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

Louis Joseph Dorscht

Male 1911 - 1995  (83 years)


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  • Name Louis Joseph Dorscht 
    Born 24 Sep 1911  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1975  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-185350 
    Died 10 Apr 1995  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I185350  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Louis Peter Dorscht,   b. 18 Dec 1867, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1930  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Agatha Barbara. "Aggie" Lorentz,   b. 9 Dec 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1933, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F20004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Violet Emma Simon,   b. 1914, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Janet Dorscht
     2. Diane Dorscht
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F53224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dorscht, Louis J. - At Sunnyside Home, on Monday, April 10, 1995, after a lengthy illness, Louis Joseph Dorscht, formerly of Shanley Street, Kitchener, aged 83 years. Louis had been employed for Electrohome Ltd. and was a member of Electrohome Quarter Century Club. Husband of the former Violet Simon; father of Janet and her husband Gary Leadston and Diane and her husband Jim Schaller, all of Kitchener; brother of Pauline Koebel and Christian Hause, both of Waterloo and Rose Hummel of Kitchener. Three grandchildren, Sean and David Leadston and Lori Schaller also survive. Predeceased by his parents, Louis Dorscht and Agatha Lorentz; two brothers, Edwin and Jacob and four sisters, Louise Strub, Clara Kahle, Viola Carmichael and Agnes Strub. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, where the funeral service will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. Internment will be in Parkview Cemetery. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario may be made as expressions of sympathy. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre.

      The Record, April 11, 1995

  • Sources 
    1. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Louis J. Dorscht - April 11, 1995.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Wilfred J. Simon - August 26, 1975.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Sep 1911 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1975 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Apr 1995 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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