Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Professor Ralph Blackmore

Male 1916 - 2002  (86 years)


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  • Name Ralph Blackmore 
    Prefix Professor 
    Born 1916  Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Employer 1992  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Wilfred Laurier University 
    Military WW2 - RCAF  [1
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-160261P 
    Died 8 Apr 2002  Kitchener Greenshirts Hockey Team, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I160261  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family 1 Rose Dastyk,   b. Abt 1920 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F45654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Beverley Jean McCulloch,   b. Abt 1920,   d. Bef 2002  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F45655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ralph Blackmore, peacefully at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital on Monday, April 8, 2002.

      Professor Blackmore taught Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, from 1966-1992. Ralph was also a commentator and host of several shows on CKCO-TV

      Previously, he was Financial Editor at the Globe and Mail. He had also served as a pilot with the RCAF during the Second World War.

      Beloved husband of the Rose (nee Dastyk). Loving father of Michael and his wife Brenda and Tom and his wife Jane, all of Toronto. Predeceased by his former wife, Beverly Jean McCullagh; parents Wallace and Evelyn Ann Blackmore, and sister Evelyn Ann Freemantle.

      Born in Windsor, Ontario in 1916. He attended Assumption College there and then the University of Western Ontario.


      The Record Newspaper 8 Apr 2002

  • Sources 
    1. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Ralph Blackmore - 8 Apr 2002.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1916 - Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmployer - Wilfred Laurier University - 1992 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Apr 2002 - Kitchener Greenshirts Hockey Team, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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