Elsie Gornall

1921 - 2006  (85 years)

• Name	Elsie Gornall
  Born	1921	Heysham, , Lancashire, England
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206831356
  Name	Elsie Wilhelm
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-493195
  Died	2006	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I493195	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Ivan Douglas Wilhelm,   b. 3 May 1918, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. James Edward Clarke,   b. 27 Jan 1944, , England ,   d. 18 Jan 1992, Scarborough, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F301814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILHELM, Elsie - Better known as "Mommie Elsie" (Clarke/nee Gornall) passed away peacefully, at Forest Heights Long Term Care Centre in Kitchener, on Monday, January 9, 2006, in her 85th year. She is finally at peace with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. She was born in Heysham, England and emigrated to Canada in 1944, first residing in Hamilton, Ont. and subsequently moving to Kitchener. Mommie Elsie will be lovingly remembered by family and the many children and their families she babysat (over 40 years, they number in the thousands), her Christian Community at Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church where she taught Sunday school and was a faithful member ever since 1957. She is survived by her step Roy (Nancy) Wilhelm; former daughters-in-law, Ursula Scherfer and Kathy Clarke; daughter-in-law, Anne Ng (Clarke) and brother-in-law, Bill Nelis; grandchildren Tim Lee and Valerie (Dan) Sowa and sisters, Sally Barnes and Margaret (Ed) Armor and other family in England. She was predeceased by her husband of 42 years, Ivan Wilhelm (2004); stepdaughter, Patricia Reid (1997); son, James Clarke (1992); sisters, Renee Nelis, Kathleen Gornall and by her parents, George and Sarah Gornall. At Elsie's request, cremation has taken place. There will be a gathering to come together in remembrance of Elsie at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 621 King St. W., Kitchener at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 14, 2006, followed by a service at 3 p.m. in the chapel, officiated by Pastor Eric Jurians of Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hamilton. A reception at the Family Centre following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Children's Health Education and ADRA Canada would be appreciated and may be made by contacting the funeral home at 519-745-9495 or online at www.ratzbechtelfuneralhome.com Special thanks to the staff of Forest Heights, Grand River Health Centre and Lafontaine Terrace for their loving care and the many hugs freely given. Francis and Sherry Weiss. Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Jan 12, 2006 Page 23

  
  

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  Born - 1921 - Heysham, , Lancashire, England Died - 2006 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth