Earldon W. "Earl" Harper

1899 - 1961  (62 years)

• Name	Earldon W. "Earl" Harper
  Born	7 Jan 1899	Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	WW1  [1]
  Residence	1961	21 Sydney St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-157169
  Died	26 Jun 1961	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I157169	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Harper,   d. Bef 1961
  Mother	Lillian "Lily" Green,   b. 3 Nov 1879,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F53608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Lichty,   b. 24 Dec 1901, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1996, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1920	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Earl W. Harper,   d. 1961   2. Irene Elizabeth Harper   3. Harold J. Harper   4. Robert E. Harper   5. Ruth Harper   6. Gladys Harper   7. Janet Harper   8. Helen A. Harper,   b. 1923,   d. 20 May 2007  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F45057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Earl W. Harper, 61, of 21 Sydney St. South, died Monday in K-W Hospital after a heart attack. Born in Carrick Township, he was a son of Mrs. Lillian and the late Samuel Harper. He lived in Kitchener for the past six years and in Waterloo for many years before that. He worked for 36 years at the Globe Furniture Company, Waterloo, and was a member of Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Church, Waterloo. He served in the First World War and was a member of Waterloo Canadian Legion branch. Surviving are his wife, the former Leah Lichty, whom he married in Waterloo in 1920; his mother, in Kitchener; two sons, Harold J. and Robert E., both of Kitchener; five daughters, Miss Ruth and Mrs. Richard (Gladys) Richman, both of London, Ont., Mrs. Louis (Helen) Bardon and Mrs. Alfred (Irene) Duernish, both of Kitchener, and Janet of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Bertram of Orillia and Emmerson of New Dundee. There are 13 grandchildren. One brother, Harold, predeceased him. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, where Rev. G. F. Barthel will conduct the funeral service at 3: 30 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Memory Gardens. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 27, 1961

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Earl W. Harper - June 27, 1961.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Jan 1899 - Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Sep 1920 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1961 - 21 Sydney St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart attack - 26 Jun 1961 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth