Rebecca Schwartzentruber

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• Name: Rebecca Roth
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77675
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Roth. - Rebecca Swartzendruber, wife of Daniel S. Roth, was born Oct. 14, 1863; dies at Baden, Ont. Jan. 12, 1920; aged 57 y. 2 m. 22 d. She lived in matrimony over 34 years and was mother to 5 sons and 5 daughters. She leaves husband, 1 son, and three daughters. Funeral services conducted by C. Litwiller, C. Gascho, D. H. Steinman, and M. H. Shantz. Texts, Rev. 14: 13 and Rom. 8: 1-14.

"Well, the delightful day has come
When my dear Lord hath brought me home,
And I can see his face.
There with my Savior, Brother, Friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend,
Triumphant in His grace."

Gospel Herald - Volume XII, Number 45 - February 5, 1920, p. 847

Rebecca married Daniel S. Roth 8 Dec 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Daniel (son of Christian Roth and Catherine) was born 12 Aug 1864, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1929, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77676

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• Name: Mary Ramseyer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77677
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Mary married Joseph L. Ramseyer 13 Jun 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Joseph (son of Peter K. Ramseyer and Anna Litwiller) was born 27 Apr 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jan 1930, RR2, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77678
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Roth, Michael, son of the late Daniel and Rebecca (Swartzendruber) Roth, was born at Tavistock, Ont., Feb. 6, 1889; died at Strathroy, Jan. 15, 1967; aged 77 y. 11 m. 9 d. On Jan. 4, 1912, he was married to Nancy Gascho, who survives. Also surviving are one son (Lloyd), 2 daughters (Erma--Mrs. John Roth and Gladys), one sister (Mrs. Sarah Ingold), 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. One daughter (Seleda--Mrs. Ed Roth) predeceased him. He was ordained in August 1941 to serve as deacon in the Steinman Church, where he served until 1949, when the family moved to Ailsa Craig. He continued to serve as deacon there at the Nairn Church as long as health permitted. Funeral services were held at the Nairn Church, Jan. 17, with Wilfred Schlegel, J. Harding, and Elmer Schwartzentruber officiating.

Gospel Herald - Volume LX, Number 15 - April 18, 1967--Pages 358-59

Michael married Nancy S. Gascho 4 Jan 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of John E. Gascho and Mary Schultz) was born 17 Jul 1891, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Aug 1981, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nairn, Middlesex Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Ingold
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-159431P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Sarah — Christian F. Ingold. Christian (son of Jacob Ingold and Catherine Oppenheimer) was born 5 May 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1959; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lavina S. Schwartzentruber
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77680
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic, Private Family
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Lavina — Joseph Schwartzentruber. Joseph was born 20 Feb 1877, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 May 1962, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anne Mae Lantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157257

Anne — Gordon Clarence Lantz. Gordon (son of Enoch Lantz and Catherine Feick) was born 3 Aug 1910, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: religion
• Occupation: minister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203891

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If you tuned into Kitchener's CKCR radio on a Sunday afternoon in the early 1940s, chances were good you would hear the singing of 20 or so children from the village of Doon, a few kilometres south of the city.

The Happy Half Hour singers were led by Rev. Armand O. Ramseyer, their pastor at the Doon Gospel Tabernacle. Each show opened with the theme song, We're A Happy Lot of People Yes We Are.

Last week's "mystery" photo, snapped in about 1943, was often given to listeners who made a donation to the group, one of many church organizations broadcasting on CKCR at the time.

Last week we knew next to nothing about the photo, but readers had plenty of information. Most of the children in the picture are still living. So is the piano player, Ruth (Krogman) Schwindt, now in her 90s.

That's Rev. Ramseyer in the top left corner, beside his wife, Hilda, who played the violin and assisted with the ministry. Standing on the right in the front row are their three oldest children - Paul, Janet and Armand Jr. (Buddy).

Ramseyer, born in 1914, grew up on his parent's farm outside New Hamburg, one of 11 children and blessed with a good singing voice.
"When I think of him, a big smile comes on my face," Janet (Ramseyer) Pergola said by email from her home in Tampa, Fla.
As she tells the story, her dad was a young man working at the Merchants Rubber Co. in Kitchener (where he met his future wife, Hilda Weicker of Kitchener) when he became very ill with blood poisoning caused by a glue used to make rubber dinghies. At one point, when he wasn't expected to live, he vowed to God he would go into the ministry if he survived. And that's what happened.

In 1940 the Ramseyers moved to Doon where Armand had been invited to start a church. Doon Gospel Tabernacle members would later build a chapel \emdash today it's the Doon Chapel wedding venue at 1222 Doon Village Rd. \emdash but in the early 1940s the church was next door in a former general store. The Ramseyer family lived upstairs.

Every Sunday the Doon group travelled to Kitchener where The Happy Half Hour was broadcast live from the CKCR studio, then upstairs in the Waterloo Trust building at King and Ontario streets. In addition to the Ramseyers and Schwindt (Krogman), the children shown in the photo were: Eldon, Esther, Shirley and Helen Leis; Alice, Doris, Mary and Stella Bewick; Beryl, Faith and Grace Hosie; Ralph and Ruth Smith, plus Beatrice Seftel, Joyce Stewart and Isobel Sapsworth.
"They are all still living with the exception of my dad, my mom, my brother Buddy and Mary Bewick," Pergola said. "The youngest one is my brother Paul, who is 72."

Paul Ramseyer, now living near Wichita, Kan., charmed audiences because he could sing tenor parts as a three-year-old, she recalls. The Toronto Star wrote about the three Ramseyer children, calling them the country's youngest trio singing in three-part harmony.
The Happy Half Hour children also sang in area communities. Bernice (Yause) Ramseyer of Tavistock (her husband may be distantly related to the pastor's family) phoned to say she remembers seeing a performance at the Tavistock library in the 1940s. "They were cute kids," she said. Hilda (Merlau) Shiry remembers listening to The Happy Half Hour and saw the group perform at the Wellesley fellowship hall. "I still know the words of their theme song to this day," she said.

In 1945 the Ramseyers moved into Kitchener and Armand started a Waterloo church, which first met in a Masonic hall at 6 Princess St. W. (behind today's Huether Hotel), then in a roofed-over basement at 235 King St. N., just north of University Avenue. This hall was later the first home of the Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly, now at 395 King St. N.

Over time, The Happy Half Hour had many participants. Laverne Hurst of Kitchener married one of the Doon singers, Stella Bewick, and sang on the show for a time. He can recall "street meetings" Rev. Ramseyer held on an empty business lot on Arthur Street in Elmira, across the road from where Hurst's father, John, had a barbershop. Other readers recalled that Ramseyer also held outdoor "revival" meetings off Spring Valley Road in Kitchener, near today's Woodside National Historic Park.

In 1954 the Ramseyers and most of their six children moved south to the first of several U.S. church posts Armand took on, first in Lynn, Mass., then Bay City, Mich., then Aberdeen, Wash., and then, in 1965, to the Open Bible Chapel in Concord, Calif. Over the years he wrote a few books and got a master's degree in theology.

While The Happy Half Hour children were well known to CKCR listeners, it never went to their heads, Pergola said.
"My dad kept us humble, and my mother, too. . . We were part of the ministry and their mission in song was to uplift spirits." Her father had a second radio ministry in Aberdeen, but never ventured into TV, Pergola said. "Our family travelled quite a bit and we all harmonized in the car," her sister, Beth (Ramseyer) Whitworth, wrote by email from her home in California. "I think all of us loved to sing."

Rev. Ramseyer was just 62 when he died in 1976. Hilda Ramseyer died in California in 2002. Her remains were returned to Kitchener for internment at St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. A tribute headstone for Armand was also installed, carrying the words Keep On The Firing Line, the title of a favourite Christian song.

According to an online history at the website of the Canadian Communications Foundation, CKCR radio is a direct forerunner of today's 570 News Radio (CKGL-AM) and 96.7 CHYM FM.

Guelph Mercury Friday, February 22, 2013

Armand — Hilda E. Weicker. Hilda (daughter of William Weicker and Emma E. Jungblut) was born 21 Jul 1913, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada; died 7 Aug 2002, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Reta Mary Schneider
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172145
• Residence: 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Reta — Vincent Leander Schneider. Vincent (son of Anthony Schneider and Mary Young) was born 8 Nov 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1987. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorcas Orphas Cressman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172146
• Residence: 1983, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dorcas — Wellington "Wally" Cressman. Wellington (son of Joseph Cressman and Malinda Weber) was born 21 Oct 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 2002; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Seleda Marie Roth
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213640

Seleda married Edward Albert Roth 29 Jun 1941. Edward (son of Nicholas S. Roth and Veronica Leis) was born 9 Jan 1905, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Sep 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-220552
• Residence: 1958, Ailsa Craig, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada

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ROTH, Lloyd G. - Suddenly, as the result of a motor vehicle accident, in Midland, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1990, Lloyd G. Roth, of Ailsa Craig, Ont., In his 74th year.

Beloved husband of the late Alma (Gingerich) Roth. Dear father of Lloyd Dale and Darlene Roth of Kitchener, Gertrude Squire of Vancouver and Dennis and Marta Roth of Fort Erie; dear grandfather of Ben and Mary Lou, Karen and Brent, Brad and Eva, Dale and Michelle, Jennifer, James and Sharon, Jeff, David, Matthew and Aaron; dear great-grandfather of five great-grandchildren. Dear brother of Gladys Roth and Erma (Mrs. John Roth). Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by one sister, Seleda Roth.

Resting at the T. Stephenson and Son Funeral Home, Ailsa Craig. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. The funeral service will be held on Monday, Oct. S at 2 p.m. from Nairn Mennonite Church, with Rev. Karen James Abra and Rev. Rufus Jutzi officiating. Interment Nairn Mennonite Church cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to Gideon Memorial Bible Society or the charity of your choice would be appreciated.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 3 Oct 1990

Lloyd — Alma Gingerich. Alma (daughter of Rev. Benjamin Gingerich and Katherine Steinman) was born 18 Mar 1917; died 2 Oct 1990, Midland, Tay Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; was buried , Nairn Mennonite Cemetery, Nairn, Middlesex Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Erma Eileen Roth
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-331859
• Residence: 1995, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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ROTH, Mrs. Erma Eileen - On Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995, at her residence, Nithview Home, New Hamburg.

She was formerly of Ailsa Craig and London, Ont. and was born in Wilmot township 74 years ago, a daughter of the late Michael and Nancy (Gascho) Roth. She was a member of St. Agatha Mennonite Church where she was a member of the WMSC. Erma had taught bible club to young girls and community summer bible school in Ailsa Craig. She had been a foster mother in her earlier years and enjoyed gardening, quilting and sewing crafts as her hobbies.

Beloved wife of John L. Roth of Nithview Home, New Hamburg, whom she married September 12, 1946. Loving mother of Marlin and his wife Louise of Waldeim, Sask., and Grace and her husband John Grzybouski of London. Dear grandma to Lara Lee and Christopher. Also remembered by one sister, Gladys Roth of Ailsa Craig. She was predeceased by one brother, Lloyd G. and his wife Alma Roth and one sister, Seleda and her husband Ed Roth.

Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, on Friday, Feb. 17, 1995 from 7-9., Saturday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and until Sunday at noon, when transfer will be made to St. Agatha Mennonite Church for the service at 2:30 p.m., with Pastor Emmanuel George officiating. Interment to follow in the church cemetery.

As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to St. Agatha Mennonite Church, Mennonite Central Committee or the Alzheimer Society.

Erma married John Lee Roth 12 Sep 1946. John (son of David K. Roth and Barbara Jantzi) was born 28 Jul 1921; died 1999; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Hubert — June Elaine Lambke. (daughter of Milton A. Lambke and Mary Ann Zeller) [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109098

Vernon — Evelyn Bowman. Evelyn (daughter of Lloyd K. Bowman and Selina Block) was born 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 2016, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lyla Bowman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-481182

Lyla — Stanton Lloyd Bowman. Stanton (son of Lloyd K. Bowman and Selina Block) was born 21 Sep 1914; died 21 Feb 1967; was buried , Riverdale Mennonite Cemetery, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226754

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Mr. Armand Bud Ramsyer of LaSallette,passed away at the Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe,Ontario. He was in his 70th year. Bud was a member and past President of the Hamilton Movers Association,a member of the Rotary Club of Hamilton, Member of the Royal Hamilton Yacht club and a RoyalCanadian Legion Member.Branch 125 Delhi,Ontario.

Beloved Husband of Marion Green.Loving Father of Elizabeth Csinos, her husband Bill of La Sallette. Cherished grandfather of Grant and Scott Dean. Dear brother of Janet Labrie,(John),Ottawa. Paul(Sylvia),of Kansas,Elizabeth Whitworth (Bob),California,Tim (Helen) Aberdeen Scotland, Prdeceaced by his brother John and his parents.

Bud was a Chief Petty officer in the Canadian Navy in Nova Scotia. One of the ships he sailed on was the Bonaventure.

Rest Easy Chief! Job well done. Stand down

Armand — Marion Ruth Green. Marion (daughter of Richard Amos Green and Annie Catherine Scoble) was born 14 Aug 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 2019, Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Delhi Cemetery, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226758

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Jan Ramseyer Pergola went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 24, 2019. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great- grandmother and friend. Jan was an inspiration to all that knew and loved her. She enjoyed being an avid blogger on Facebook. Jan had over 1500 friends online, many of which she never met, except for communicating through Facebook. She never knew a stranger and all who met her in person or online fell in love with her warm personality. Jan is survived by her loving husband, John LaBrie; daughters, Beth Robinson, LeAnn Knight (Charles), Brenda Flowers, Ashley Wolaver (Brian); grandchildren, David Knight (Melody), Christina Inglis (James), Chris Robinson, Anthony Pergola (Erin), Jenny Bamberg, Joshua Knight, Lindsey Aymil, Kelsey Flowers, Jamie Lynn Flowers; great- grandchildren, Jordan, Briley, Ashlyn Wolaver, Jaxon, Stella, Landry, Drake Knight, AJ Pergola, Raleigh and Samara Bamberg and her loving family in Canada. A Celebration of Life will be held 2:00pm, Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at the Blount and Curry Funeral Home- Carrollwood Chapel with a Gathering of Friends one hour prior to the Celebration of Jan's life.

" Jan Ramseyer Pergola (1938-2019) - Find A Grave...". 1938. Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229258031/jan-pergola.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226759

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Paul Daniel Ramseyer
November 14, 1940 - December 24, 2020

Rose Hill, Kansas - Paul Daniel Ramseyer, age 80, retired BG Products employee, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020. No Visitation. Memorial service 2 pm Saturday, January 2, 2021, Zaik Church, 888 S. Webb Rd., Wichita. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Armand and Hilda Ramseyer, 3 brothers and 1 sister. Survivors include his wife, Sylvia; sons, Richard Ramseyer and Brian Ramseyer (Kelly); daughters, Paula Ridder, and Dianne and Jennifer Ramseyer; sister, Beth Whitworth (Bob); grandchildren, Ellie, Ricky, Cody, Ariana, Keanu, Ethan, Brooklyn, Destiny, Olivia and Branson; several great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established with Ziak Church, 888 S. Webb Rd., Wichita, KS 67207. View tributes at smithfamilymortuaries.com. Smith Mortuary, Derby in charge of arrangements.

"Paul Daniel Ramseyer Obituary (1940 - 2020) Wichita Eagle". 2022. Legacy.Com. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansas/name/paul-ramseyer-obituary?id=7374941.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226753

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226760

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Timothy Robert Ramseyer was born in Kitchener, Ontario Canada on 1st October 1952 to Armand and Hilda Ramseyer. Tim was the youngest of 6 siblings, Bud, Janet, Paul, John, Beth and Tim in a loving Christian family. Tim's dad Armand was a preacher and the family moved to the USA when Tim was 2 years old, first to Massachusetts then latterly to Concord, California.

Tim was a typical preacher's kid when he was growing up and developed a mischievous nature. His sister Beth said Tim was always on one end or the other of a practical joke. One of the perks of being a preachers son was that Tim got to swim in the baptismal tank whenever he pleased.

Tim graduated from Mount Diablo High School, California. He was industrious and always on the go which was typical of Tim. Tim went to college in Seattle to study for his welding certificates which lead him to Scotland where he completed his diving training and became a fully fledged Saturation Welder Diver. Tim stayed in Scotland to work with Subsea for the rest of his working life.

It was at a Country & Western night at the salubrious surroundings of the Holiday Inn in Dyce that Tim met Helen. Their relationship blossomed and the married a few years later. Tim was a devoted husband to Helen and a loving father to Clare and Ken. Family life was always fun with the Ramseyer's and they travelled all over the world on their holidays. Tim was a loving father-in-law to Ruth and James and very much devoted hands-on Papa with his five grandchildren Alexander, Calum, Lois, Mark and Jamie.

Tim is a huge loss to his family and friends but our cherished memories of Tim will live in our hearts forever.

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