Robert Arthur Dietrich^[1]

1892 - 1962  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Arthur Dietrich
  Born	11 Oct 1892	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211837309
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Deliveryman, Bread
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Military	1914	WW1   [5]
  	WW1, 1st Depot Battalion, Service #3137520
  Military	1914	WW1   [7]
  	WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Baker, Bakery
  Residence	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	86 King St., Kitchener, Ontario   [5]
  Residence	1921	8 Scott St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-38604
  Died	2 Nov 1962	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I38604	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry Anthony Dietrich,   b. 17 Apr 1865, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Agatha Schweitzer,   b. 5 Feb 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1946  (Age 75 years)
  Married	26 May 1891	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F10101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rita Evelyn Rafferty,   b. 8 Dec 1895, Dorking, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1918	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Thomas Arthur Dietrich,   b. 17 Feb 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   2. Mary Agatha Dietrich,   b. 27 Sep 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 2018, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   3. Robert Henry Dietrich,   b. 25 Aug 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Nov 2022, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F243390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Robert Arthur Dietrich M-L Lapres originally shared this on 12 Apr 2019 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Ex-Baker, R. A. Dietrich Dies at 70 A former Kitchener baker and alderman, Robert A. Dietrich, died today at his home 136 Young St. He was 70. Mr. Dietrich carried the family business, Dietrich's Bakery, until 1948, when he sold it and retired. He served on city council during the 1930s, was a former chairman of the Separate School Board, and pioneered development of the Waterloo-Wellington Airport Commission. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Dietrich, he was born in Baden and lived in Kitchener all his life. He was a member of St. Mary's RC Church, the Holy Name Society and of the Noeturnal Adoration Society, which will conduct, its prayers with the rosary at 8 p.m. Sunday. He served in the 118th Battalion and the Western Ontario Regiment during the First World War, and was a member of Kitchener branch Canadian Legion. Mr. Dietrich was also an ardent fisherman and hunter. Surviving are his wife, the former Rita Rafferty, whom be married in Waterloo in 1918: two sons, Thomas and Robert of Waterloo: a daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Mary) Lapres of Montreal; three sisters, Mrs. Ving (Collette) Fuller of Sherman Oaks, Cal., Alma and Clara of Kitchener and 11 grandchildren One sister, Florence, pre-deceased him. The body is at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m., Sunday. Prayers will be offered at 9:30 am.. Monday, followed by removal to St. Mary's RC Church for requiem high mass at 10 o'clock. Burial will be at St. Agatha. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Fri, Nov 2, 1962 Page 21

  
  

• Sources

  [S3232] aaaaCemetery - ON, Waterloo - Woodland. Dietrich/ Robert A./ 1892-1962/ Rita E./ 1895-1971/ Rest In Peace [A] Father [B] Mother [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 10. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 14. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 11. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211837309/robert-a-dietrich. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011854-91. Henry Dietrich, 26, occ. Farmer, b. St Agatha, res. St Agatha, s/o Gregory Dietrich & Amelia Doll married Agatha Schweitzer, 22, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Wilmot Twp, d/o Philip Schweitzer & Mary Buchheit, witn Philiph Schweitzer of Wilmot & Mary Bellinger of Bloomingdale, 26 May 1891 in St Agatha.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Oct 1892 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Deliveryman, Bread - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Nov 1918 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Baker, Bakery - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 86 King St., Kitchener, Ontario Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Nov 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth