. By the time that drought forced her family to return to Ontario, Mary was a schoolteacher in her early 20s-an attractive, lively young woman. This was a time of controversy at First Mennonite Church in Kitchener. The issue was whether to make it compulsory for women to wear the bonnet. Due to this controversy, a group of people left to form the Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. In the midst of this turmoil, Mary made a commitment to Christ and chose to worship at First Mennonite Church, where a woman's commitment was defined by a strict dress code. She was baptized there in 1925 by her pastor, C. F. Derstine, whose wife died a few months later. C. F. and Mary were married in July 1927.

A gracious and dignified pastor's wife, Mary allowed no gossip, either at home or at church. She was a role model to other women in her cheerful acceptance of plain clothing....

Regehr, Esther. "Derstine, Mary Elizabeth Kolb (1901-1971)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 2009. Web. 25 February 2011. https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/derstine_mary_elizabeth_kolb_1901_1971.

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Mrs. Clayton F. Derstine, widow of Bishop C.F. Derstine, of 1102 Victoria St. N. died at K-W Hospital Thursday following a heart attack. She was 69. Born in Kitchener, Mrs. Derstine was the former Mary Elizabeth Kolb, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elias B. Kolb. In her youth she lived in Western Canada and taught public school at Herbert, Sask. She married Bishop Derstine on July 5, 1927. She was a member of the First Mennonite Church and formerly a member of the church council and the Sunday school staff. She organized and supervised the Secret Sister Society of the church. She was predeceased by her husband Aug. 31, 1967. Surviving are two sons, John R., Kitchener, and Clayton K., Toronto; five daughters, Mrs. Paul (Grace) Brunner, Hubbard, Ore,; Mrs. Eyvonne Harris, Preville, Que,; Mrs. Alfred (Esther) Smith, Kitchener; Mrs. George (Ruth) Hostetter, St. Catherines, and Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Becker, Waterloo; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson. The body will be at the Ratz-Brchtel Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Saturday until noon Monday when removal will be made to the First Mennonite Church for a service at 3 p.m. conducted by Bishop Jesse B. Martin and Rev. Robert N. Johnson, Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Donations to the Ontario Mennonite Mission Board may be made as expression of sympathy.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 Mar 1971

Mary married Bishop Clayton Freed Derstine 5 Jul 1927. Clayton was born 17 Aug 1891, Souderton, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 31 Aug 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Clay Derstine
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-214228

Notes:

DERSTINE, Clayton Kolb - Our friend, husband and father died on Good Friday at Toronto Western Hospital. Clay would have liked to have been remembered both as a writer and as a pioneer in establishing French public schools in Toronto. Clay wrote throughout his life (including book reviews for The Globe and Mail) but his magnum opus is his book Treegodspace . Clay believed in multi-culturalism and in Canadians speaking both official languages, and was active in left-wing politics. He devoted his considerable talent and energy to working to establish a French public school system in Toronto, and the success that system is now enjoying is due in no small part to his efforts. Clay was born in 1928 to Mary Elizabeth Kolb Derstine and Bishop C. F. Derstine of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener. Clay grew up in Kitchener and was a football star at KCI and Waterloo Lutheran. He came to Toronto to do graduate studies, but fled to Paris, where he sought to come to terms with the divergence between many of society's values and his own. He taught himself French from friends, books and the street, and worked at UNESCO. He returned to Canada in 1958, met and married Joyce Carter, his love and companion for the next 50 years. Their son is Dirk Derstine of Toronto. Clay was also blessed with a daughter, Julie Saavedra, born in France. He also leaves his daughter-in-law, Jennifer Penman; his son-in-law, Téo Saavedra and his grandchildren, Madeleine, Benjamin, Lou and Atina. His brother John and sisters Ruth, Yvonne and Grace will all miss him as will their families and the rest of his large family. Clay was a believer in wonder, joy and close observation triumphing over order-mongering and those who define interest, profit and riches in money. We loved him and we are all blessed by his memory and example, while poorer for his absence. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday, April 6 at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity Street, Toronto, at 5 p.m. until whenever.


Waterloo Region Record 29 Mar 2008