Wilfrid Graham Hamacher^[1]

1900 - 1988  (88 years)

• Name	Wilfrid Graham Hamacher
  Born	8 May 1900	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Church Membership	First Baptist Church, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Military	WW1
  Occupation	postman  [4]
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1988	70 King St., Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-193440
  Died	31 Jul 1988	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I193440	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Francis Graham "Graham" Hamacher,   b. 9 Jan 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Catherine Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolduc,   b. 5 Dec 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jun 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	6 May 1896	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F11802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred May Lang,   b. 19 Oct 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Audrey Kathryn Hamacher,   b. 1924, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Oct 2014, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   2. Robert Douglas "Bob" Hamacher,   b. 1926,   d. 7 Apr 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F33436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hamacher, Wildred Graham After a brief illness, at K-W Hospital on Sunday July 31, 1988, Wilfred Graham Hamacher, age 89 years of 70 King St., Heidelberg. He was born in Waterloo and was a retired postman in Waterloo with 42 years of service. He was one of the five original postmen in Waterloo. A charter member of First Baptist Church, Waterloo and a band master for five years of the K-W Air Cadets. Son of the late Francis and Elizabeth Hamacher. Husband of the former Mildred Lang; father of Bob of Waterloo and Audrey (Mrs. Howard Kappes) of Heidelberg; brother of Albert of London, Ontario; grandfather of five grandchildren and one granddaughter. Predeceased by one brother, John and two sisters, Florence and Katherine. Mr. Hamacher's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St., S. Waterloo, today (Tuesday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Waterloo. Rev. Clayton Willhelm officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. Memorial contributions to the church building fund would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Aug 1988 pg B15

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Robert Hamacher. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-7 Page 7. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 43 Pg. 6. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Wilfred Graham Hamacher - 2 Aug 1988 pg B15. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118486185.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 May 1900 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Church Membership - - First Baptist Church, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Jul 1988 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth