Leander Wilkie

1915 - 1967  (52 years)

• Name	Leander Wilkie
  Born	8 May 1915	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Employer	Uniroyal, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Name	Jeff Wilkie
  Residence	1921	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-225880
  Died	4 Oct 1967	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I225880	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Simon August "Sam" Wilkie,   b. 15 Dec 1876, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1944, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Westfall,   b. 1 Jan 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Jan 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1910	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F9111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leander (Jeff) Wilkie, 52, of Bloomingdale died Wednesday night of a heart attack while working in the Uniroyal Ltd. tire division. Born May 8, 1915, at Bloomingdale, he was a son of Mrs. Simon Wilkie of Bloomingdale and the late Mr. Wilkie. He was a life-long Bloomingdale resident and worked in the Uniroyal tire division for the past 32 years. Surviving besides his mother, are five brothers, Abram and William, both of Bridgeport, Albert of Petersburg, Edward of Kitchener and Carl of Bloomingdale, and two sisters, Mrs. Isaac (Ruth) Gole of West Montrose and Mrs. Amynard (Tena) Gies of Conestogo. He was predeceased by one brother, Ephraim. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Laurence J. Martin, pastor of Bloomingdale Mennonite Church. Burial will be in Bloomingdale Mennonite cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 5 Oct 1967 pg 26

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Leander Wilkie - 5 Oct 1967 pg 26. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, BloomingdalePage 8. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. Wilkie/ Leander (Jeff)/ 1915-1967/ Carl Leroy/ 1926-1968/ Superior Kitchener [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Simon Wilkie Age: 33 Father: August Wilkie Mother: Elizabeth Shoemaker Born: abt 1877 Spouse: Lucinda Westfall Age: 22 Father: William Westfall Mother: Catharine Sauder married 26 Oct 1910

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 May 1915 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Employer - - Uniroyal, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart attack - 4 Oct 1967 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth