Stanley J. A. Searles^[1]

1926 - 1950  (24 years)

• Name	Stanley J. A. Searles
  Born	20 Jun 1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-111269
  Died	3 Aug 1950	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I111269	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James Searles,   b. Apr 1892, , England ,   d. 16 Oct 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Mother	Barbara Wilhelmina "Minnie" Duench,   b. Jan 1892, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1984  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1917	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F47571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stanley J. Searles Meets Instant Death When Car Crashes Tree By Record Correspondent WALKERTON, Aug. 4.-A Kitchener man was in- stantly killed late yesterday afternoon and his friend seriously injured when the car the former was driving went out of control on the Walkerton-Paisley highway and struck a tree. The dead man is Stanley J. Searles 23, of 44 Mansion St Searles 24, Mansion St. Murray Leitch, 20, of 54 Mansion St., Kitchener, is in Walkerton Hospital with two broken legs and severe scalp lacerations. Lost Control of Car The fatality victim apparently lost control of the 1948 model car on the wet pavement driving north on the Elora Rd. toward Paisley. The machine crashed into a large elm tree 10 miles north of Walkerton at the farm lane of Hugh Campbell, R.R. 1, Paisley. Before hitting the tree it careened into the left ditch. Leitch was thrown clear by the impact but Searles was pinned in the wreckage. The dead man was extricated by garagemen who had to dismantle part of the car. Dr. H. Allan, Walkerton, Bruce County health officer, passed the scene shortly after the accident and had the injured youth sent to Walkerton Hospital by ambulance. Will Hold Inquest Cpl. Jack Craig. Constable Hugh Rutherford and Constable George Mills of the Provincial Police investigated. Dr. T. H. Sinclair, Walkerton coroner, said an inquest would be held. Searles, on holidays, had driven his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Searles, and sister, Audrey, to Kincardine Tuesday. They returned home that night and he left shortly after with his friend Mur- ray Leitch, who lives down the street a few houses. Born in Kitchener They planned to stay the remaineder of the week with Leitch's grandmother who resides in Paisley. Born in Kitchener, Stanley Searles attended Suddaby Public School and was employed at the Greb Shoe Co., Ltd. He played softball for the Greb team. De- ceased attended St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Leslie, Kitchener, and a sister, Audrey at home. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where funeral service will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m., with Rev. L. H. Schaus officiating in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Dr. John Schmieder. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of James Searles - 17 Oct 1980. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . [Same base as A 1-10] Searles/ Father/ Leslie/ John/ 1920-1990/ Mother/ Theresa M./ Nee Wey/ 1922-1991/ In Loving Memory [A] Leslie [B] Theresa [A1-10] Searles/ In Loving Memory Of/ Stanley J. A. Searles/ Beloved Son of James & Minnie Searles/ Died Aug. 3, 1950/ Aged 24 Years/ James Searles/ 1892-1980/ An English/ "Home Child" 1903/ His Wife/ Barbara Minnie Duench/ 1892-1984/ "The Lord Is My Shepherd" [A] Stanley/ At Rest [B] James/ At Rest [C] Minnie/ At Rest

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jun 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Aug 1950 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth