1890 - 1953 (62 years)
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Name |
James Broadfoot Grieve |
Born |
4 Oct 1890 |
Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada |
Gender |
Male |
FindAGrave |
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230938246 |
Eby ID Number |
Waterloo-232736 |
Died |
21 Jan 1953 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada |
Person ID |
I232736 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
7 Nov 2024 |
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Notes |
- James B. Grieve
District Manager of the Confederation Life Insurance Company for the past 20 years, James R. Grieve, 62, of 78 King St. North, Waterloo, died Wednesday at his home. Mr. Grieve was born Oct. (4), 1890, in Eramosa Township, son of John Grieve and the late Mrs. Mary Grieve. His wife, the former Gladys B. Felker, whom he married in 1925, survives. Mr. Grieve was an elder of First United Church, Waterloo. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are five brothers, Thomas of Pasadena, Calif., George of Rockwood, William of Guelph, Robert of Strathroy and Angus of Timmins, and one sister, Mrs. S.J. Armstrong of Guelph. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. with interment ...
Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Jan 1953
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Maj. J. B. Grieve Passes Aged 62
A Kitchener Insurance executive, Major James Broadfoot Grieve, 62, died Wednesday in Kitchener, Well known in Ottawa, he was a cousin of S Rupert Broadfoot, QC, Mrs James Clemens and F/L Ross D. Fairbairn, of RCAF headquarters.
The funeral will be held this afternoon Born in Speedvale Ont. Major Grieve was a son of former Reeve John Grieve, and the late Mrs. Grieve.
His father survives, in addition to his widow, the former Gladys B. Felker of Fergus; five brothers and a sister.
Mr. Grieve was a popular figure in Masonic, golfing and veterans organizations and was a devoted member of the United Church of Canada.
In 1914 he recruited the 153rd Battalion (CEF) and took it overseas. Seconded to a British regiment, he served three years in France and two years with the Allied Reparations Commission in Germany.
The Ottawa Citizen - 1953-01-24 - Page 8
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