LORETTA STRAUSS, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA AND THE ALSTON DISTRICT PASSED AWAY IN HER 98TH YEAR AT LEISURE WORLD NURSING HOME IN ELMIRA, ONTARIO ON FEBRUARY 24, 2002.
LORETTA WAS BORN IN KITCHNER, ONTARIO AND MOVED TO THE CHAMPION DISTRICT IN 1925, THE YEAR OF HER MARRIAGE TO FELIX STRAUSS OF CHAMPION, FORMERLY OF CHEPTOW, ONTARIO
LORETTA IS SURVIVED BY HER SIX CHILDREN; RALPH (NELLIE) OF KITCHNER, JAMES OF CLARESHOLM, EILEEN (PETER) CALZAVARA OF TORONTO, JERRY (OLIVE) OF NANTON, MARY (JOHN) PLUNKETT, TORONTO, RICHARD (MARY JANE) OF NANTON AND, TWELVE GRAND CHILDREN; DIANE, MURRAY, KATHERINE, CELESTE, JOHN, MICHELE, PAUL, MARK, ROBERT, NEIL, DEREK AND DEAN, EIGHTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; ALEX, MICHAEL, GREGORY, BARBARA, MATTHEW, JONATHAN, CHARLES, NICHOLAS, EVELYN, ADAM, KATHERINE, SHAYLYN, KEVIN, RYAN, ZACHARY, JOSHUA, SCOTT AND MAXWELL, FIVE SISTERS MARY FRITZ OF WATERLOO, FLORENCE deBLOCK OF ST.JACOBS, VERNA DIETRICH OF MOUNT FOREST, ANNA SCHEERER OF CAMBRIDGE AND MARGARET SCHUETT OF WOODSTOCK, THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW ELVERA KIESWETTER, AMANDA ERNEST AND GERTRUDE EDMONDSON, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
LORETTA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS ALEX AND ANNA KIESWETTER, HUSBAND FELIX IN 1957 AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LEONA IN 1975, THREE BROTHERS WALTER (CLARA) KIESWETTER, NORMAN KIESWETTER AND ALEX (LOU) KIESWETTER, THREE SISTERS EDNA (BILL) ZUURHOUD, AGNES (WALTER) HAMEL AND FRANCIS (ART) VOGEL.
FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO MEET SUNDAY MARCH 3, 2002 AT 7 P.M. FOR PRAYERS AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH CHAMPION.
FUNERAL MASS ALSO AT ST. MARY’S MONDAY MARCH 4, 2002 AT 11 A.M. WITH REV. “BEN” BENDICTO MARINO CELEBRANT.
INTERMENT FAMILY PLOT CHAMPION CEMETERY CATHOLIC SECTION.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE LEE AND MARY GRUBB, PAUL AND RUBY DeCLERCQ, HARTLEY AND HANNAH McDONALD AND MARTHA BEAUBIER.
CASKET BEARERS WERE GARY FLITTON, PHILIP FATH AND GRANDSONS JOHN CALZAVARA, ROBERT STRAUSS, NEIL STRAUSS, DEREK STRAUSS AND DEAN STRAUSS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN LORETTA’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION #114, 1212-1 ST. S.E. CALGARY T2G 2H8, ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION 1331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY T2N 4N2 OR ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, BUILDING FUND, CHAMPION.
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