Grace Elizabeth Bank

1929 - 2010

Grace Elizabeth Bank obituary, 1929-2010

BORN

1929

DIED

2010

FUNERAL HOME

Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home & Cremation Ce

621 King Street West

Kitchener, Ontario

Grace Bank Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 1, 2010.

Bank: (nee Witzel) Grace Elizabeth; Went to sit beside her God, on Monday, November 29th, 2010 at the Grand River Hospital after a brief illness in her 82nd year with her family by her side. Grace was a member of Stanley Park Baptist Church. Beloved wife of Lloyd Bank for 62 years, sadly missed by her children David and Barbara Bank, Margaret and John Fournier, Christopher Bank all of Ethel and Richard Bank of Freelton, loving grandmother to Amanda, Laura, James, Crystal, Christopher, Jonathan and Jodi and two great grandchildren, sister-in-law to Rita Luker, Bunny Slivinski, Adele Mueller and June Bank and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents Henry Witzel and Anna Koopman and one Sister Ruth Davidson. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener (today) Wednesday, from 2-4 and 7-9. The funeral service will be held on Thursday from the Chapel at 11:00 am with Pastor Peter Bongers officiating, interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery and donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation may be made as expressions of sympathy through the funeral home. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre.
A special thank-you to the health care professionals at the Grand River Hospital for their love and kindness.

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December 2, 2010

Dorothy MacDonald

Grace and I were close friends & neighbors years ago in Flamborough Centre. The daily coffee breaks ended when Grace & Lloyd moved to Kitchener. Our contact became sporadic, mostly with cards or notes. The signature remained constant "I Care". Today, my 'Blue eyes are are cryin' in the rain".

December 1, 2010

Allen Bank

My sincere condolences.

December 1, 2010

karen nicholson

December 1, 2010

Karen Nicholson

i no there are no words that can help your pain but no our thoughts are with all of you sincerely Karen & Perry Nicholson

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