Ilse Georgine Ingrid VON HAUSEN

1933 - 2022

Passed peacefully on January 26, 2022, at St. Mary's Hospital in her 88th year. Ilse was born in 1933, at Hossenstein, a farm near Pettenbach, Austria and emigrated to Canada in 1937. Survived by her husband Alex, children, Lisa (Steve), Miles, and grandchildren Kyla (Markus) and Taylor. Also survived by her dear friend, Barbara von Hausen. Predeceased by her beloved daughter Monica, dear sister Eleonore Hydar, and her mother and father, Eleonore, and Friedrich Scheiderbauer. Fondly remembered by her niece Ramona (Peter), and nephews Frank (Eliza), Chris (Diana), and Hans (Nancy) and their children. Ingrid was a graduate of Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1956. In 1977, she achieved her Masters of Library Science from University of Western Ontario. Ingrid's first job out of university was a Clerk at the Unemployment Insurance Commission in Oshawa. She was recruited as a teacher at Port Perry High School teaching Art, German, and French. Two years later she became a Teacher Librarian at David & Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute where she started the library and taught English and German. In 1966, Ingrid became the Teacher Librarian at Preston High School until she retired in 1994. Ingrid valued education which was reflected in her work and life. She also loved theatre, opera, art and classical music. After retirement, Ingrid continued her work with her love of literature by supporting over 25 local community libraries and non-profits in Kitchener-Waterloo and Wilmot Township. Ingrid thought of herself as a historian and believed the keeping of books and libraries to be her sacred duty. Ingrid also volunteered as the Secretary-Registrar of the Canadian Trakehner Horse Society from 1988 onwards. Ingrid considered herself a free thinker, a humanist and was a provocative conversationalist. She enjoyed deep conversations and was always interested in peoples' life stories.Growing up on a farm in Raglan, Ontario, she became an enthusiastic equestrian and taught herself to ride the family's draft horses. Ingrid rode horses well into her sixties. An avid environmentalist, Ingrid loved to walk in nature and considered herself to be a country girl at heart. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, University of Western Ontario, or the St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation. A family celebration of life will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, New Hamburg.
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