Earl Clare Shiry^[1]

1894 - 1971  (76 years)

• Name	Earl Clare Shiry
  Born	7 Nov 1894	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165026121
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Machinist, Foundry
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Evangelical
  Military	1914	WW1   [5]
  	WW1, Service #751731
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 7]
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	47 Irvan St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-38229
  Died	1971	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I38229	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Shiry,   b. 28 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Barbara Ellen Shantz,   b. 12 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1890	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F3024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Katharine "Dolly" Lang,   b. 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1916  [6]
  Children	1. Dorothy Shiry,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Billie Shiry   3. Robert Earl Frank Shiry,   b. 16 Aug 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F228562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Earl C. Shiry of 385 St Leger St. died Wednesday at K-W Hospital following a heart attack. He was 76. Born in Kitchener, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Shiry. He retired in 1963 from the maintenance department at K-W Hospital after 19 years. He had formerly worked at Kaufman's Footwear Ltd. He attended St. Timothy United Church. He served in the First World War with the 118th Battalion. He was an active hockey player in his youth and played for the Kitchener Union Jacks. He was predeceased by one brother, Kenneth. Surviving are his wife, the former Gertrude (Dolly) Lang, whom he married in 1916; one son, Robert of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. David (Dorothy) Ratz of Kitchener and Mrs. George (Billie) Rumney of Toronto; one brother, Lloyd of Kitchener; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Laura) Slumkoski of Kitchener and Mrs. George (Ellen) Verary of Hamilton; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home after noon Friday and where service will be conducted Saturday at 2 pm by Dr. E. E. Hallman. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Donations to the Kitchener Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society will be accepted as expressions of sympathy. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Jul 1971 pg 25

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Gertrude (Dolly) Catherine Lang - Shiry. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/ Ville) A-7 Page 6. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Earl Clare Shiry Born: 7 Nov 1894 County: Waterloo Father: John Shiry Mother: Barbara Ellen Shantz [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 15. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Earl C. Shiry. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012168-90. John SHEIRICH, 22, farmer, Canada, Waterloo, s/o Samuel & Susannah married Barbara SHANTZ, 18, Canada, Waterloo, d/o Abraham & Catherine, witn Wm. J. & illegible Nancy BOWMAN of Berlin, 23 December 1890 in Berlin.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Nov 1894 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist, Foundry - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1971 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth