Jeremiah "Jerry" Keffer

1888 - 1954  (66 years)

• Name	Jeremiah "Jerry" Keffer
  Born	9 Oct 1888	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Jerry Keffer  [4]
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-3400
  Died	26 Dec 1954	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I3400	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Keffer,   b. 3 Dec 1858, , York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1924, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Catherine Stumpf,   b. 1 Aug 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1958  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1887	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F27817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Catherine Schiedel,   b. 23 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1915  [6]
  Children	1. Hannah Keffer,   d. INFANCY   2. Edith Belle Keffer,   b. 1 Feb 1918, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   3. Walter Amos Keffer,   b. 20 Apr 1920, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Nov 2001, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   4. Mary Ruberta Keffer,   b. 8 May 1922, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Oct 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   5. Gordon Keffer,   b. 14 Jun 1926,   d. 16 Jun 1926  (Age 0 years)   6. Carl Willard Keffer
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JEREMIAH KEFFER Funeral services were conducted Sunday, December 26 for the late Jeremiah Keffer, 66, of New Dundee who died Friday at the K-W Hospital after an illness of about three weeks. An employee of Weston Bakeries Ltd., Kitchener, he was born at Breslau, son of Catherine Keffer and the late Walter Keffer. His marriage to Hannah Catherine Schiedel, who predeceased him, took place at Breslau in 1915. Mr. Keffer was a member of Snyder Mennonite Church, Bloomingdale. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Catherine Keffer, Elmira; two sons, Walter M., New Dundee, and Carl W., Hespeler and two daughters, Miss Eideth Belle, and Mrs. S. (Mary) Kaczmarek and four grandchildren. One son, Gordon, and one daughter, Hannah, pre-deceased him. The body rested at the Keffer Funeral Home until Sunday when removal was made to Snyder Mennonite Church, Bloomingdale, for service. Rev. John Snyder and Rev. Oscar Burkholder were in charge. Interment was in Breslau Mennonite Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 53. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Keffer/ Jeremiah Keffer/ 1888-1954/ his wife/ Hannah Schiedel/ 1892-1942/ Till we meet again [A] Father [Loose stone against main stone] [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, B. (1888). Jeremiah “Jerry” Keffer (1888-1954) - Find A... Retrieved 8 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41681690/jeremiah-keffer. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Mary Detweiler - February 7, 1935. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Mar 1887. 01 Mar 1887 Walter Keffer of Bridgeport and Catharina Stumpf of Elmira were married by Pastor A.R. Schulz of Elmira. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Hannah Schield - March 5, 1942.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Oct 1888 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Dec 1954 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth