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

Kenneth Orin Habel[1]

Male 1929 - 1989  (60 years)


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  • Name Kenneth Orin Habel 
    Born 1929  [2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-373475 
    Died 27 Jun 1989  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 30 Jun 1989  Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I373475  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Lorne Habel,   b. Apr 1903, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1956, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Fanny H. Gooding,   b. 10 May 1906, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1999, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Family ID F6613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan Nihls,   b. CA 1929,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Brenda Habel
     2. Patricia Habel
     3. Janice Habel
     4. Laura Habel
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F257367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Habel, Kenneth Orin - Peacefully, on Tuesday, June 27, 1989, at his residence, Kenneth Habel, in his 60th year. Beloved husband of Susan (nee Nihls); loving father of Brenda and Rodger Kaster of New Dundee, Patricia and Hugh Armstrong of Cambridge, Janice and Richard Stemmler of Kitchener and Laura and Tony Moreira of Kitchener. "Pappa" will be sadly missed by Lorrie, Sarah, Daniel, Jennifer, Amanda and Jeremy. Son of Fanny Gooding and the late Lorne Habel. Brother to Earl Habel of Bright and Helen Hewitt of the West Coast. He was a turkey farmer in Ayr for 14 years and worked part time for several years for the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. He moved to Kitchener in 1975 and became owner/operator of United Taxi for the past 13 years. The family will receive friends at the Westmount Funeral Chapel, 1001 Ottawa St. S. at Westmont Road), Kitchener, from 2-4 and 7-9 pm today (Thursday). Funeral service in the chapel on Friday at 11 am, Rev. Darrell Jantzi will officiate. Interment Wilmot Centre Cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Lorne Habel - April 3, 1956.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Kenneth Orin Habel - 1989.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jun 1989 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Jun 1989 - Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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