Captain P. T. "Spike" Zvaniga

1949 - 2012  (62 years)

• Name	P. T. "Spike" Zvaniga
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	19 Jun 1949	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-416712
  Died	16 Mar 2012	Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	21 Mar 2012	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I416712	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Hans Zvaniga,   b. 13 Feb 1921, Dusseldorf, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 6 Aug 1994, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Grace Olive Dawson,   b. 26 Oct 1921,   d. 27 Nov 2012, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F269989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jan
  Children	1. Eric Zvaniga   2. Colin Zvaniga   3. Jennifer Zvaniga
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F269990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ZVANIGA, RCAF Capt. PT Spike (Ret) Born in Galt, Ontario, June 19, 1949, recently of Adolphustown, Ontario, passed away on March 16, 2012 in Napanee, Ontario. He was the devoted husband of Jan, proud father of Eric, Colin and Jennifer. Loving father-in-law to Margaret, Brandy and Curry. Joyful and adoring Grandfather to Cassandra, Mikaela, Emily, Kelson, Delanie, Thomas, Nicholas and Rylan. He was raised in Hespeler, Ontario, the third child of Hans and Grace Zvaniga, the brother of Patricia, Robert, Jane, Edward, and Nancy, brother-in-law to Bill, Cheryl, Richard, Sandi, Cliff, Les, and Karen, son-in-law of Alfred and Barbara Hrdlicka and a loving uncle to 35 nieces and nephews. He served Canada for 28 years, in the Royal Canadian Air Force, until his retirement in 1995, and continued thereafter in the Public Works and Government Services Canada, until 2008. Family was his source of happiness. Always welcoming and easy to laugh and smile, he was a soldier, builder, storyteller, coach, teacher, artist and friend. “He was our North, our South, our East, and West, our working week and Sunday rest, our noon, our midnight, our talk, our song, we thought he would last forever, we were wrong. Service will be on Wednesday, March 21, at 11: 00 a.m., at St. James Lutheran Church, Hespeler, Ontario, with interment at New Hope Cemetery. Cambridge Times 21 Mar 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jun 1949 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Mar 2012 - Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada Buried - 21 Mar 2012 - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth