Reginald "Reg" Prior

1910 - 1999  (89 years)

• Name	Reginald "Reg" Prior
  Born	1 Dec 1910	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Hespeler
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Sports	1933	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Hespeler Red Sox
  		Hespeler-Baseball-RedSox-0001-1933.jpg Hespeler Heritage Centre
  Residence	1987	86 Weaver St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-206390
  Died	29 Dec 1999	Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States   [2]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I206390	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Francis Henry "Frank" Prior,   b. Dec 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1964  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Annie Minerva "Annie" Hamill,   b. 12 Jul 1886, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 20 Jun 1932, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1910	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F42526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nelda Marguerite Handorf,   b. 3 Feb 1909, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. Helen Anne Prior,   b. 11 Jun 1836, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1938, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada  (Age 102 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F10125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PRIOR, Reginald Lome - At Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, December 29. 1999 in his 90th year Born in Galt, Ontario on December 1. 1910 Predeceased by his wife Nelda (Handorf) Prior, his mother. Mary Hamill, a daughter Helen, his father Frank step-mother Margaret (McKellar) Prior. brother Jack and two step-brothers. Howard and Russell McKellar He is survived by a son Robert and his wife Jane. daughter Norma and her husband Keith Tripp and brother Kyle all of Cambridge. sister of Bette Brown of Tupperville, step-sister Ada Bower of Kitchener. He is survived by four grandchildren Holly and her husband Michael Jospeh. Jason and Cheryl and Kevin Tripp. and by four great grandchildren nieces and nephews He will be greatly missed by longtime friend Rene Lamson He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Shantz Station. member of Hespeler Lodge 1.0.0.F. #321, He was president of the Hespeler branch at the Friendship Society and the Cambridge Johnston Seniors Centre He was a former councillor for Hespeler, served on the Hespeler Cemetery Board and was a member of the Volunteer Fir Fighters Reg also worked for Frood Mines and LeVeck Mines in Sudbury during 1941 and 1942. He then worked for Butler's Metal Products making shell boxes during the remainder of W.W II Reg and his brother Lyle then took over their father's sheet metal business and operated it until their retirement in the early 1980's Mr Prior is resting t the Lounsbury Funeral Home (formerly Nelson's), 1766 Franklin Boulevard. Cambridge from 2.4 and 7.9 pm on Thursday A Memorial Service under the auspices of the Hespeler Lodge I.0.0 F Branch 1321 will be held on Thursday evening (today) at 6:30 pm The Funeral Service wins be herd at St Luke's United Church on Friday afternoon at 1:30 pm with interment to follow at New Hope Cemetery Those who wish may make a memorial donation to either the Heal and Stroke Foundation or to trio Kidney Foundation

  
  

• Sources

  [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 15 Page 14. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174337164/reginald-lorne-prior. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21528 (1910), Prior-Hamill. Francis Prior, 27, Tinsmith, of Drumbo, Son of John Prior & Martha Miller Married Annie Hamill, 23, of Galt, daughter of Thomas Hamill & Elizabeth Felker, Witn: G. Wesley Gerbacht & J. Hamill Both of Galt, 2 March 1910 In Galt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Dec 1910 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Hespeler - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Sports - Hespeler Red Sox - 1933 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Dec 1999 - Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth