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

Elmor F. Hofstetter

Male 1891 - 1961  (70 years)


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  • Name Elmor F. Hofstetter 
    Born 5 Sep 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name Elmer Hofstetter 
    Residence 1911  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-25483 
    Died 19 Dec 1961  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I25483  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Christian Hofstetter,   b. 17 Apr 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1930, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Caroline Hertzberger,   b. 26 Nov 1867, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1933  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 19 Mar 1889  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sylba Leona Betzner,   b. 1 Jul 1887, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1960  (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. L. Eugene "Eugene" Hofstetter,   b. 12 Dec 1921, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Raymond "Oray" Hofstetter,   b. 9 Nov 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1996  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F6609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • New Hamburg Independent, December 21, 1961

      Elmor Hofstetter Passes Suddenly Elmor L. Hofstetter, of Baden, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday at the age of 70 years. He was born in Wilmot Township, September 5, 1891, and had been a resident of Baden for about 50 years.Mr. Hofstetter was a son of the late Christian Hofstetter and the former Caroline Hertzberger. For the past 25 years he had been employed in a New Hamburg store. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Leona Betzner in January 1960. Mr. Hofstetter was a member of Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, New Hamburg. Surviving are two sons, Eugene of New Hamburg and Oray of Baden; two brothers, Percy of Plattsville and Gordon of Belle River; one sister, Mrs. Winnifred Gooding of Baden, and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by one brother, Milton. The body is at the Futher-Omand Funeral Home, New Hamburg, where the funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon at two o'clock, with Rev. F. Paul Erb officiating. Burial will follow in Wilmot Centre Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Elmor F. Hosfstetter - December 21, 1961.

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 8.

    3. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 9.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Sep 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Dec 1961 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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