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Walter D. Wagester

Male 1907 - 1995  (87 years)


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  • Name Walter D. Wagester 
    Born 14 May 1907  [1
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191770343 
    Residence 1942  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-229606 
    Died 18 Jan 1995  [1
    Buried Evanglical United Brethern Cemetery, East Zorra Twp., Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I229606  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Family Francis Lorraine "Lorraine" DeShane,   b. 20 Aug 1917,   d. 8 Jun 2000  (Age 82 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F62828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. William Wagester

      After an illness of six months the death occurred last Thursday morning, May 14, of Mrs. Wm. Wagester, 63, at her home in East Zorra.

      The late Mrs. Wagester, who was born in Reed City, Mich., on Sept. 28, 1878, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Blum, moved to Canada following her marriage on May 15, 1906.

      Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two sons, Stanley, of Prescott and Walter of Kitchener. Three brothers, John, Aaron and Reuben Blum, Reed City, and two sisters, Mrs. Ezra Bitner, Reed City, and Mrs. J. C. O'Dell, Detroit, also survive, in addition to one grandchild. Mrs. Aaron Eidt of New Hamburg is a sister-in-law.

      The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon from her late residence to Zion Evangelical Church, Tavistock, of which deceased was a member, for service in charge of Rev. J. W. Siebert. Interment followed in the 17th line Cemetery, East. Zorra.

      New Hamburg Independent, May 22, 1942

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      WAGESTER, Walter Clayton
      -Passed away at Sunnyside Home, on Monday, Jan. 18, 1999, at the age of 91 years.

      Beloved husband of Lorraine Wagester (nee DeShane); dear brother of Stanley and his wife Mary of Mississauga and brother-in-law of Grace DeShane of Guelph. Also survived by a niece, Julie Evans and nephew, Pat DeShane.

      Walter was a former employee of Electrohome Ltd, where he worked for many years. He was a member of the Ontario Mission of the Deaf, a Board Member of the Ontario Camp of the Deaf, Kitchener Mission of the Deaf and the Gospel Deaf Fellowship.

      Visitation at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel, 51 Benton at Church St., Kitchener, 742-4481 on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999 at 11 a.m. Pastor Don Smith officiating. Spring interment Cassel Mennonite Cemetery, Tavistock.

      As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Gospel Deaf Fellowship or Sunnyside Home would be appreciated by the family.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191770343.

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