Elmina Kropf

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• Name: Elmina Boshart
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80936
• Residence: 1911, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

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BOSHART, Elmina, daughter of the late Rudolph and Katherine (Lichti) Kropf, was born at St. Agatha, Ont., Oct. 16, 1905; died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, April 6, 1966; aged 60 y. 5 m. 20 d. On March 19, 1924, she was married to Milton Boshart, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Berl, Robert, and Gary), one daughter (Reta - Mrs. Lee Horst), and 6 grandchildren. One son and one brother preceded her in death. She was a member of the St. Agatha Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held April 8, with Elmer Schwartzentruber and Gerald Schwartzentruber officiating.

Gospel Herald - Volume LIX, Number 28 - July 19, 1966, pages 649, 650

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Mrs. Milton Boshart, 60, of 63 Avondale Ave. S., Waterloo died today at K-W Hospital following a lengthy illness.

The former Elmina Kropf, she was born in St. Agatha, Oct. 16, 1905, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kropf. She was a member of the St. Agatha Mennonite Church, and had lived in Waterloo for the past 10 years. She had formerly lived in Bridgeport.


Surviving are her husband, whom she married in St. Agatha on March 19, 1924; three sons, Berl and Robert, both of Kitchener, and Gary, Waterloo; one daughter, Mrs. Lee (Reta) Horst, Kitchener; three brothers, Aaron, Waterloo, Lorne, Kitchener, and Clayton, Wellesley; two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Litwiller, Kitchener, and Mrs. Henry (Arleatha) Zehr, New Hamburg; and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Wilfred, and a son, Floyd. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until noon on Friday when removal will be made to the St. Agatha Mennonite Church for the service at 3 p.m. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Elmer Schwartzentruber and Rev. Gerald Schwartzentruber will conduct the service.

Donations to the Western Ontario Mennonite Mission Board or the Canadian Cancer Society will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 6, 1966

Elmina married Milton S. Boshart 19 Mar 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Milton (son of Daniel B. Boshart and Magdalena E. Schwartzentruber) was born Jan 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Sep 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Reta — Levi John Horst. (son of John L. Horst and Mary B. Frey) [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-111058

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BOSHART, Mr. Berl -- At the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital on Saturday, June 3, 1978, suddenly following a heart attack, Bert Boshart of Route 2, Petersburg, aged 52 years. A member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. Husband of Bernice Wilson, son of Milton Boshart and the late Elmina Kropf, he is survived by his step-mother Lucinda Boshart; two sons, Tim of New Dundee, Raymond of New Hamburg; two daughters, Sandra (Mrs Robert Ulmer) of London, and Terry Boshart of Petersburg; brother of Robert of New Hamburg, Gary of New Hamburg and Mrs. Reta Horst of Kitchener; four grandchildren also survive. He was predeceased by one brother Floyd. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, until noon on Tuesday when removal will be made to Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church for the funeral service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ron Rempel officiating. Interment St. Agatha Mennonite cemetery.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 5 Jun 1978

Berl — Bernice Arleen Wilson. Bernice was born 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1994, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41875

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Boshart - Floyd, son of Bro. and Sister Milton Boshart, was born at St. Agatha, Ont., Feb. 1, 1935; died at the K. and W. Hospital March 23, 1939, following an operation for appendicitis. He leaves his loving parents, 1 sister, 1 brother, his grandparents, and many relatives and friends to mourn his departure. Services were conducted at his home in Bridgeport, Ont., by Bro. Peter Nafziger, and at the St. Agatha A. M. Church by the brethren, Peter Nafziger (text, Matt. 18: 1-3) and Moses O. Jantzi (text, Psa. 127). Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald, April 27, 1939

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151885
• Residence: 1991, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Gary — Effie E. Plumsteel. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-186801