Bernice May Devitt^{[1, 2]}

1883 - 1945  (62 years)

• Name	Bernice May Devitt
  Born	23 May 1883	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bernice May Harder
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Seamstress
  Eby ID Number	00030-2352.4
  Died	17 Sep 1945	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I12870	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John K. Devitt,   b. 9 Jun 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jan 1935, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Susannah Cressman,   b. 25 Jul 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1936, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F3556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Henry Joseph Harder,   b. 26 Nov 1881, Near, Latham, Moniteau, Missouri, United States ,   d. 31 May 1961, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1920
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F15442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Devitt, Bernice and Henry J. Harder.jpg https://www.gameo.org/index.asp?content=https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/H3733.html

  
  

• Notes

  HARDER. - Bernice May, daughter of the late J. K. and Suzanna (Cressman) Devitt, was born at Kitchener, Ont., May 23, 1883; died at the K-W Hospital, Kitchener, Sept. 17, 1945; aged 62y. 3 m. 25 d. On Oct. 27, 1920, she was married to Henry J. Harder, who survives. She also leaves one brother (Roydon, Windsor, Ont.) and 3 sisters (Elsie - Mrs. W. Yantz, Waterloo, Ont.; Alice ? Mrs. Henry Gremm, Calgary, Alta.; and Lena - Mrs. E. C. Dreyfus, Detroit, Mich.). Sister Harder was converted during a series of meetings held at Breslau, Ont., by Bro. S. F. Coffman and united with the Mennonite Church there. Shortly after, she went to Toronto and helped in the opening of the Toronto Mennonite Mission. Recognizing her need for further training for Christian service, she graduated from Toronto Bible Training School in 1911. She, with Bro. T. K. Hershey (now in South America), started the mission in Youngstown, Ohio. The years 1917-1919 she spent as a worked in the Kansas City Children's Home, and 1921-1945 as a minister's wife in the Carstairs, Alta.; congregation. She was always interested in spiritual and benevolent work, Sunday School, and summer Bible school. "Others" seems indeed to have been her motto. The only note of sadness in her home-going seems to have been the fact that she couldn't take her friends with her. May her faith be ours, and may her example be a real incentive to us to be faithful in our service for our lord. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Sept. 21, in charge of S. F. Coffman and Oscar Burkholder. Text, II Tim. 1: 12. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVIII, No . 28 - October 12, 1945, page 542, 543

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 533. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 480. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 28, 1935 - Obituary of John K. Devitt. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Mar 1875. 02 Mar 1875 By Pastor S.L. Umbach in Berlin, John K. Devitt was married to Susanna Cressmann, both of Waterloo Township.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1883 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Seamstress - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Sep 1945 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth