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

Arthur Thomas Sapsworth[1]

Male 1930 - 2008  (78 years)


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  • Name Arthur Thomas Sapsworth 
    Born 1930  Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180576916 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-402655 
    Died 3 Feb 2008  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I402655  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father John Arthur Sapsworth,   b. 1 Jan 1904, Bristol, , Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mable Kinsey,   b. Jun 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1994  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Family ID F233026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Norma I. Holtzhauer 
    Children 
     1. Joyce Sapsworth
     2. Arthur Sapsworth
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F266074  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SAPSWORTH, Arthur Thomas (Art) • Passed away peacefully, at K- W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital on Monday February 4, 2008, age 77 years. Arthur was a member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Kitchener for 55 years. Arthur was born in Doon and was a life long resident. He spent his life working at Doon Twines/Canada Cordage for 43 years. Loving husband of Norma (nee Holtzhauer) for 54 years. Dear father of Joyce and her husband David Schnurr of Damascus and Arthur and his wife Andrea Sapsworth of Stayner. Will be missed by his loving grandchildren, Courtney, Hilary and Derrel Schnurr, John and Robert Sapsworth and a great-grandson, Richard Sapsworth. Survived by his brother, James and his wife Anne Sapsworth of Preston (Cambridge) and his sister, Isabel and her husband, Ken Lee of Govan, Saskatchewan. Brother in-law of Vera Holtzhauer and the late Earl Holtzhauer, Fern Scherer and the late Leo Scherer, Lizzie Holtzhauer and the late Lloyd Holtzhauer, James Ayres and the late Anna Mae Ayres, Jack and Greta Holtzhauer and Joan and Orville Mader and many nieces and nephews. At Arthur's request cremation has taken place. A public memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at St. Matthews Lutheran Chapel on Saturday February 9, 2008 at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Malina officiating. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Parkinson Society Canada would be greatly appreciated by the family by calling the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home at 519-742-4481 or visit MeM.com Dignity.

      The Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Feb 7, 2008 Page 21

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Earl Holtzhauer.

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