Frank Shirley Panabaker

1904 - 1992  (87 years)

• Name	Frank Shirley Panabaker
  Born	16 Aug 1904	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	artist
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  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1939	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-224604
  Died	17 Feb 1992	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	St. John's Anglican Church Graveyard, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I224604	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Mayor David Norman Panabaker,   b. 5 Feb 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1939, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sarah E. Anderson,   b. 2 Feb 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1958, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1900	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F6237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Frank Panabaker had his first show at the Preston Springs Hotel in 1927. From that time, he was a fully self-supporting professional artist. With his wife Katherine's support and able assistance, more exhibitions followed across southern Ontario. Several wealthy sponsors provided a steady, albeit small income in exchange for paintings which carried the young couple through the difficult depression years. His artistic career was launched one summer when the artist McGillivray Knowles arrived in town to teach a sketching class. Frank's father, impressed by his son's early interest and talent in drawing, suggested that the 16 year-old might like to join the class, rather than push heavy carts through the steaming woolen mill. ____________ PANABAKER, Frank Shirley, A.R.C.A. - Peacefully on Monday, February 17, 1992 in his 88th year, renowned Canadian artist Frank Panabaker of Ancaster. Predeceased by his beloved wife of 60 years, Katherine Marks Connolly in 1988. Dear father of Frances Stuart Schwenger. Sadly missed by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren Sarah and Bill Jackson and their son Angus: Mardi and Doron Raff and their children Zohar, Michali and Natalie; Amy and Bob Hunter; Frank and Sandy Schwenger and their daughter Katie. Frank Panabaker was born in Hespler, Ontario in 1904. He attended the Ontario College of Art after which he stu-died art in New York at the Grand Central School of Art and The Art Students League. In 1927, he began his professional career and was a fully self supporting artist painting across Canada; the North Eastern United States, the Caribbean and the British Isles. His artwork hangs in many art galleries and private collections throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. Panabaker's book "Reflected Lights" was published in 1957. He was appointed Trustee of the National Art Gallery of Canada\emdash 1959. In 1964, elected to the Board of Govenors of the Art Gallery of Hamilton. He was a member of the Salma-gundi Club and the Allied Artists of America. Friends will be received at Dodsworth and Brown Funeral Home "Ancaster Chapel", 378 Wilson Street East, Ancaster, Thursday 7-9 p.m. Funeral service Friday at 3 p.m., St. John's Anglican Church, 272 Wilson Street East, Ancaster. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Box 399, Hamil-ton, L8N 9Z9 gratefully received. ______________

  
  

• Sources

  [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 22. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61960304/frank-s.-panabaker. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of David Norman Panabaker - Aug 11 1939 pg 1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016270-00. David Norman PANABAKER, 26, book keeper, Waterloo Twp, Hespeler, s/o David PANABAKER & Leah WARNER married Sara E. ANDERSON, 26, Hespeler, Hespeler, d/o James ANDERSON & Hannah HOFFMAN, witn: Neil A. PANABAKER & Jennie ANDERSON both of Hespeler, 17 October 1900 in Hespeler

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Aug 1904 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1939 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Feb 1992 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. John's Anglican Church Graveyard, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth