Waterloo Region Generations
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Gertrude Grace "Trudy" Hoffer

Female 1919 - 2007  (88 years)


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  • Name Gertrude Grace "Trudy" Hoffer 
    Born 6 Oct 1919 
    Gender Female 
    Name Gertrude Grace "Trudy" Klinck 
    Name Trudy Hoffer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-258697 
    Died 10 Oct 2007  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I258697  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Warden - Reeve Aaron W. Hoffer,   b. 4 Jan 1885, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Edith Urana "Rene" Esch,   b. 9 Jul 1883, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1910  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F233099  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lieutenant Franklin George "Frank" Klinck,   b. 1920, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1942 
    Children 
     1. Lynne Klinck
     2. Stephen Klinck
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F233098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KLINCK, Gertrude "Trudy" Grace (nee Hoffer) - October 6, 1919 - October 10, 2007. Passed into eternal life peacefully at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital. Predeceased by her husband, Frank Klinck; her parents, Aaron and Urana "Rene" (Esch) Hoffer and sister, Lloy Reichard. Loving mother of Lynne (Dave) Hipel and Stephen (Rhonda) Klinck; devoted grandmother to David (Stephanie) Hipel, Andrea (Chrys) Greenwood, Ian Klinck (fiancee Ines), Tonja (Lawrence) Hansen and Rebekah (Andrew) Bradshaw; great-grandmother to Jessyca and Alex Greenwood, Tahnee Hipel, Melissa Baumgartner, Jess Anderson and Avaleigh Grace Hansen. Survived by sisters, Ruth McLaughlin, Vivian Huehn, and Jean Wagner; brother, John "Jack" Hoffer; brothers-in-law, Carl Wagner and Ab Lorch and many nieces and nephews. For nearly twenty years, Trudy taught at the Guiding Light School in Elmira, putting into practice her love for children with special needs. Our special thanks to the staff at Chateau Gardens Assisted Living Centre, Elmira, where Trudy lived the past five years, and to the nurses and staff on 6 South and the O.R. doctors and nurses at Grand River Hospital. Trudy's family will welcome visitors Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Dreisinger Funeral Home in Elmira. Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Richard Frey on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Elmira where Trudy was a lifelong member. Interment will follow at Elmira's Union Cemetery

      The Record 11 Oct 2008

  • Sources 
    1. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21502 (1910), Hoffer-Esch.
      Aaron Hoffer, 25, Clerk, Bright Ont., Son of Jacob Hoffer & Catherine Weismiller Married Edith Urana Esch, 25, Elmira, daughter of Menno Esch & Sussannah Cherry, Witn: J.H. Ruppel & Mrs. Emma Granford (Graupner?) Both of Elmira, 28 March 1910 In Elmira

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Oct 2007 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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