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

Ralph Royden Doerr

Male 1909 - 1992  (83 years)


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  • Name Ralph Royden Doerr 
    Born 21 May 1909  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-183446 
    Died 6 Aug 1992  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I183446  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Elmer Bechtel Doerr,   b. 8 Jun 1887, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Ida Priscilla Nahrgang,   b. 16 Feb 1884, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1908  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F52773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathryn Mae "Mae" Johnson,   b. 1913,   d. 24 Oct 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F52774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Doerr, Ralph - At St. Mary's Hospital, following a brief illness, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 1992. Ralph Doerr, dear husband and loving helpmate of Mae (Johnson) Doerr, whom he married September 27, 1933. Dear brother to Marville (Mrs. Lewis Hahn) of Kitchener and Woody Doerr and his wife Kaye of New Hamburg and will be sorrowfully missed by his many nieces and nephews and by his great-nieces and great-nephews. A love brother-in-law to Grace Murray of Ripley, Edna and her husband Bill Reid of Tara, Phyllis and her husband Russell Smith of Port Elgin and Ruth and her husband Gordon Ribey of Underwood. Besides his parents, Ralph was predeceased by his sister, Phyllis Current and her husband Lloyd. Mr. Doerr having resided in New Hamburg for more than 40 years was a very active member of Zion Untied Church and devoted most of his working career at Hahn Brass (now Stanley Works) prior to his moving to Kitchener, where he then joined and became active in Trinity United Church. Mae and her family will receive friends at the Westmount Funeral Home, 1001 Ottawa St. S. (at Westmount Road), Kitchener, on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. At noon Saturday transfer will be made to trinity United Church where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., The Rev. Dr. Rod Sykes officiating. Internment will be made at Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin on arrival of motors on Monday, August 10 at 1 p.m.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, August 6, 1992

  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018971-08.
      Elmer Bechtel Doerr, 20, occ. Cabinet Maker, b. Blenheim Twp, res. Berlin, son of Adam Doerr and Lavina Bechtel married Ida Priscilla Nahrgang, 23, b. Breslau, res. Berlin, daughter of Josias Nahrgang and Esther Reist, Witn: Viola Cressman of Bloomingdale and Lawson Nahrgang of Berlin, 8 January 1908 in Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 May 1909 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Aug 1992 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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