Kenneth Courtney Rife

1920 - 2005  (85 years)

• Name	Kenneth Courtney Rife
  Born	1920
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - gunner
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-113248
  Died	Apr 2005	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I113248	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Arnold Rife,   b. 5 May 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1965, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lillian May Courtney,   b. 18 Mar 1889, Waldemar, Dufferin Co., Ontario ,   d. 1971  (Age 81 years)
  Married	17 Sep 1913	, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F32764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FIFE, Kenneth Courtney Suddenly, at his home on Roseville Rd. in Cambridge, in his 84th year. Ken Rife is survived by brothers, Arnold of Kitchener and David and his wife Eileen of Cambridge and many nieces and nephews and their families. He will also be lovingly remembered by many neighbours and friends. He was predeceased by his parents, William and Lillian (nee Courtney) Rife; sisters, Lillian O'Neil and her husband Harry, Carol Dunnett and her husband Alec and brothers, John, Charles and his wife Leone and a sister-in-law, Jessie Rife. Ken lived all of his life on the farm where he was born and farmed for many years. He was an accomplished wood-worker and loved his garden. He was secretary-treasurer of Nith River Petroleums Ltd. for several years prior to his retirement. He served two years in the military as a gunner during the Second World War. Friends will be received at Coutts Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 96 St. Andrews St., Cambridge, on Friday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted in the funeral home chapel, on Saturday, April 16, 2005, at 1: 30 p.m., with interment to follow. Cambridge Times 2005

  
  

• Sources

  [S992] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Independent, Obituary of Arnold H. Rife - 8 Dec 2011.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - Apr 2005 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth