Christa Elisabet Kamenz
6 June, 1935 – 25 August, 2020
Our mom, Christa Elisabet Kamenz, died peacefully at home in Alexandria, Ontario on August 25, 2020.
Christa was born on June 6, 1935 in Werben, Germany, to her parents Wilhelm and Elischa Tippe. She immigrated to Canada in 1956 to marry her husband Bruno; they lived in Montreal and then moved to Cornwall in 1967. Christa was a kind and loving mother, she delighted in her grandchildren and great grandchildren; she was deeply involved with her church community, teaching Sunday school, singing in the choir, and providing leadership and support to numerous church activities.
Mom was a teacher at heart; she loved to play and sing and engage with children, who were always drawn to her. She will be missed by all of us who love her dearly, and who now celebrate that she is at peace with Jesus.
Christa is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Birgid and Bruce MacCallum of Alexandria and their children Lischa (Max Woodley), Hannah and Sheldon; her son and daughter-in-law, Geri and Heather Kamenz of Spencerville ON, and their children Erika (Drew Hendrick) and Zoe, and great grandchildren Heidi, Alice and Axel; and daughter and son-in-law, Astrid and Tom Steele of Tilden Lake, ON; and by her sister DinaTiedemann. She is preceeded in death by her husband Bruno.
Christa was buried in a private ceremony (due to Covid19 restrictions) attended by family on August 27, 2020.
Online messages of condolence may be made in the obituary section of: www.lahaiesullivan.ca
6 June, 1935 – 25 August, 2020
Our mom, Christa Elisabet Kamenz, died peacefully at home in Alexandria, Ontario on August 25, 2020.
Christa was born on June 6, 1935 in Werben, Germany, to her parents Wilhelm and Elischa Tippe. She immigrated to Canada in 1956 to marry her husband Bruno; they lived in Montreal and then moved to Cornwall in 1967. Christa was a kind and loving mother, she delighted in her grandchildren and great grandchildren; she was deeply involved with her church community, teaching Sunday school, singing in the choir, and providing leadership and support to numerous church activities.
Mom was a teacher at heart; she loved to play and sing and engage with children, who were always drawn to her. She will be missed by all of us who love her dearly, and who now celebrate that she is at peace with Jesus.
Christa is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Birgid and Bruce MacCallum of Alexandria and their children Lischa (Max Woodley), Hannah and Sheldon; her son and daughter-in-law, Geri and Heather Kamenz of Spencerville ON, and their children Erika (Drew Hendrick) and Zoe, and great grandchildren Heidi, Alice and Axel; and daughter and son-in-law, Astrid and Tom Steele of Tilden Lake, ON; and by her sister DinaTiedemann. She is preceeded in death by her husband Bruno.
Christa was buried in a private ceremony (due to Covid19 restrictions) attended by family on August 27, 2020.
Online messages of condolence may be made in the obituary section of: www.lahaiesullivan.ca