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

Owen Wideman

Male 1919 - 1980  (61 years)


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  • Name Owen Wideman 
    Born 1919  of, Hawksville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-26462 
    Died 18 Feb 1980  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cause: accident 
    Buried South Peel Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Wallenstein, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I26462  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Enoch M. Wideman,   b. 14 Oct 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1966, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Sarah Bauman,   b. 18 Feb 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1951, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1907  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F6913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Frey,   b. 1918, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1994  (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Henry F. Wideman
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F32018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • WIDEMAN, Owen On Monday, Feb. 18, 1980, at his home in Hawkesville, as the result of an accident, age 61 years. Beloved husband of Nancy Frey; dear father of Elo, Abner, and Martha, all at home, Henry of Route 1, Wallenstein, Mrs. Norman (Eva) Weber of Route 4, Listowel, Mrs. Orvie (Lena) Martin of Route 1, St. Clements. nine Grandchildren also survive. Brother of Josiah and Melvin, both of Route 3, Wallenstein; Ezra of Route 1, St. Jacobs; Mrs. Owen (Martha) Martin of Route 3, Mount Forest; Mrs. Moses (Barbara) Bauman of Route 1, Wallenstein. he was predeceased by his parents, Enoch and Sarah Wideman, one brother and one sister. Visitation at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, until Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., when removal will be made to his home in Hawkesville. Funeral service from the home on Thursday morning at 9 a.m., thence to the South Peel Mennonite Meeting House, for funeral service and burial in the adjoining Cemetery1

      1The Kitchener-Waterloo Record Newspaper 19 Feb 1980

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), 19 Feb 1980 Obituary of Owen Wideman.

    2. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020783-07.
      Enoch Wideman, 25, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, son of Christian Wideman and Catherine Martin married Sarah Bowman, 21, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, daughter of Ezra Bowman and Barbara Rudy, Witness(es) Ezra Bowman and Abraham Rudy both of Waterloo, 25 December 1907 in Waterloo Twp

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1919 - of, Hawksville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: accident - 18 Feb 1980 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Peel Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Wallenstein, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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