Glen Leroy Aberle b. 1932 d. 5 Sep 1938: Waterloo Region Generations

1932 - 1938 (6 years)

Name	Glen Leroy Aberle
Born	1932 [1]
Gender	Male
Misfortune	1933
	son killed by truck
Accidental Death	5 Sep 1938
	automobile
Interesting	accident
Eby ID Number	Waterloo-105022
Died	5 Sep 1938 [1, 2, 3, 4]
	Cause: car accident
Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1]
Person ID	I105022	Generations
Last Modified	12 May 2025

Father	Roy John Aberle, b. 2 Oct 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Aug 1998, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)
Mother	Alma Rose Thur, b. 1908, Golden Lake, Wilberforce Twp, Renfrew Cty, Ontario, Canada , d. 3 Aug 1987, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)
Family ID	F39989	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

ALMOST INSTANTLY KILLED

Accident Mars Enjoyment of Fair Day Crowd

Elmira was stunned by its first fatal motor car accident in some years On Monday when Glen Leroy Aberle, 5-year-oid son of Mr. and Mrs . Roy Aberle, was struck down and almost instantly killed by a heavy truck driven by Mr. Arlie Chambers, a Elmira, and owned by Mr. H. E. Haack, Elmira fruit and confectionery merchant. The accident occurred a few feet north of the post office intersection on Arthur Street at 12 o'clock noon on Monday.

The little lad had been at his father's service station, Cities Service, located almost directly across from the post office, where his father was working in the car greasing pit. As fair day is a busy day around the service station the father had decided to have his dinner at work. His two small children, Elaine 4, and Gerald 2, had come down to the post office corner with his lunch box. Instructed never to cross the road alone, the two children were heard by their father calling him. He instructed Glen to go across the road and bring his lunch and to be careful. The little lad went across safely and returned. It was then decided he should go home for his dinner and was going across the second time when the accident happened. Struck by the truck, the boy was terribly injured about the head, two wheels of the truck are said to have passed over his body also indicting severe injuries. Rushed to the office of Drs. MeQuibban and McCullough, little could be done to save the child's life as injuries inflicted had blotted out the little life almost before reaching the office. A terrible fracture of the skull was the direct cause of death.

While the father, Mr. Roy Aberie, did not see the child actually struck, he was one of the first to pick the child from the pavement where a pool of blood had run down to the gutter. Even then the father had little hope for the lad's life. Little Glen Leroy is survived by his parents and a brother and sister, Gerald 2 years, and Elaine 4 years.The funeral will be held today at 2 p. m. from the residence, 23 King Street, to St. Paul's Lutheran Church for service. Interment will take place in Elmira Cemetery. An inquest into the fatal accident has been ordered. for Friday at 2: 30 pm. in the town hall. No charges have as yet been laid.
The Kitchener Daily Record 10 Jul 1933

Sources

[S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
Front - Aberle/ In Loving Memory Of/ Jacob Aberle/ Born 1872 - Died 1960/ His Wife/ Mary Geisel/ Born 1878 - Died 1949/ (Back) - Aberle/ In Memory Of/ Roy John Aberle/ 1911 - 1998/ And Beloved Wife/ Alma Rose Thur/ 1908 - 1987/ Mary Mullany Houston/ 1914 - 1997
[S80] News - ON, Elgin, St. Thomas - St. Thomas Times Journal, 6 Sep 1939 pg 6.
Died - Glen Aberle, 5 years, Sept 5, son of Roy J. Aberle
[S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Roy J. Aberle - 22 Aug 1998.
[S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Almost Instantly Killed Accident Mars Enjoyment of Fair Day Crowd - 10 Jul 1933.

Event Map

Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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