H. Frederick "Frederick" Gruhn

1915 - 1974  (59 years)

• Name	H. Frederick "Frederick" Gruhn
  Born	1915	Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1939	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	undertaker
  		Kitchener-QueenSt.S.-0178-003-FuneralHome.jpg
  Military	1943	, Canada   [1]
  	WW2 - Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
  Business	1947	178 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Gruhn Funeral Home Ltd.
  		178 Queen St. South, Kitchener Bechtel and Dreisinger undertakers were in this building c. 1928-1929. Ratz -Bechtel Undertakers l from 1929 to 1949. Fred Gruhn Undertaker moved to here in c. 1950. The photo is from about 1944.
  Church Membership	St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Name	Fred Gruhn
  Name	Frederick Gruhn
  Residence	1974	178 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-127308
  Died	20 Oct 1974	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I127308	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Herman F. Gruhn,   b. 20 Feb 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1962  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Emma Louise Gorman,   b. 15 Aug 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1915, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 30 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1904	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F47779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doris Weis,   b. 1914, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F47780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  H. Frederick Gruhn image from Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1954

  
  

• Notes

  Fred Gruhn dies; funeral home owner Frederick H. Gruhn, president of Gruhn Funeral Home Ltd., died Sunday of a heart attack his his 178 Queen St. S. residence. He was 59. Mr. Gruhn joined Lippert Funeral Home in Kitchener in 1939 and brought the business in 1947. He had operated it ever since. Born in Erie, Pa., he obtained his embalmer's licence from the Canadian School of Embalming in Toronto. He worked at funeral homes in Vineland and Toronto before coming to Kitchener. In 1943 he joined the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and served in the North Atlantic on convoy duty. He was discharged in 1946. Mr. Gruhn was a member of the Ontario Funeral Service Association, the Central Ontario Funeral Directors' Association, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 50, the Loyal Order of Moose, K-W Naval Veterans Association, the United Commercial Travellers of America and a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. His is survived by his wife and two sons in Kitchener and a brother in California. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, October 21, 1974

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Frederick H. Gruhn - October 21, 1974. [S499] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - St. Peters Lutheran CC#4509 Internet Link . Rev. H.F.Gruhn/ 1874-1962/ his wife./ Emily Gorman/ 1885-1915 South: Doris Weis/ Gruhn/ 1914-/ wife of/ H. Frederick/ 1915-1974

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1915 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Occupation - undertaker - 1939 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Military - WW2 - Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve - 1943 - , Canada Business - Gruhn Funeral Home Ltd. - 1947 - 178 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Church Membership - - St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1974 - 178 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Oct 1974 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth