Bert Recchia

1919 - 1997  (78 years)

• Name	Bert Recchia
  Born	30 Jan 1919  [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204536854
  Residence	1959	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-466392
  Died	27 Mar 1997	Treasure Island, Pinellas, Florida, United States   [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I466392	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Giuseppe "George" Recchia,   b. , Italy ,   d. 11 Aug 1962, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Mother	Adele Fiola,   b. , Italy ,   d. Mar 1968
  Married	1905	, Italy
  Family ID	F54036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norma Hintz,   b. 5 Mar 1927,   d. 9 Sep 2004  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F290400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bert Recchia was longtime grocer By Mike Strathdee Record staff Bert Recchia was always eager to try a new opportunity, Chuck Reochia said of his elder brother and longtime partner in Central Meat Market, who died March 24. Kitchener resident Bert Recchia, a co-founder of Central Meat and partner in the venture until he retired in 1981, passed away at his daughter's home in Treasure Island, Fla. He was 78. A memorial service will be held Saturday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Charch, 51 Queen St. N., at 1 p.m. First store in 1948 Bert Recchia opened Bert's Fruit Market at 216 King. St. W in 1948, on the site of what is now Kitchener city hall. The store moved one door over a year later, expanding into meat and produce. With the move, the store was renamed Dutch Boy, which has become a well-known supermarket banner in the Twin Cities. Bert ran that operation, sending Chuck off to open another Dutch Boy store at the air base in Centralia, Ont. Bert soon acquired another store, run by the Hoffman family, across the street from the Lyric Theatre, the first of two Central Meat Markets the Recchias would own. Not satisfied with three grocery stores, he built the Sherwood Motel on King Street East in 1953, operating it with his wife Norma. The foray into the motel business led him to conclude that the Dutch Boy operations in Centralia and Kitchener should be sold. The Kitchener store, the first in what would become a local chain, was sold to Barry and George Humphrey and Frank Beresford. At Central Meat Market, "business was good, but it (the store) was too small for what we were doing." Chuck recalls. Bert solved that problem in 1961, by purchasing a Dominion store at Central Meat's current location. "By this time, Bert was tired of the motel business, and decided he'd like to come join me." The motel and the downtown store were put up for sale, and the Recchia brothers worked together at Central Meat, one of Kitchener's busiest supermarkets, for the next 20 years. Outside of business, Bert loved to play cards and go fishing. After retiring, he and his wife travelled, wintering at a condo in Long Boat Key, Fla. every year. The Record 11 Apr 1997, Fri Page 23

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Recchia/ Bert/ Jan. 30, 1919-Mar. 24, 1997/ Loving Husband Of/ Norma/ Mar. 5, 1927- / Ever Remembered/ Ever Loved [2020 update] Norma died Sept. 9, 2004

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1959 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Mar 1997 - Treasure Island, Pinellas, Florida, United States Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth