Peter William Blake

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-408209

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-408205

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Blake, William Joseph Thomas - July 3, 1919 - October 1, 2008 - Passed away at Riverbend Place, Cambridge, in his 90th year. Bill attended Preston Public School and Preston High School. He worked at the Canadian Office and School Furniture Company and served in the Highland Light Regiment as a Sergeant in "D" Company. He then joined the RCAF and served 3 years during the war. After the war he returned to the Canadian Office and School Furniture Company as a Purchasing Agent. Bill then worked for Rexwood Products Limited for 23 years in the Sales Department until his retirement. He served his community as Chairperson of the Board of Education the year the High School was built, and served on the Committee of Adjustment for the Town at the time Cambridge was incorporated. Bill was the President of the Lawn Bowling Club for 3 terms and in 2002 was named "Honourary President". He served on the Building Committee that rebuilt Saint John's Anglican Church in Preston (Cambridge). He organized his Neighbourhood Watch in the area where he lived. He was a member of the Hespeler/Preston Probus Club and the Small Business Advisory Group. Bill was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Preston Branch 126 for over 60 years and a member of the 404 RCAF Wing Waterloo Branch for 35 years. Bill was proud of his baseball career pitching for the Preston Furniture Company and in the Gas Bar League for Imperial Gas. He s career with the Air Force and for the Royal Canadian Legion Preston Branch 126. During this time he was proud to have pitched a no hit, no run game. Bill knew and met many people in his travels to the Caribbean and was known for his loyalty and helpfulness to his friends. He was predeceased by his parents, his father Joseph Thomas Blake (1956), his mother Agnes Margaret Lamb (1975), his wife Alice Lydia Iredale (1971), his son Peter William Blake (1996), and his sister Constance Mary Blake Lynch (1991). Survived by his daughter Brenda Alice Smith (Blake) and her husband Ian Ronald Smith of North Bay and his grandsons Jeremy Thomas Rayment (Pamela) of North Bay, Daniel William Rayment of Oshawa, and Matthew Joel Allan Smith (Heather) of Markham. He has one great-grandson Logan Patrick William Rayment of North Bay. Survived by his sister Agnes Margaret Blake Lee of Sarnia, sister-in- law Ruth Wahl and her husband Karl of Kitchener, and a niece Cynthia A. Lynch of Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA. There are many cousins surviving in the south of England as well. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p. m. The Funeral Service will be conducted on Monday, October 6, 2008 at Saint John's Anglican Church, 567 Queenston Road, Cambridge at 11: 00 a. m. with Canon David Bowyer officiating. Reception to follow at the church for family and friends. Interment in Preston Cemetery at 2: 00 p. m. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family. Tributes may be made online at www.mem.com

The Waterloo Region Record - Oct 2008

William — Alice Lydia Iredale. Alice (daughter of Charles Morton Iredale and Harriet Amelia Mann) was born CA 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Alice Lydia Blake
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-408208
• Residence: 1971, 426 Queenston, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. William Blake

PRESTON, Mrs. William Blake, 426 Queen St., died Friday, at South Waterloo Hospital, Galt. She was born in Toronto, the former Alice Iredale and had lived in Preston, all her life. She was a member of St. John Anglican Church, Preston, the South Waterrloo Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and was active in the girl guides. She is survived by her husband: a son, Peter William of Preston: a daughter, Mrs. John Brenda Rayment of Kenabeek, Ont.: her mother, Mrs. Charles Iredale of Preston; a brother, Donald of Woodstock and two sisters, Dorothy of Preston and Mrs. Keith (Ruth) Hymen of Kitchener. The body is at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home. The funeral service will be conducted Monday, at 4 p.m., at St. John's Anglican Church. Burial will follow in the Preston cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Jan 1971 pg 23

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-421323

Joseph married Agnes Margaret Lamb 10 May 1918, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Agnes was born 1891, South Newton, "Surrey" England; died 8 Feb 1975, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Feb 1975, New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Agnes Margaret Blake
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-421324

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Agnes Margaret Lamb

Beloved wife of the late Thomas Blake; dear mother of William J. of Preston, Cambridge and Agnes (Mrs. Ronald Lee) of Sarnia, Constance, (Mrs. D. J. Lynch) of Southampton, Pa. Mrs. Blake was born in England and had lived in Preston, for 50 years and lately in Sarnia for 10 years; a member of St. John's Anglican Church, Preston and is survived by one brother, Peter Lamb of Guelph and three sisters, Mrs. Leo (Nell) Dyer, Markham and Mrs. Constance Mason and Mrs. Dorothy Cookman of England; also survived by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Sunday afternoon and evening, at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, corner Argyle and Queenston Rd., Preston, Cambridge, funeral service, Monday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m., in St. John's. Anglican Church, Preston, Cambridge. Interment in New Hope cemetery, Hespeler.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 8 Feb 1975 pg 31

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351686
• Residence: 1966, 420 William St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Preston Industrialist, C. M. Iredale Dies

PRESTON - Charles M. Iredale, 79, chairman of the board of Vulcan Varieties Corporation and former president of Canada Last Co. Ltd., died today at his home at 420 William St. He was a past grand master ofthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a former Preston alderman and former chairman of the Preston parks board on which he served 12 years. Mr. Iredale was a past president of the Shoe Industries Suppliers Association and the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association and a member of the Preston Lawn Bowling Club, Galt Curling Club, Commercial Travellers Association, Cambridge Lodge, Victoria encampment, Queen Rebekah Lodge and St. Paul's United Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Nellie Mann: one son, Donald of Woodstock: three; daughters, Dorothy and Mrs. William (Alice) Blake, both of Preston and Mrs. Kieth (Ruth) Hymmen of Kitchener: one brother, Arnold of Montreal: one sister, Mrs. Arthur (Veta) Glasier of Long Beach, Cal., eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body will be at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home until Sunday noon, when removal will be made to St. Paul's United Church, for the funeral at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Preston cemetery. A memorial service under the auspices of Cambridge 100F Lodge and Queen Rebekah Lodge will be held at the funeral home
Saturday at 7: 30 p.m.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 16 Sep 1966 pg 27

Charles married Harriet Amelia Mann 29 Jun 1908, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Harriet was born 26 Sep 1887, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1976, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Harriet Amelia Iredale
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351687
• Residence: 1976, 420 William St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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IREDALE, Harriett Amelia

Of 420 William St., Cambridge (Preston), at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, on Thursday, September 23, 1976, Harriett Amelia Mann. Beloved wife of the late Charles M. Iredale; dear mother of Donald Iredale of Woodstock, Dorothy Iredale of Cambridge (Preston) and Ruth (Mrs. Keith Hymmen) of Kitchener. Predeceased by one daughter, Alice (Mrs. William Blake) formerly of Cambridge (Preston); also survived by eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was born in Toronto, September 26, 1887 and came to Cambridge (Preston), in 1919. A member of St. Paul's United Church, Cambridge (Preston). Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge (Preston), until noon Saturday; then to St. Paul's United Church for funeral service, at 2 p.m. Interment in Preston cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 24 Sep 1976 pg 29

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• Business: Canada Last Company, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Canada Last Co.
• Interesting: business, shoes
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104193

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JOHN C. IREDALE 1859-1955

Married:
1. Alice Lake
2. Lily Walsh

John Charles Iredale was born in Minneapolis, Indiana on December 23, 1859 and moved with his parents to Toronto the following year. He came to this area in 1919 when the Canada Last Co. Ltd., a business established by his father William Iredale in 1864, relocated in Preston. Mr. Iredale served as president of the company, which made the wooden forms used in the manufacture of shoes, until the time of his death. In his latter years with the company, however, he was not overly active in the management of the company. He died on September 3, 1955 and is buried in Preston Cemetery.

Sources:
1. Obituary Galt Evening Reporter Tuesday September 6, 1955.
2. "Prominent People Die in 1955", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 43, 1955.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

John married Alice Turner Lake 11 Oct 1883, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Alice was born 1865, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Alice Turner Iredale
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156248