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

Ralph Allan Battler[1, 2]

Male 1919 - 1997  (78 years)


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  • Name Ralph Allan Battler 
    Residence Between 1919 and 1992  Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 26 May 1919  Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-400320 
    Died 18 Nov 1997  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I400320  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Allan Webster Battler,   b. 30 Jul 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Louisa Schenk,   b. 31 Dec 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1941, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1907  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F265223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Viola C. Schwartz,   b. 9 Jul 1922, Chesley, Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 2004, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 12 May 1945 
    Children 
     1. Thelma Battler
     2. Maurice Battler
     3. Bruce Battler
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F60145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BATTLER, Ralph
      Peacefully, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1997, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener.
      Ralph was born 78 years ago on the family homestead at Shingletown and lived there until 1992, when he moved to New Dundee. He was a son of the late Allan and Louisa (Schenk) Battler. He was a member of Bethel Missionary Church, New Dundee. Ralph had served as rural mail courier for RR 2 Petersburg and New Dundee until his retirement and was a rural Kitchener-Waterloo Record carrier for a number of years.
      Loving husband of Viola (Schwartz) Battler, whom he married May 12, 1945. Cherished father of Thelma and her husband Merlin Trussler of Kitchener, Maurice and his wife Christine, Bruce and his wife Marilyn, all of New Hamburg. He will be missed by his grandchildren, Robert, Bradley and Kevin Trussler, Naomi Battler, Amy, Dale, Julie and Lisa Battler; dear brother of Dorothy Battler of Kitchener, Roy and his wife Anna of Wellesley and Ralph's twin sister, Reta and her husband Wilbert Ober of Kitchener.
      He was predeceased by a sister, Verdella Such and a brother, Clayton in infancy.
      Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi funeral Home 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, on Friday, Nov. 21, 1997 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997 at 9 a.m., transfer will be made to Bethel Missionary Church, New Dundee for the service at 11 a.m., with Pastor Graham Burkhart and Pastor Wayne Domms officiating. Burial to follow in Wilmot Centre Cemetery.
      As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to Freeport Health Care Centre or the Bethel Missionary Church, New Dundee.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Louise Schenk - Battler.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Roy Edgar Battler.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97790768/ralph-a.-battler.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Between 1919 and 1992 - Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 May 1919 - Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Nov 1997 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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