Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

James Laverne Brubacher

Male 1926 - 2024  (97 years)


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  • Name James Laverne Brubacher 
    Born 26 Jul 1926 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-233639 
    Died 9 Mar 2024  Waterloo Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I233639  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Eugene B. Brubacher,   b. 8 Sep 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Ida Cressman,   b. 21 Dec 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1958  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1917  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6570  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lorna Litwiller,   b. 26 Nov 1928,   d. 10 Feb 2024, Waterloo Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1952  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard Brubacher,   d. 1957
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F63959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James Brubacher
      July 26 1926-March 9 2024


      Passed away peacefully on March 9 2024 at The Village of University Gates LTC in Waterloo in his 98th year.

      His wife Lorna passed away 28 days earlier on February 10 2024. They were married almost 72 years and are reunited again in Heaven.

      Dear father of Murray (Christine) and Dawna Bast (Dave). Loving grandfather of Peter (Cassandra), Matthew Bast (Heather), Dan (Lindsay), Joshua Bast and Amanda Hildebrandt (Luke). James had 12 great grandchildren. Brother of Alice Martens (Dave), brother-in-law of Alice Kinsie and Wanda Litwiller. James will be remembered by many nieces, nephews and friends.

      Predeceased by infant son Richard in 1957, parents Ida and Eugene Brubacher and many siblings, in-laws and their spouses.

      James was a long time member of First Mennonite Church in Kitchener. He worked at the City of Kitchener Transit for 31 years.

      Many thanks to all of the exceptional staff at University Gates LTC home for their compassionate care of Dad for almost 2 years. You truly were another family to him. A very special thanks to Kimmy and Ursula for all of the kind and loving care you gave Dad. We will be forever grateful.

      Interment has taken place. Services entrusted to the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, 519-749-8467.

      As expressions of sympathy, donations to Mennonite Central Committee and First Mennonite Church would be appreciated by the family (cards may be placed by calling the Henry Walser Funeral Home 519-749-8467).

      James Brubacher Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (no date) James Brubacher Obituary - Kitchener, ON | Henry Walser Funeral Home Ltd. Available at: https://www.henrywalser.com/memorials/james-brubacher/5396424/index.php (Accessed: 13 May 2024).

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Oct 1952 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Mar 2024 - Waterloo Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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