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

John Robert Oliver

Male 1924 - 1976  (52 years)


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  • Name John Robert Oliver 
    Born 5 Apr 1924  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military WW2 
    Occupation Associate Engineer with Bell Telephone 
    Residence Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-431645 
    Died 3 Dec 1976  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 6 Dec 1976  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I431645  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Family Isabel Anne Taylor,   b. 1923,   d. 2001  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mary Oliver
     2. Charles Oliver
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F275045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • JOHN ROBERT OLIVER

      John Robert Oliver, of 80 Brentwood Rd., S., Toronto, died Friday, at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital. Born in Galt, on April 5, 1924, he was 52. He lived in Sudbury and moved to Toronto, 12 years ago. He was an associate engineer with Bell Telephone and worked for the company for 35 years. He was a member of St. Andrews Islington Presbyterian Church and the Bell Telephone Pioneers. He was a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy, serving four years during World War II. Surviving are his wife, the former Isabel Taylor, daughter Mary and son Charles, all at home, his mother, Marjorie (Oliver) Humphrey of St. George and one sister, Isobel (Mrs. Gordon Lorimer) of Montreal. Friends will be received at Coutts and Son Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews St., Cambridge, Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Services from the funeral home chapel, Monday at noon. Interment at Mount View Cemetery.

      Oliver,John Robert-death-Cambridge Reporter 4 Dec 1976

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link .
      OLIVER/ in loving memory of/ John Robert OLIVER/ 1924-1976/ Isabel Anne OLIVER/ 1923-2001/ [Veteran's cross]/

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Apr 1924 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Dec 1976 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 6 Dec 1976 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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