Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

John Edwin "Jack" Read

Male 1918 - 2010  (91 years)


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  1. 1.  John Edwin "Jack" Read was born 20 Jul 1918, Port Dover, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died 10 Jan 2010, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Jan 2010, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68719921
    • Name: Jack Read
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-399678

    Notes:

    READ, John (Jack) Edwin Passed away peacefully at home on January 10, 2010 in his 92nd year. Loving father of Richard and Margaret (Ayr), Roger and Judy (Killaloe) and Ruthann and Glenn Turner (Tara). Amazing grandfather of Richelle and Dan Kocher, Gregory and Jenn Read, Timothy Read and Megan Vanderwelle, Patrick Read, Christopher and Crystal Read, Mark and Kelly Turner, Rob Turner and Christy Barbeau and Katie Turner. Special uncle to Mary Lou Schultz. Predeceased by his beloved wife Marie and by his sisters Wilma and Ina and by his brother Arthur and brothers-in-law Maurice, Mervin and sister-in-law Helen. He was the oldest firefighter in Kitchener-Waterloo, served with the Royal Canadian Navy in WW II and a long serving member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. # 50 and the KW Naval Veterans Association. Visiting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home , 621 King St. W. on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Interment at Woodland Cemetery. A Legion service will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Memorial donations to St. Mary's Hospital, Canadian Diabetes Association or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.

    John — Marie Margaret White. Marie (daughter of Leo Joseph White and Mary Schneider) was born 16 Aug 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Aug 1994, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


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