Richard Oliver Forler

1930 - 1980  (50 years)

• Name	Richard Oliver Forler
  Born	1930  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	1973	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	member of Kitchener Council - alderman
  Residence	1980	85 Stoneybrook Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-175541P
  Died	6 Mar 1980	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I175541	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Austin Peter "Pete" Forler,   b. 13 Apr 1900, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Adeline Schlegel,   b. 4 Nov 1905, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F50579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lily Schroeder
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F50578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FORLER, Richard 0. (Dick) - At the Wellesley General Hospital, Toronto, on Thursday, March 6, 1980, suddenly as the result of a. heart attack, Richard Oliver Forler, of 85 Stoneybrook Drive, Kitchener, aged 49 years. A member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Executive vice-president and managing director of H. L. Staebler Insur-ance Co. Ltd.; was a past member of the Council of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church; past alderman of the City of Kitchener; was on the water commission for many years; on the board of directors of Inter-faith Pastoral Counselling. A director of the Conestogo Rotary Club; past-president of the Wa-terloo County Shrine Club, a member of the Twin City Mason-ic Lodge; past-president of the Twin City Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the Y's Men's Club of the K-W YMCA. A member of Westmount Golf and Country Club; a committee member of the K-W Symphony. Husband of the former Lily Schroeder; son of Mrs. Dorothy Forler of Kitchener; father of Jeffrey, Michael and Peter, all at home; brother of Arthur and Brian, both of Kitchener, Mrs. William (Betty) Fowler of Dundas. Predeceased by his father, Austin, in 1963. After noon on Friday, friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621. King St. W., Kitchener, until noon on Satur-day, when removal will be made to St. Matthew's Lutheran Church where the funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Pastor Fred Zinck officiating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record - 7 Mar 1980

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), 7 Mar 1980.

  
  

• Event Map

  Elected Office - member of Kitchener Council - alderman - 1973 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1980 - 85 Stoneybrook Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart attack - 6 Mar 1980 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth