Martha Stauffer: Waterloo Region Generations

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Martha Stauffer was born 15 Jun 1898, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Sep 1981, Scarborough, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wideman Mennonite Cemetery, Markham, York Co., Ontario.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94393

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Shank, Martha, daughter of Norman B. and Elizabeth (Otterbein) Stauffer, was born at Breslau, Ont., June 23, 1898; died of a heart attack at Scarborough Centenary Hospital, Scarborough, Ont., aged 83 y. On Mar. 5, 1919, she was married to Jacob Shank, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Grace-Mrs. Delbert Bontrager and Edith-Mrs. Erle Dyer*), one son (Donald), 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Mary Snider and Florence Hoover), and 2 brothers (Howard and Byron Stauffer). She was preceded in death by one sister and 3 brothers. She was a member of the Wideman Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Oct. 1, in charge of James Shantz; interment in the Wideman Mennonite Cemetery.

GOSPEL HERALD - Volume 75, Number 5 - February 2, 1982 - pp 85, 86