Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Erma Rose Knechtel[1, 2, 3]

Female 1929 - 2017  (88 years)


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  • Name Erma Rose Knechtel 
    Born 1929 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183145201 
    Name Erma Rose Gingrich 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-370429 
    Died 23 May 2017  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I370429  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Ephraim Knechtel,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1974, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Edna Snyder,   b. 19 Aug 1891, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1911  [4
    Family ID F8303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gordon M. "Gord" Gingrich,   b. 22 Apr 1929, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1997, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1962 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F256348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Gingrich, Erma Rose (nee Knechtel) Peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, on her 88th birthday at Derbecker's Heritage House in St. Jacobs. Beloved wife of the late Gord Gingrich (1997). Dear mother of Dave and Cindy of Elmira, Karen and Ralph Findling of Cambridge, Tim and Laurel of Regina, Saskatchewan. Also lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Justin and Michelle (fiancĂ© Todd); Daniel, Jonathan and Samuel; Caleb and Hudson, and by her great-grandson Logan. Sister of Alfred Knechtel, and Carol and Alson Martin. Predeceased by her parents, Ephraim and Edna (Snyder) Knechtel, and her siblings Clifford, Grace, Fern, Dorothy, Lila, Orval and Paul. The family will receive their relatives and friends on Friday, May 26, 2017 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthurs St. S., Elmira. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Woodside Bible Fellowship, 200 Barnswallow Drive, Elmira. Interment in Hawkesville Cemetery. In Erma's memory donations to the Gideon Bibles or St. Mary's Hospital Cardiac Care would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

      Obituary information for Erma Rose Gingrich (no date) Obituary information for. Available at: https://www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Erma-Rose-Gingrich?obId=24746405 (Accessed: 10 March 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edna Snyder - Knechtel - 1989.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Grace Knechtel - 2001.

    3. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lila Knechtel - Martin.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 7, 1975 - page 14 obit of Ephraim Knechtel.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 May 2017 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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