Otto Leo Kuntz

1888 - 1948  (60 years)

• Name	Otto Leo Kuntz
  Born	20 May 1888	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	drowned
  Occupation	1911	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1911	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1921	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Laborer, on farm
  Residence	1921	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-46927P
  Died	10 Sep 1948	Paradise Lake, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I46927	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	David Kuntz,   b. 6 Jan 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1918  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Annie Martin,   b. 3 May 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1949  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F12162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Find Body of Missing Man in Paradise Lake ST. CLEMENTS. The body - of Otto Kuntz, 60, an unmarried resident of this village, was recovered from the water of Paradise Lake about noon on Sunday. Kuntz had been missing from the village since noon Friday Discovery of the body was made by Harold Lpipert, Jr., 17. son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lippert, 119 Young St., Kitchener. The Lippert family has a cottage at the lake, and their son was bathing at the Kiwanis Camp dock. Encountering a strange object on the lake bottom, he called over Barry Hibbert, 9, also of Kitchener, who was rowing a boat. After efforts to recover the body with an oar were unsuccessful, Lippert called the police. Provincial Constables Petty and Scherer from Kitchener removed the body from the water. Kuntz, they said, was fully had apparently clothed and had fallen or walked from the end of the dock. Authorities pronounced death accidental and no inquest will be held. Mr. Kuntz, a caretaker of St. Clements R.C. Church, was born here May 20, 1888. He was a son of the late David Kuntz and his mother, the former Anna Martin, St. Clements, survives him. Surviving are two brothers, Samuel, Regina, Sask.; Joseph, Vantage, Sask., four sisters, Mrs. Harry (Madelaine) Lienhardt, Kitchener; Mrs. Thomas (Clara) Farrell, Caron, Sask.; Miss Katherine, Toronto; Miss Anna, New York, N.Y. Interment was made in St. Clements R.C. cemetery. Waterloo Chronicle 17 Sep 1948, p. 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-2 Page 1. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, (St. Clements) Div. 7 Page 11. [S2107] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1921, St. Clements 1921Sub Dist. 7 Page 9. [S532] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - St. Clement RC CC#4534 Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. [North/Front] David Kuntz/ died May 15, 1918/ aged 68 yrs. 4 m. 9 d./ his wife/ Anna Martin/ died Mar. 19, 1949/ aged 88 yrs. 10 m./ R.I.P./ Kuntz [South/Back] Elizabeth Kuntz/ died Jan. 23, 1905/ aged 18 yrs. 4 m./ Otto Leo Kuntz/ died Sept. 10, 1948/ aged 60 yrs. 4 m./ R.I.P.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 May 1888 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, on farm - 1921 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Sep 1948 - Paradise Lake, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth