William Theodore Sass

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin Interior Hardwood Company
• Business: Kitchener Interior Hardwood Company
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136045
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Residence: 1938, 85 Walter St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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While Fishing Wm.T.Sass Dies

Lumberman Was Prominent Civic Leader in Kitchener. - Built up Board of Trade.

WAS IN HIS 72nd YEAR

Victim of a stroke while on a fishing trip at Bamberg, William T. Sass, president of the Interior Hardwood Company, Ltd., passed away at his late residence, 85 Walter street, Kitchener, early Tuesday morning.

Very widely known in the Twin City, the late Mr. Sass was a former alderman and one time president of the Kitchener Board of Trade, In memory of the deceased, the flag on the city hall was flown at half mast.

A son of the late Frederick and Mary (Voge) Sass, natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, deceased was born in Waterloo on Christmas Day, 1866 and was in his 72nd year at the time of his death.

Mr. Sass served on Kitchener City Council in 1917, 1918 and 1919, and for four years was a member of the K.-W. Collegiate Board. From 1922 to 1924, he was chairman of the Kitchener Board of Trade. On the wane at the time, rejuvenation of the board was said due solely to Mr. Sass' initiative. Under his term of office, membership of the all important group grew to over 300.

For two years the deceased served as president of the Kitchener-Waterloo Manufacturers' Association. While independent in politics, his party leanings were known to be Conservative.

A director of Queen-Lebel Mines Ltd., other affiliations of the beloved figure were First English Lutheran Church of which he was a charter member and Grand Union Lodge, I.O.O.F., of which he was a past grand.

The late Mr. Sass was married twice, being first wedded on June 22, 1897, to Ruth Ella Hagey, daughter of Levi Hagey, who predeceased him in 1912. The three children which blessed this union are Oscar and Arthur Sass, and Mrs. Ruth Peterson, all of Kitchener.

On Oct. 14, 1914, Mr. Sass married Emma Kress, daughter of Christian Kress, of Preston, who also survives. Also surviving are two brothers, Edward Sass, Waterloo, and Charles Sass of Kitchener; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Timm, Kitchener, and Mrs. Minnie Sievenpiper, Alden, N.Y., and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Thursday from the residence to Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. A. G. Jacobl officiating.

Waterloo Chronicle, 22 Jul 1938, p. 1

William married Emma Kress 6 Oct 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emma (daughter of Johann Christoph "Christopher" Kress and Maria Sophia Barbara "Barbara" Reichert) was born 7 May 1867, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1948; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

William — Ruth Ella Hagey. Ruth (daughter of Levi Hagey and Isabella Clemens) was born 11 Jan 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Mar 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Ruth Sass was born 19 Jul 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1984, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Oscar Sass was born Feb 1900, , Ontario, Canada; died 1983; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Arthur Hagey Sass was born Nov 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136039
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stage Driver
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Frederick married Maria Voege 23 Nov 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria was born 1843, , Germany; died 21 Sep 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Sass
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136040
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran