Ozias B. Gingrich^{[1, 2]}

1893 - 1967  (73 years)

• Name	Ozias B. Gingrich
  Born	24 Oct 1893	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Church Membership	Elmira Mennonite Church, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00002-162.13
  Died	6 Feb 1967	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I7115	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Moses M. Gingerich,   b. 15 May 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jun 1931, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Bauman,   b. 18 Sep 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1944, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1884  [1]
  Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Naomi May Schmitt,   b. 24 Oct 1903, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Dec 1924	Guernsey, Alberta   [5]
  Children	1. Rev. Virgil Lyle Gingrich   2. Velorous Orpha Gingrich   3. Rev. Newton Laverne Gingrich,   b. 13 Oct 1924, Drake, Saskatchewan ,   d. 1 Aug 1979, Drumbo, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)   4. Vernon Stanley Gingrich   5. Gordon Moses S. Gingrich,   b. 13 Aug 1928, Guernsey, Saskatchewan ,   d. 5 Dec 2009, Teulon, , Manitoba, Canada  (Age 81 years)   6. Vietta Lorren Gingrich,   b. 24 Sep 1932,   d. 20 Nov 2008  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F5792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gingrich.- Ozias B., son of Mr, and Mrs. Mose Gingrich, was born Jan. 24, 1893; died of a heart attack at his home in Elmira, Ont., Feb. 6, 1967; aged 74 y. 13 d. On Dec. 12, 1924, he was married to Naomi May Schmitt, who survives. Also surviving are 7 children (Newton, Vernon, Gordon, Delmar, Virgil G., Vietta-Mrs. Thomas Oshiro, and Velorous-Mrs. John Shearer) and 2 brothers (Amos and Nelson). He was a member of the Elmira Church, where funeral services were held Feb. 9, with Vernon Leis and Edwin Weber officiating. \bGospel Herald - Volume LX, Number 9 - March 7, 1967, pages 218, 219. _____________________________ OZIAS B. GINGERICH ELMIRA - Ozias B. Gingerich, 73, of Elmira died suddenly Monday at his home. Born in Peel Township, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mose Gingerich. He was a member of the Elmira Mennonite Church. Surviving besides his wife, the former Naomi May Schmitt, whom he married in Guernsey, Sask, in 1924, are five sons, Rev. Newton Gingerich of Tavistock, Vernon of Elmira, Gordon of Steinbach, Man., Virgil Gingerich of Kenya, East Africa; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Vietta) Oshiro of Preston and Mrs. John (Velorous) Shearer of Cleveland; two brothers, Amos of Waterloo and Nelson of Elmira and 14 grandchildren. He was predeceased by three brothers and four sisters. The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until noon Thursday when removal will be made to the Elmira Mennonite Church for service at 2: 30 p.m. Rev. Vernon Leis will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Donations to the Mennonite board of Missions or the Canadian Heart Foundation will be accepted as expressions of sympathy. \bThe Kitchener-Waterloo Record 7 Feb 1967

  
  

• 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..., 90. [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..., 698. [S171] Census - ON, Wellington, Peel - 1901, Peel I-2 Page 5. [S154] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Mennonite CC#4584 Internet Link. Gingrich/ Ozias B.Gingrich/ 1893-1967/ Naomi M.Schmitt/ 1903-1988/ [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 7, 1967 - Obituary of Ozias B. Gingrich. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Ozias B. Gingerich - 7 Feb 1967.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1893 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Church Membership - - Elmira Mennonite Church, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - Dec 1924 - Guernsey, Alberta Died - Cause: heart attack - 6 Feb 1967 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth