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Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario. |
Eileen Alice Witmer
1925 - 2017 (92 years)-
Name Eileen Alice Witmer Born 6 Feb 1925 Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
[1] Gender Female FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179007862 Name Eileen Alice Reier Eby ID Number Waterloo-256978 Died 28 Apr 2017 Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Person ID I256978 Generations Last Modified 30 Sep 2024
Father Reeve - Warden Joseph Willard "Willard" Witmer, b. 10 May 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Dec 1967, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) Mother Avon Bechtel Snyder, b. 29 Sep 1899, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1988 (Age 88 years) Married 31 Mar 1920 Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Family ID F5702 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Kenneth Franklin Reier, b. 29 Jun 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 May 2013, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years) Children 1. Gordon Ross Reier Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 Family ID F61387 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - REIER, Eileen Passed away peacefully at University Gates Long Term Care Home in Waterloo on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the age of 92 years. Best friend and wife of the late Kenneth Reier (2013) for 68 years. Much loved mother of Gordon (Doris) Reier, Dianne Bailey, Sharon (Andre 2009, Brian Skerrett) Blom, Keith (Elizabeth) Reier, and Margaret (Jon) Tobin. Long-time foster mother of Cheryl and Clarence Michael Cachagee. Sister of Esther (Ralph) Holmberg. Grandma of Theresa and Todd Bailey, Brendan (Justine) Blom, Anton (Heidi) Blom, Sophie Blom, Kristen (Mark) Falkenburger, and Philip Reier. Great- grandma of Kailey Falkenburger, Talia, Naia, and Reuben Blom. Predeceased by her parents Willard and Avon (nee Snyder) Witmer, brothers Gordon (Eva) Witmer and Calvin Witmer, and sisters-in-law Lorene Willing and Jean Hornburg. Eileen will be remembered for her quiet strength. She was kind, compassionate, giving of herself to her family, her friends and to those she met through a life of service in the Mennonite faith. Over her lifetime she developed a love for gardening, music, many crafts and travel. As a young woman, she played the piano and organ and sang in a quartet. When her daughters were young she led a local 4H girls club. Eileen enjoyed quilting and led the Mannheim Mennonite Church quilting group for many years in creating a new quilt each year for the Mennonite Relief Sale. In later years, she enjoyed travelling in North America and Europe with her husband Kenneth. She volunteered in the craft rooms at Nithview and Fairview retirement homes. She will be missed by her many friends at Mannheim Mennonite Church and at her retirement residence at Fairview Home in Cambridge. Many thanks to the staff at University Gates Long Term Care for their kind care and support. A Visitation and Memorial Service celebrating the life of Eileen will take place at Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King Street South, Waterloo on Saturday, May 6, 2017. Visitation is at 2 p.m., followed by the service at 3 p.m. A reception will follow the service. Cremation has taken place. An interment ceremony will take place at Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery following the reception. Memorial donations to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) or the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Foundation can be arranged through the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.
Trees, Memorial, Funeral Homes, and Eileen Reier. 2022. "Eileen Reier Obituary". Tributearchive.Com. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24594580/eileen-reier.
- REIER, Eileen Passed away peacefully at University Gates Long Term Care Home in Waterloo on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the age of 92 years. Best friend and wife of the late Kenneth Reier (2013) for 68 years. Much loved mother of Gordon (Doris) Reier, Dianne Bailey, Sharon (Andre 2009, Brian Skerrett) Blom, Keith (Elizabeth) Reier, and Margaret (Jon) Tobin. Long-time foster mother of Cheryl and Clarence Michael Cachagee. Sister of Esther (Ralph) Holmberg. Grandma of Theresa and Todd Bailey, Brendan (Justine) Blom, Anton (Heidi) Blom, Sophie Blom, Kristen (Mark) Falkenburger, and Philip Reier. Great- grandma of Kailey Falkenburger, Talia, Naia, and Reuben Blom. Predeceased by her parents Willard and Avon (nee Snyder) Witmer, brothers Gordon (Eva) Witmer and Calvin Witmer, and sisters-in-law Lorene Willing and Jean Hornburg. Eileen will be remembered for her quiet strength. She was kind, compassionate, giving of herself to her family, her friends and to those she met through a life of service in the Mennonite faith. Over her lifetime she developed a love for gardening, music, many crafts and travel. As a young woman, she played the piano and organ and sang in a quartet. When her daughters were young she led a local 4H girls club. Eileen enjoyed quilting and led the Mannheim Mennonite Church quilting group for many years in creating a new quilt each year for the Mennonite Relief Sale. In later years, she enjoyed travelling in North America and Europe with her husband Kenneth. She volunteered in the craft rooms at Nithview and Fairview retirement homes. She will be missed by her many friends at Mannheim Mennonite Church and at her retirement residence at Fairview Home in Cambridge. Many thanks to the staff at University Gates Long Term Care for their kind care and support. A Visitation and Memorial Service celebrating the life of Eileen will take place at Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King Street South, Waterloo on Saturday, May 6, 2017. Visitation is at 2 p.m., followed by the service at 3 p.m. A reception will follow the service. Cremation has taken place. An interment ceremony will take place at Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery following the reception. Memorial donations to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) or the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Foundation can be arranged through the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.
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Sources - [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179007862.
- [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179007862.
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Born - 6 Feb 1925 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Died - 28 Apr 2017 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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