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

Leo Eugene Forwell

Male 1931 - 2016  (85 years)


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  • Name Leo Eugene Forwell 
    Born 1931  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-300999 
    Died 23 Jul 2016  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I300999  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Leo K. Forwell,   b. 31 Aug 1884, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1967  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Blay,   b. 18 May 1889, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1968, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1909  New Baltimore, Macomb, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F12190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stella Mary Yendruck,   b. 23 Jul 1932,   d. 28 May 2016, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F60376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obituary for Leo Forwell in Kitchener, Ontario
      Forwell, Leo Eugene;

      Passed away peacefully, on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Pinehaven Nursing Home, at the age of 84. Beloved husband of the late Stella (Yendruck) (2016). Loving father of Brad (Kim Rowland) and Brian (Laure Leckwold). Dear Grandpa to Morgan Forwell (Danielle Belcourt) and Great-Grandpa of Hendrix Leo.

      Predeceased by his parents the late Leo and Mary (Blay) Forwell, brothers and sisters; Margaret Forwell, Rolland Forwell, Catherine Hess, Norbert Farwell, Madeline Dietrich, Anna Marie Nafziger, Walter Forwell, Art Forwell, Joseph Forwell, Raymond Forwell, Donald Forwell, Kenneth Forwell.

      Dear brother to Ruth Schnarr, Edward Forwell and dear brother-in-law to Mary Forwell, Betty Jane Forwell, Elizabeth Forwell and June Yendruck.

      Leo worked at J.M. Schneiders for some 43 years and once retired he could be found with Stella at d'bush in St. Jacobs where family and friends would visit and share in their hospitality.

      Leo's family invite relatives and friends to a Funeral Mass at St. Aloysius R.C. Church, 11 Traynor Avenue, Kitchener, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at 11am followed by a reception. Cremation has taken place.

      The family would like to thank the staff at Pinehaven Nursing and Retirement Residence for their kindness and compassion. Leo and Stella truly appreciated the care they were given.

      As expressions of sympathy donations to Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated by the family (cards may be placed by calling the Henry Walser Funeral Home 519-749-8467).

      Visit www.henrywalser.com for Leo's memorial.

      "Leo Forwell - Saturday, July 23Rd, 2016". 2021. Henrywalser.Com. https://www.henrywalser.com/memorials/leo-forwell/2649091/obituary.php.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217906076/leo-eugene-forwell.

    2. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name: Margaret Mary Forwell
      Sex: Female
      Birth Date: 17 Aug 1910
      Birthplace: , , Ontario, Canada
      Father's Name: Leo K Forwell
      Mother's Name: Mary Elizabeth Blay
      Married: New Baltimore, Mich. 5 Oct 1909

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 2016 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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