Dr. Robert Bruce (Bob) Gammie

1920 - 2016  (96 years)

• Name	Robert Bruce (Bob) Gammie
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	30 May 1920	, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Military	Captain - Canadian Army
  Name	R. B. Gammie
  Occupation	Bef 1952	27 Adam St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Medical practice
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-137127
  Died	2 Aug 2016	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I137127	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Jean Roberta Stickles,   b. 1923, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ,   d. 3 Sep 2012, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1946	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Frances Jean Gammie,   b. 1952,   d. 17 Apr 2015  (Age 63 years)   2. Doug Gammie   3. Craig Gammie   4. Joan Gammie   5. Bruce Gammie   6. Kay Isobel Gammie,   b. 30 Jan 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 2021, Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F45409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GAMMIE, Robert Bruce MD, Physician and Surgeon Passed away on August 2, 2016 at Guelph in his 97th year. Born on the family farm outside Elora, Dr. 'Bob' Gammie started his family practice in Hespeler in 1946 and was into his fifth decade of practice before he retired. Dr. Gammie was predeceased by his wife Jean Gammie (nee Stickles), his daughter Frances Ditschun (nee Gammie) and his sister Marian Fair. He will be greatly missed by his children Doug (Donna), Craig (Wendy), Joan (Dave), Bruce (Lisa), Kay (Dave) and Fran's husband Art. 'Poppa' will be fondly remembered by fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandson. He is survived by his sister Mildred, his brother Grant, and his sister-in-law Evelyn, who will miss their weekly visits. Bob attended the University of Western Ontario, where he earned his medical degree. He was also a Captain in the Canadian Army. Not knowing how long the war would last, the army kept him and others in school through graduation and the intern year because they needed doctors. He met Jean during his intern year while she was in nursing college at Hamilton General Hospital. They married and settled in the small village of Hespeler in 1946, where they raised a family of six children. Hespeler was just a small distance away from the Ariss farming area he loved, and a good place to set up his practice. During his medical practice there were many baby deliveries, and much work patching up, stitching up, and healing of war veterans, hockey players, factory workers, store keepers, tradesmen, homemakers, and their families for the small but growing community. He also served for a time as the Medical Officer of Health for Hespeler. Bob and Jean both enjoyed Scottish country dancing. He always managed to carve out time each year at the family cottage where he enjoyed swimming, fishing, canoeing; and especially, sailing on his Albacore sailboat. Good sailing, Dad. Bob's family invite family and friends to attend a Memorial Service at St. Andrew's Hespeler Presbyterian Church, 73 Queen St. East, Cambridge at 1 p.m., on Sunday, August 14, 2016. Funeral arrangements entrust to Lounsbury Funeral Home, Cambridge. Cambridge Times, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Tue, Aug 9, 2016 Page 13

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Jean Roberta (nee Stickles) Gammie - 3 Sep 2012.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 May 1920 - , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 1946 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Medical practice - Bef 1952 - 27 Adam St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Aug 2016 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth