Albert "Abby" Loft

1919 - 2011  (91 years)

• Name	Albert "Abby" Loft
  Born	10 Jun 1919	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Business	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Loft's Groceteria
  Military	WW2 - D-Day
  Residence	1971	RR2, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-131202
  Died	8 Jun 2011	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I131202	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas W. Loft,   b. 1879,   d. 1966  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Rose E. Hughes,   b. 1884, London, England ,   d. 1 Jan 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F259943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Robertson,   b. 13 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 2012, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F59703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  LOFT, Albert "Abby" 1919-2011 World War Two D-Day Veteran Albert passed away peacefully at the Maples Nursing Home, Tavistock, two days short of his 92nd birthday. Albert is survived by his wife, Mary Loft (nee Robertson), children Patricia Bourque (Louis), Tom Loft (Mary), Albert W. Loft (Faith), Arthur Loft (Carol Young), Bill Loft, Mary Ann Loft-DeMarco (Joe). Grandfather of Dana Wipperman, Niki Dalbello, Michelle Fitzpatrick, Tom Loft Jr., Josh Loft, Jonathan Loft, Tiffany Delsaut, Paul Loscher, Ainslie Loft, Eric Loft, Emily Loft, Elaine Loft, Eden DeMarco, Avery DeMarco and his many cherished great-grandchildren. Albert enlisted in 1939 with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 2nd Division, and served his country in the Second World War as a Signal Man, and participated in the second landing on D-Day in Normandy, and in the liberation of Holland. After the war, Albert and Mary owned and operated Loft's Groceteria on McKay Street in Galt. They retired to Southampton for many happy years and returned to Waterloo in 2009 to be with their family. Visitation will be held on June 10th at T. Little Funeral Home Centre 223 Main St Cambridge (Galt) (519-623-1290). Hours of visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Saturday, June 11th at 10 a.m. Interment to follow at Parklawn Cemetery in Cambridge (Preston). T. Little Funeral Home Dignity & Cremation Centre www,tlittlefuneralhome.com

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jun 1919 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Loft's Groceteria - - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1971 - RR2, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Jun 2011 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth