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

Gordon G. Newmaster[1, 2]

Male 1915 - 1993  (78 years)


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  • Name Gordon G. Newmaster 
    Born 1915  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59758113 
    Residence 1921  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-400220 
    Died 22 Aug 1993  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I400220  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Louis Johann Newmaster,   b. 9 Jun 1879, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Olive M. Lanz,   b. 20 Jul 1882, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 12 Jan 1904  Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F265182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Ethel Bettschen,   b. 15 Sep 1916, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F61983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • NEWMASTER, Gordon - On Sunday, Aug. 22, 1993, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, after a brief illness.

      He was born in Wellesley township 78 years ago, a son of the late Louis and Olive (Lantz) Newmaster. He resided in Baden and was the former owner and operator of Gord's Confectionary in Baden prior to retirement. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church. Baden and had served in the RCAF during the Second World War.

      Beloved husband of the former Margaret Bettschen who predeceased him May 17, 1985. Loving father of Janet and her husband Art Pommer of Listowel, Jean and her husband Lorne Anderchek of Ottawa and Shirley and her husband Ted Sivyer of Kitchener. Ever remembered by six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Survived by one brother, Arnold and one sister, Idella and her husband Lorne Rieck, all of Waterloo.

      Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, today (Monday). 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, August 25, 1993 at 10 a.m. transfer will be made to St. James Lutheran Church, Baden, for the funeral service at 11 a.m., with Rev. Stewart. Schroeder officiating. There will be a time of fellowship and lunch in the church. basement followed by interment in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Linwood.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obitiary of Louis J. Newmaster.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obitiary of Olive Lanz - Newmaster.

    3. [S2107] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1921, Sub Dist. 9 Page 7.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59758113.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1915 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1921 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Aug 1993 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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