Frank "The Bridgeport General" Groff

1914 - 1978  (64 years)

• Name	Frank "The Bridgeport General" Groff
  Born	1914	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	General Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Oak St., Kitchener renamed General Drive in his honour.
  Honoured	General Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	General Drive in Bridgeport/Kitchener is named after him
  Honoured	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Grand Hotel "The General's Crossing"
  		Groff,Frank-BridgeportGeneral-TheGrandHotel-Advertisement.jpg
  Name	Bridgeport General
  Residence	Corner of General Drive and Lancaster, Kitchener
  		Kitchener-GeneralDrive-001-CornerofLancaster-HomeofFrankGroff.jpg home of Frank Groff - Corner of General Drive and Lancaster, Kitchener. Now Lancaster Park
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134922
  Died	10 Jan 1978	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I134922	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Allan Groff,   b. 14 Nov 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jul 1926, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Gilda Ann Saltzberry,   b. 30 Aug 1876, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1966  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F41499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Frank Groff - "Bridgeport General"

  
  

• Notes

  GROFF, Frank (The Bridgeport General) -- At K-W Hospital, on Tuesday, January 10, 1978, Frank Groff of 559 Lancaster St, W., Kitchener, where he was born and had been a lifetime resident. In his youth he was a caddy at the Grand River Golf Club, and later worked McBrine Baggage Company, and for the past 26 years was an unpaid school crossing guard in Bridgeport. Son of the late Allan Groff and the former Gilda Saltzberry. Surviving are two brothers, Norman of Elmira and Kenneth of Vancouver B.C.; two sisters, Doris (Mrs. Stewart Adye-White) of Streetsville, and Mrs. Ruth Doepel of Kitchener. Friends may call at the Grihn Funeral Home, 178 Queen St. S., Kitchener, after noon today. Funeral and committal service at the funeral home on Friday at 2 p.m. Rev William Wilkinson of Emmanuel United Church, Bridgeport, and Canon E. Ralph Adye of Weston, officiating. Interment Bridgeport Cemetery. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 11 Jan 1978

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Frank Groff - 11 Jan 1978.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - - General Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - General Drive in Bridgeport/Kitchener is named after him - - General Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Grand Hotel "The General's Crossing" - - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Jan 1978 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth