Wilbert "Wib" Fries^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1930 - 2014  (84 years)

• Name	Wilbert "Wib" Fries
  Born	6 Oct 1930	Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-400626
  Died	11 Dec 2014	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I400626	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Frederick Carl Fries,   b. Oct 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Margaret Luella Goodwin,   b. 6 Oct 1905, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F265098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shirley M. Bisch
  Children	1. Linda Fries   2. Sharon Fries,   b. 1 Mar 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1954, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F267152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wilbert "Wib" FRIES FRIES, Wilbert "Wib" Passed away, surrounded by family at St. Mary's Hospital on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the age of 84. Born October 6, 1930, son of Frederick and Margaret Fries in Rosendale, ON. Dear husband of Shirley Fries (nee Bisch). Loving father of Linda (Don) Ripley, Steven (Karen) Fries, and Janice (Stuart) Hurst. Proud grandfather of Luke (Tammy) and Christopher (Nina) Ripley, Emma and Ian Hurst, Ryan and Sarah Fries and great-grand- father of Benjamin, Matthew and Jordan Ripley. Brother of Elaine Geffros, Phyllis Geiger, Joyce Hutchings, Earl (Jackie) Fries, Ross (Carla) Fries, Doug Fries, and Gary Fries. Brother-in-law of Molly Fries. Predeceased by his parents, brothers Harold, Robert and Murray and daughter Sharon, in infancy. Before retirement in 1995, Wib was employed by Koch Transport Ltd. for 37 years and retired as Operations Manager. He was a member of Reformation Lutheran Church. Wib was a long time member of Waterloo Masonic Lodge #539 and served as Master of the Lodge in 1981. He was elected as D.D.G.M. of Waterloo District for 1997-1998. He was also a member of Mocha Shriners and served as President of Waterloo County Shrine Club in 1989, a member of Moore Sovereign Consistory, Hamilton and also a long time member of Bridgeport Rod and Gun Club and served as President for 10 years. Wib's family will receive relatives and friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. Funeral Service in the chapel on Tuesday, December 16 at 1:30 p.m. Reception to follow. Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or Reformation Lutheran Church would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Wib's memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Frederick Carl Fries - 1980. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Gordon Robert Fires - 1997. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Margaret Luella Goodwin - Fries. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Sharon Fries. [S3231] Find A Grave, Gardens, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Gardens, M. (1930). Wilbert “Wib” Fries (1930-2014) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 20 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139914935/wilbert-fries.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 11 Dec 2014 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth