George Amasa "Amasa" Strohm^[1]

1889 - 1923  (33 years)

• Name	George Amasa "Amasa" Strohm
  Born	8 Oct 1889	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Amasa G. Strohm
  Name	George Amsey Strome
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Upholsterer, Upholstering Factory
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00120-7468.5
  Died	9 Feb 1923	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I191756	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah M. Strome,   b. 27 Feb 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Peppler,   b. 1 Feb 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1928, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1882
  Family ID	F5111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  UNTIMELY DEATH OF LATE AMASA STROHM POPULAR YOUNG MAN IS VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA - IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL A popular you resident of Elmira passed away last Friday In the person of Mr. George Amasa Strohm, aged thirty-three years. He was ill less than a week having worked as usual on the Saturday preceding. Attacked by the influenza, he developed an acute case of pleural pneumonia and though he made a heroic fight, be succumbed in a few days. The late Mr. Strohm was born is Kitchener, but came here when four years of age following the death of his father, the late Jeremiah Strohm. He has resided here ever since with the exception of short period spent out West and again In Waterloo. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Henry Heipel of Elmira. as well as by his step-father Mr. Heipel. four sisters and two brothers are also left as follows: Mrs. Jacob Conrad of Elmira, Mrs. E. G. Shierholts of Kitchener Mrs. O. Hollinger of Elmira, and Miss Permilda Heipel of Elmira; Mr. Clarence Strohm of Detroit and M. Cecil Heipel of Elmira. The funeral of the late Mr. Strohm was very largely attended on Sunday afternoon, the church being filled to capacity with friends from far and near. A very impressive sermon was delivered by Rev. J. Strempfer. The flowers were numerous and most beautiful and are as follows:- A large Pillow from the Family. A large Wheel from the I.O.O.F. A large Star from the Elmira Rubber Factory. A large wheel from the Elmira Rubber Factory Shoe Department. A large Cross from Mrs. E. S. Beisel, Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Lichty A Spray from Mr. and Mrs, Menno Strohm and family of Kitchener. A Spray from the Misses Miller. A Spray from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oswald. Kitchener A Spray from Mr. Oscar Weichel. A Spray from Miss Marie Oppertshauser. The pallbearers were: Mr. Walter Hollinger, Mr. Reuben Cleghorn, Mr. Oscar Wahl, Mr. Alvin Brubacher, Mr. Floyd Moyer and Mr. Albert Kehl. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral, were: Mrs. Frank, Van Deventer of Hamilton, Mr. Clarence Strohm of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Schierholtz, Miss Helen Schierholtz and Master Vernon Schierholtz and Mrs. Edward Class, all of Kitchener; Miss Sylvia Miller, of Waterloo; Mr. Ian Kneutzweiser and Mr. H. Hahn of Linwood: Mr. and Mrs. George Kehl of Listowel and Mrs. Herbert Snyder of Heidelberg.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 529. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 46 Pg. 7.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Oct 1889 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Upholsterer, Upholstering Factory - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Feb 1923 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth