Obituary of Iva Taves

Dr. Iva Taves died peacefully at Freeport Hospital on Tuesday afternoon March 29, 2011. She was predeceased by her first husband Harvey Taves in 1965 (Mennonite Central Committee Director), and will be missed by her family; John W. Snyder (married November 16, 1991); John's children, Jed (Michele Dickinson) of Cambridge, Patricia (Christopher Dustin) of Thompson CT, Julia (Hans Behrendt) of Berlin and granddaughter Abigail Dustin; Iva's family, Mila, Mark, Jilienne, Caitie, Jacob and Jesse Reusser, Mary Taves, Ruth Fallding, Saul and Jimmy Sotomayor, Harold and Ruth Sherk, Arthur and Anne Sherk, Mildred Kreider, and an extended Sherk family. She was predeceased by her parents Mila (Senor) and J. Harold Sherk. Iva was the Laboratory Director and Pathologist at the Kitchener Waterloo Hospital for almost all of her 37 year career. She modeled and required the highest standards of professionalism. Iva was the first female President of the Ontario Association of Pathologists 1972-1973. She served on Hospital Laboratory Accreditation Committees, and was a meticulous diagnostician, and administrator. Friends and relatives are invited to share their memories of Iva with her family on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South Waterloo. The service to celebrate her life and faith will be held at Rockway Mennonite Church, 32 Weber Street West, Kitchener, on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 3 p.m., with Rev. Scott Brubaker-Zehr officiating. A family committal service will be held Saturday morning, April 2, at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. Immediately following the service, friends and relatives are invited to remain at Rockway Church for lunch and a time of visiting. Condolences for the family and donations in lieu of flowers to Grand River Hospital Foundation, St. Mary's Hospital Foundation, Mennonite Central Committee (foreign relief) or The Working Centre would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be arranged through the funeral home, www.erbgood.com or 519.745.8445. The family expresses appreciation to Dr. Donna Ward and the nursing staff at St. Mary's General Hospital and Freeport Health Centre for the care Iva received.