Charles K. Smith

1892 - 1969  (77 years)

• Name	Charles K. Smith
  Born	8 Feb 1892	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257326351
  Name	Charles Schmidt
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Teller, Bank
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	banker
  Occupation	1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	banker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-189245
  Died	24 Dec 1969	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I189245	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl S. "Charles" Smith,   b. 7 Jan 1850, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 24 Aug 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Kinzel,   b. 12 Oct 1853, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 3 Nov 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F27245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frieda Johanna Berlet,   b. 7 Apr 1895, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Feb 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F52699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Well-Known Banker Died Last Wednesday Well-known in banking circles in this area for many years, Charles K. Smith of New Hamburg, died on Wednesday of last week at St Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 77. Funeral services were held Saturday at Trinity Lutheran church here, Rev Norman A. Keffer officiating. Temporary entombment took place in the Graff Memorial Chapel at Riverside cemetery. The Bruce J. Omand Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Born in Heidelberg, Feb. 8, 1892, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith. In 1907 he worked at the Bank of Hamilton in Berlin, now Kitchener, and subsequently at branches of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Neustadt, Paris, Milverton, Ingersoll, Parkhill and New Hamburg. He retired from the New Hamburg branch in 1957. He was treasurer and a member of the New Hamburg library board for 27 years; a campaign manager for the Canadian Red Cross Society; secretary of Trinity Lutheran Church for 25 years; a member of the New Hamburg Turf Club for 15 years and an honorary life member of the New Hamburg Board of Trade. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by four sisters and a brother. Surviving besides his wife, the former Frieda Berlet, are two daughters, Mrs. Clinton (Betty) Forster, Dundas, and Mrs. Stanley (Doris) Langford, New Hamburg; a brother Otto, Kitchener; two sisters, Frieda and Mrs. Otto (Eleanora) Scheirholtz, both of Kitchener; and four grandchildren. New Hamburg Independent, December 31, 1969

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 38 Page 10. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 20058 (1917), Smith-Berlet. Charles K. Smith, 25, Banker, b. Heidelberg, res. Kitchener, son of Carl S. Smith and Marie Kinzel married Frieda J. Berlet, 22, b. Linwood, res. Kitchener, daughter of V.R. Berlet and Marie Spahr, Witnessed By: Theo. Currey and Elizabeth Berlet Both of Kitchener, 24 July 1917 in Kitchener.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Feb 1892 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teller, Bank - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - banker - 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - banker - 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Jul 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Dec 1969 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth