William Read

1912 - 2003  (90 years)

• Name	William Read
  Born	10 Dec 1912	North Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
  Residence	1979	RR2 Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-194066
  Died	24 Jan 2003	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I194066	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Eila Mary Rhodey,   b. 1 Oct 1913, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jun 1999, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Leonard Read
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F54888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  READ, William (Retired Sergeant) Of Cambridge, on Friday, January 24, 2003, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 91st year. Beloved husband of the late Eila Mary Rhodey (1999) for over 50 years. Dear father of Leonard Read and Lucy Martins of RR 2, Cambridge, Karen Campbell of Brampton, Sandra MacDonald and her husband Bob of Brantford. Lovingly remembered by nine grandchildren, Holly, Stefanie, Robyn, Scott MacDonald, Jeremy and Neisha, Derek and Stacey, Timothy Read, Dustin Dawson, Gregory Edworthy and Shon Martins and five great-grandchildren, Jesse, Cody, Kurtis, Christopher and Scott. Also survived by two sisters, Olive Read of Paris and Alice Rhodey of Cambridge. Predeceased by his parents, William and Caroline Read; one step-daughter, Joyce Gehman Edworthy; two brothers, Clifford and Clarence; one sister, Fanny Mayor and brothers-in-law, William Rhody, George Rhody on December 10, 1912, in North Vassalboro, Maine, U.S.A. and had been a resident of Dickie Settlement for the past 55 years. He was a retired manager of Paris Dunbrik Brick Co. of Paris for over 30 years. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery during the Second World War, commissioned out of Brantford in 1939. The family received friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge, on Sunday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service was conducted at the funeral home on Monday, January 27, 2003, at 1: 30 p.m., with Canon David Bowyer officiating. Spring interment in Blair Cemetery, Cambridge. Cambridge Reporter 2003

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Dec 1912 - North Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States Died - 24 Jan 2003 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth