Rev. Howard Otterbein Stauffer

1897 - 1986  (89 years)

• Name	Howard Otterbein Stauffer
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	19 Jan 1897	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1921	Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer, on farm
  Residence	1921	Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24864
  Died	16 May 1986	Tofield, , Alberta, Canada   [2, 4]
  Buried	Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery, Tofield, Alberta   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I24864	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Norman B. Stauffer,   b. 30 Dec 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Sep 1927, Aldersyde, Alberta  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Otterbein,   b. 28 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Aug 1924, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1894	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F26917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella Mabel Brubacher,   b. 8 May 1896, Port Trevorton, Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 4 Jun 1933, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1923  [6]
  Children	1. Norman Elwood Stauffer   2. Wilfrid John Stauffer   3. Wilbur Howard Stauffer
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stauffer, Howard Otterbein (1897-1986) Howard Otterbein Stauffer: deacon in the Mount View Mennonite Church near High River, Alberta, and the Rainham Mennonite Church in Ontario. He was born 19 January 1897 near Breslau, Ontario, and died at Tofield, Alberta, on 16 May 1986. He was married to Stella Mabel Brubaker (8 May 1896-4 June 1933) on 20 November 1923. They had four children. After the death of his first wife, Howard Stauffer married Mary Holderbein (27 October 1907-29 October 1964) on 3 November 1935. After Mary died, Howard married Barbara Fretz (2 April 1905-22 August 1997), the widow of A. Lewis Fretz. Howard Staffer was the eldest son of Bishop Norman Stauffer . The family came to the High River district in 1901. Howard was baptized and became a member of the Mount View Mennonite Church in 1909. He spent the winter of 1917-18 attending the Ontario Mennonite Bible School in Kitchener, but also worked for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and on a farm at Guernsey, Saskatchewan in his later teens. He was elected Assistant Superintendent of the Mount View Sunday school in 1918, and became Superintendent and teacher after he returned to the High River district in 1921. The first year after their marriage in 1923 Howard and Stella Stauffer farmed in the Aldersyde district, but then moved to Duchess where Howard operated a garage until the spring of 1936. The family then moved to a farm near Rosemary, Alberta, but a year later the family moved back to Aldersyde onto Howard's father's old farm. They lived there until 1952 when the farm was sold. Howard Stauffer was ordained, by lot, as a deacon in the Mount View Mennonite Church on 11 January 1942. Unfortunately, one of the other men in the lot was not able to accept the result. He left the Mount View church and attempted to start a church of his own. The Stauffer family moved to Ontario in 1952, working at various jobs, including work in Mennonite homes for seniors. In 1959 they returned to Edmonton, where Howard worked in the Rosecrest Home for handicapped children until his retirement in 1965. The family then moved to Ryley near Tofield, and relocated to Tofield in 1975. Howard apparently did not serve as a deacon in Edmonton or Tofield although, having been ordained for life, he continued to be listed in some Mennonite directories. Regehr, Ted D. "Stauffer, Howard Otterbein (1897-1986)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2003. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005 <https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S727925.html> __________________________ Stauffer, Howard O., son of N. B. and Lizzie Stauffer, was born at Breslau, Ont., on Jan. 19, 1897; died at Tofield Hospital, Alta., May 16, 1986; aged 89 y. On Nov. 20, 1923, he married Stella Brubacher, who died on June 4, 1933. On Nov. 3, 1935, he was married to Mary Holderbein, who died on Oct. 29, 1964. On Nov. 23, 1965, he married Barbara Fretz, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Norman, Wilfred, and Wilbur), 2 daughters (Fern Boese and Faye Schmelzer), 13 grandchildren, 13 greatgrandchildren, 2 stepsons (Lorne and Paul Fretz), 2 stepdaughters (Joyce Buschert and Lois Evans), 14 stepgrandchildren, 13 stepgreat-grandchildren, one sister (Florence Hoover), and one brother (Bryan). Funeral services were held at the Salem Mennonite Church in charge of Levi Smoker and Harold Boettger; interment in Salem Mennonite Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 79, Number 37 - September 16, 1968, page 634

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Howard O. Stauffer - September 16, 1968. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Erbsville Sub Dist 4 1921 Page 15. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58234672/howard-otterbein-stauffer. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012068-94. Norman Stauffer, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Benjamin Stauffer and Mary Betzner married Elizabeth Otterbein, 22, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Henry Otterbein and Lydia Kolb, Witn Titus Kolb of Waterloo Twp and Elizabeth Betzner, 17 October 1894 in Waterloo Twp. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Stella Mabel Brubaker - June, 1933.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jan 1897 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer, on farm - 1921 - Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 May 1986 - Tofield, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery, Tofield, Alberta  = Link to Google Earth