John Schenk and Violet Kaufman were married on December 18, 1912, in Baden, Ontario. After Violet's death in 1951, John married Clara Koerber, the widow of William Zimmer.∼Obituary
At the K-W Hospital, on Christmas Day, after a lengthy illness, John Schenk, of 247 Franklin St. N., age 88 years, born in Wilmot Centre, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Casper Schenk, a lifelong resident of the Twin City area, formerly employed as a carpenter and formerly farmed near Maryhill for many years. Mr. Schenk was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Husband of Clara Koerber; father of Alfred, Waterloo; Elwood and Kenneth, both of Kitchener and Ruth (Mrs. Arthur Gollinger) of Burlington; brother of Susan (Mrs. Ivan Heuckroth) of Kitchener; predeceased by his first wife Violet Kaufman in 1951; three grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 3 p.m. Thursday until noon on Saturday, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport for the service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ralph W. Huras officiating. Internment St. Matthew's Lutheran cemetery, Conestogo. Donations to the memorial fund of St. Paul's Lutheran Church may be made as expressions of sympathy.
-Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 26, 1973
At the K-W Hospital, on Christmas Day, after a lengthy illness, John Schenk, of 247 Franklin St. N., age 88 years, born in Wilmot Centre, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Casper Schenk, a lifelong resident of the Twin City area, formerly employed as a carpenter and formerly farmed near Maryhill for many years. Mr. Schenk was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Husband of Clara Koerber; father of Alfred, Waterloo; Elwood and Kenneth, both of Kitchener and Ruth (Mrs. Arthur Gollinger) of Burlington; brother of Susan (Mrs. Ivan Heuckroth) of Kitchener; predeceased by his first wife Violet Kaufman in 1951; three grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 3 p.m. Thursday until noon on Saturday, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport for the service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ralph W. Huras officiating. Internment St. Matthew's Lutheran cemetery, Conestogo. Donations to the memorial fund of St. Paul's Lutheran Church may be made as expressions of sympathy.
-Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 26, 1973
John Schenk and Violet Kaufman were married on December 18, 1912, in Baden, Ontario. After Violet's death in 1951, John married Clara Koerber, the widow of William Zimmer.∼Obituary
At the K-W Hospital, on Christmas Day, after a lengthy illness, John Schenk, of 247 Franklin St. N., age 88 years, born in Wilmot Centre, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Casper Schenk, a lifelong resident of the Twin City area, formerly employed as a carpenter and formerly farmed near Maryhill for many years. Mr. Schenk was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Husband of Clara Koerber; father of Alfred, Waterloo; Elwood and Kenneth, both of Kitchener and Ruth (Mrs. Arthur Gollinger) of Burlington; brother of Susan (Mrs. Ivan Heuckroth) of Kitchener; predeceased by his first wife Violet Kaufman in 1951; three grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 3 p.m. Thursday until noon on Saturday, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport for the service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ralph W. Huras officiating. Internment St. Matthew's Lutheran cemetery, Conestogo. Donations to the memorial fund of St. Paul's Lutheran Church may be made as expressions of sympathy.
-Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 26, 1973
At the K-W Hospital, on Christmas Day, after a lengthy illness, John Schenk, of 247 Franklin St. N., age 88 years, born in Wilmot Centre, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Casper Schenk, a lifelong resident of the Twin City area, formerly employed as a carpenter and formerly farmed near Maryhill for many years. Mr. Schenk was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Husband of Clara Koerber; father of Alfred, Waterloo; Elwood and Kenneth, both of Kitchener and Ruth (Mrs. Arthur Gollinger) of Burlington; brother of Susan (Mrs. Ivan Heuckroth) of Kitchener; predeceased by his first wife Violet Kaufman in 1951; three grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 3 p.m. Thursday until noon on Saturday, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport for the service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ralph W. Huras officiating. Internment St. Matthew's Lutheran cemetery, Conestogo. Donations to the memorial fund of St. Paul's Lutheran Church may be made as expressions of sympathy.
-Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 26, 1973
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