Wilfrid Earl Heibein

1924 - 1987  (62 years)

• Name	Wilfrid Earl Heibein
  Born	12 Jul 1924	Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-23432
  Died	27 Apr 1987	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I23432	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Frederick Heibein,   b. 31 May 1885, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Dec 1923, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Olive May Sully,   b. 10 Sep 1894, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. May 1966, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1919	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F22042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Five Die In West Montrose Quarrel; Letson Family Is Wiped Out In Waterloo County's Worst Shooting A family was wiped out; a suicide committed and five are dead due to jealousy over an eighteen year old girl, Miss Eleanor Springer, in a family quarrel which started shortly after midnight Sunday morning last. The dead are: Hugh Letson, 45; his wife, Mary, 44; two brothers, Percy, 38 and Wilson, 43, and a cousin Walter (Pat) Letson. The entire Letson family was wiped out by gunfire by Pat Letson. On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Letson, Wilson Letson and Eleanor Springer went to Kitchener and on the way home stopped at Bridgeport Hotel for beverages. Arriving home shortly after midnight the car was driven to the driving shed. As Wilson stepped out of the car he was blasted in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun in the hands of Pat Letson, according to the statement given to the coroner, Dr. LeRoy Wagner, Elmira, and the Provincial police. He died instantly and fell beside the car. Then followed a very heated argument which took them into the house. Shortly after two or three shots were reported as being fired, according to the only witness of the affair still alive, Eleanor Springer. It is believed both Mr. and Mrs. Letson were killed at this time and also Percy Letson. Sunday wore on before any hint of the shooting became known. No gunshots were heard by neighbors, there being a community wedding party which most attended, the night before. It was Elisha Pollock, 87, aged cousin, slightly blind and hard of hearing found Pat Letson, on the kitchen couch, and when he failed to awaken with repeated shaking, went to the neighbours to inform them Pat was dead. He failed to see the gunshot wound in the chest. He was accompanied back by Wilfred Heinbein [Heibein] and Robert Winfield who found Pat had been shot. Dr. LeRoy Wagner was then notified and went down to West Montrose to investigate.... Provincial police were notified by Dr. Wagner and the investigation got under way.... Sometime between three o'clock and seven, Pat Letson shot himself in the kitchen when he sent the aged Mr. Pollock to the barn to do some chores. Elmira Signet, Thursday, January 1, 1948, pg 1 ___________________ HEIBEIN, Wilfred Earl - Died suddenly, at K-W Hospital, on Monday. April 27, 1987, Wilfred Earl Heibein, aged 62 years, of 41 Oxford St., Kit- chener, he has previously lived in West Montrose. He was born in Doon and was employed at Burns Foods for 37 years; he was a member of St. Teresa's RC Church, Kitchener and the Holy Name Society. Son of the late Frederick and Olive Heibein; beloved husband of the former Marlene Doerr; dear father of Cheryl and Kevin, both at home. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by two brothers, Harry of Kitchener and Roy of West Montrose. Mr. Heibein's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Fu neral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, on Wednesday (today) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Prayers will be offered at the funeral home, Thursday at 9:30 a.m., followed by the funeral mass at St. Teresa's RC Church (Thursday) at 10 a.m., Rev. John Converset officiating. Interment to follow in Memory Gardens. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 29 Apr 1987 pg B15

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171579001.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jul 1924 - Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Apr 1987 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth