Kenneth Roy Matthews^{[1, 2, 3]}

1907 - 1989  (81 years)

• Name	Kenneth Roy Matthews
  Born	14 Nov 1907	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75735495
  Name	Ken  [5]
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-183651P
  Died	2 Jun 1989	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  Buried	5 Jun 1989	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I371101	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Francis Abram Matthews,   b. Jul 1881, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Mother	Mabel Leah Clarissa Seibert,   b. 15 Jun 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Feb 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1905	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  Family ID	F256554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Edith "Edith" Brighton,   b. 29 Jun 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jan 2004, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1928	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		Kenneth Matthews & Gertrude Brighton's wedding photo Image from Dale White 2015
  Children	1. Karen Matthews   2. Dale Ronald Matthews,   b. 27 Mar 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 2013, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F257420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Matthews, C. St. J. Kenneth Roy (Ken) - Suddenly, at St. Mary's Hospital, on Friday, June 2, 1989, Ken Matthews, in his 82nd year, formerly of RR 2, Petersburg. Loving husband of Edith; cherished father of Dale and his wife Joyce of Toronto and Karen and her husband James Reid of Lindsay; beloved grandfather of Brent and his wife Eva of Port Perry and Dawn Matthews of Toronto. Also survived by his aunt, Mollye Horton of Kitchener. Mr. Matthews was a Commander in the order of St. John; a lifetime member of the Western Horse Association of Ontario; member of the Royal City Lodge of Perfection A and ASR and the Wilmot Lodge No. 318, AF and AM. The family will receive friends at the Westmount Funeral Chapel, 1001 Ottawa St. S. (at Westmount Road), Kitchener, from 2-4 and 7-9 pm Sunday. Transfer will be made to St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mannheim, on Monday at 12: 30 pm, with service and committal to follow at 2 pm, Rev. Doug Reble will officiate. As expressions of sympathy, memorial considerations may be made to the St. John Ambulance, K-W Branch or to St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mannheim. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Francis Abram Matthews. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mabel L. Seibert - Matthews. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edith Brighton - Matthews. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 14. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of C. St. J. Kenneth Roy (Ken) Matthews - 1989. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75735495. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019029-05. Francis Matthews, 24, Occ. Machinist, b. Acton, Res. Berlin, son of Edward & Elizabeth married Mabel L. Seibert, 23, Berlin, Berlin, daughter of Frank Seibert & Sarah Bedford, Witn Osmond D. Matthews & Allie Seibert Both of Berlin, 7 September 1905 in Berlin.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Nov 1907 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Sep 1928 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Jun 1989 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 5 Jun 1989 - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth