Harvey Rickert^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1886 - 1974  (88 years)

• Name	Harvey Rickert
  Born	23 Jul 1886	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200460435
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1909	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Carpenter House Builder
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00110-6784.4
  Died	16 Dec 1974	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10, 11]
  Buried	19 Dec 1974	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10, 11]
  Person ID	I19643	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Cyrus B. Rickert,   b. 29 Feb 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Dec 1938  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lovina Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1931  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F4946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise Wettlaufer,   b. 17 Sep 1891, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jun 1974, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1909	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Douglas Rickert,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Matilda Elizabeth "Tillie" Rickert,   b. 26 Apr 1910, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1999, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   3. Lorne Conrad Rickert,   b. 23 Feb 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 2010  (Age 96 years)   4. Lorne Edward Rickert,   b. 23 Feb 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Harold Wilfred Rickert,   b. 5 May 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   6. Elaine Betty Rickert,   b. 14 Nov 1924,   d. 2 Aug 2014, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F257016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rickert, Harvey - At his home, 247 Franklin St. N., on Monday, Dec. 16, 1974, after a lengthy illness, Harvey Rickert, age 88 years. Mr. Rickert was born in Mannheim, a son of the late Cyrus Rickert and the former Lovina Shantz. He had resided in New York, Detroit and Chicago and returned to Kitchener in 1945, a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and formerly employed at the National Tubular Products Ltd. He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose. Surviving are a son Lorne Rickert of Salisbury, Md.; two daughters, Matilda (Mrs. Earl Litt) of Windsor and Elaine (Mrs. Ivan Mohr) of New Hamburg; two brothers Sydney of Windsor and Lloyd Rickert of Kitchener; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive; predeceased by two brothers Ervin and Addison and by one sister Mrs. Clara Woods. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. Funeral service in the chapel Thursday at 1 pm with Rev. F.W. Zinck officiating. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 412. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ervin Rickeert. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lloyd Rickert. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Louise Wettlaufer - Rickert. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020426-09. Harvey Rickert, 22, occ. Farmer, res. of Mannheim, son of Cyrus Rickert and Lavine Shantz Married Louise Wettlaufer, 17, res. of Wilmot, daughter of Conrad Wettlaufer and Elizabeth Rotz, Witn: Addison Rickert of Mannheim and Matilda Wettlaufer of Wilmot, 15 April 1909 in New Hamburg [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 1. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div.. 20 Page 3. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 69. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Harvey Rickert - 1974. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Harvey Rickert/ 1886-1974/ [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200460435/harvey-rickert.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Apr 1909 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter House Builder - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Dec 1974 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 19 Dec 1974 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth