Edward Joseph Kubu

1918 - 2018  (99 years)

• Name	Edward Joseph Kubu
  Born	12 Aug 1918	St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - 7th Field Company RCE primarily in Holland and Belgium
  Residence	1969	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-230655
  Died	25 Apr 2018
  Buried	Cremated
  Person ID	I230655	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Frank Joseph Kubu,   b. 1884, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1969, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Maud F. Burke,   b. 1890,   d. 1964  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F62959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mae Oswald,   d. 2013
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F62961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edward Joseph KUBU KUBU, Edward Joseph On April 25, 2018 we lost a father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Edward Joseph Kubu. He has gone to join our mother Mae (nee Oswald) where they no doubt are enjoying a good meal, a bottle of wine and a game of cribbage. Ed was born on August 12, 1918 amidst the Spanish Flu pandemic to Frank and Maude Kubu in St. Thomas, Ontario. The first of six children, he is pre-deceased by his brother Francis (Bud) and sisters Helen, Irene, Margaret and Dorothy. His early years are a subject of great speculation. He shared snippets of stories that did not always include totally legal pursuits; it was the Depression and you had to be creative. Dad and mom met at the Waterloo band shell just before Ed went overseas. His years of memorizing the army eye chart had finally paid off. He served with the 7th Field Company RCE primarily in Holland and Belgium, until the war ended. Dad held various jobs post military and his last was as owner/operator of a pre-cast concrete company - United Step and Metal in Hamilton. His wife Mae was the office manager. Upon retirement he and Mae moved to Winona Ontario where their vast gardens fed the neighbourhood. Mom died in 2013 and this forced Ed to learn how to cook. His culinary skills up to this point were limited to campfires and Coleman stoves during canoe, fishing and camping trips. He also bought a pool table and at 95 laughed when he was told it had a lifetime warranty. He drove until he was 96 and retired his license when he moved to the Orchards in Vineland. Our father loved verse and would recite stanzas from Wordsworth, Robert Service and his favourite "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." Despite enticing his daughters with the promise of $5 to memorize this tome, we declined. Ed leaves behind his daughters Anne (Bruce Krushelnicki) and Mary (Ralf Himmrich) as well as grandchildren Rachel (Peter Dyakowski), Joe Krushelnicki, Riley and Curtis Himmrich and great-granddaughter Louise Dyakowski. Special thank you to the staff at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Grimsby for their compassion during Dad's last days. To honour our father's wishes, cremation has taken place and no funeral is planned. Donations can be made to Friends of Killarney Park or the Bruce Trail Conservancy in Ed's memory. Ed Kubu lived a long and interesting life and we were proud to call him Dad. Waterloo Region Record: Apr 27, 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Aug 1918 - St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1969 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth