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

Earldon W. "Earl" Harper

Male 1899 - 1961  (62 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Earldon W. "Earl" Harper was born 7 Jan 1899, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Harper and Lillian "Lily" Green); died 26 Jun 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: WW1
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157169
    • Residence: 1961, 21 Sydney St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Earl W. Harper, 61, of 21 Sydney St. South, died Monday in K-W Hospital after a heart attack. Born in Carrick Township, he was a son of Mrs. Lillian and the late Samuel Harper. He lived in Kitchener for the past six years and in Waterloo for many years before that. He worked for 36 years at the Globe Furniture Company, Waterloo, and was a member of Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Church, Waterloo. He served in the First World War and was a member of Waterloo Canadian Legion branch. Surviving are his wife, the former Leah Lichty, whom he married in Waterloo in 1920; his mother, in Kitchener; two sons, Harold J. and Robert E., both of Kitchener; five daughters, Miss Ruth and Mrs. Richard (Gladys) Richman, both of London, Ont., Mrs. Louis (Helen) Bardon and Mrs. Alfred (Irene) Duernish, both of Kitchener, and Janet of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Bertram of Orillia and Emmerson of New Dundee. There are 13 grandchildren. One brother, Harold, predeceased him. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, where Rev. G. F. Barthel will conduct the funeral service at 3: 30 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Memory Gardens.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 27, 1961

    Earldon married Leah Lichty 29 Sep 1920, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of John E. Lichty and Anna L. Kropf) was born 24 Dec 1901, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1996, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Earl W. Harper died 1961.
    2. Irene Elizabeth Harper
    3. Harold J. Harper
    4. Robert E. Harper
    5. Ruth Harper
    6. Gladys Harper
    7. Janet Harper
    8. Helen A. Harper was born 1923; died 20 May 2007.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Harper died Bef 1961.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-187454

    Samuel — Lillian "Lily" Green. Lillian was born 3 Nov 1879; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lillian "Lily" Green was born 3 Nov 1879; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lillian "Lily" Harper
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-187453
    • Residence: 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Emmerson Harper
    2. 1. Earldon W. "Earl" Harper was born 7 Jan 1899, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.