Mathew F. Kousal

1902 - 1990  (88 years)

• Name	Mathew F. Kousal
  Born	1902	Brno, Czechoslovakia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	464 Bridgeport Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-401292
  Died	17 Mar 1990	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	21 Mar 1990	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I401292	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Francis,   b. 1894,   d. 1984  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Anne Kousal   2. Frances Kousal   3. Jarmila "Jarka" Kousal,   b. 1928,   d. 22 Apr 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F265564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Kousal,MathewF-0001-StarNewspaperService1949.jpg Hundreds of students, eager to learn landscape painting from Mathew F. Kousal, trekked to his home at 464 Bridgeport Road. The second storey became the Kousal Art Gallery and Studio, where his old-world manners and all-Canadian paintings produced a winning combination. - Star Newspaper Service, c1949

  
  

• Notes

  KOUSAL, Mathew F. - At St. Mary's Hospital, on Saturday, March 17, 1990, following a brief illness, Mathew Kousal, of RR 1, Waterloo, age 88 years. Mr. Kousal was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He immigrated to Canada in 1927 and made his home in Chatham, where his reputation as an artist was established. He moved to Kitchener in 1946 and continued his career as a landscape artist having painted over 12,000 pictures in his artistic career. As a lifetime member of the rotary club, he had a special interest with crippled children. He was predeceased by his parents and his wife, Francis. He is survived by his three daughters, Jarmila and her husband Jerry Weaver of Waterloo and Ann Pommer of Elmira and Francis Stoll of Cambridge. Eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Wednesday, March 21, at 11 a.m. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mathew Kousal.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 17 Mar 1990 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 21 Mar 1990 - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth