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

Otto Leo Kuntz

Male 1888 - 1948  (60 years)


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  • Name Otto Leo Kuntz 
    Born 20 May 1888  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Misfortune drowned 
    Occupation 1911  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer Son 
    Residence 1911  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1921  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Laborer, on farm 
    Residence 1921  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-46927P 
    Died 10 Sep 1948  Paradise Lake, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I46927  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father David Kuntz,   b. 6 Jan 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1918  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Annie Martin,   b. 3 May 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 
    1. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-2 Page 1.

    2. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, (St. Clements) Div. 7 Page 11.

    3. [S2107] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1921, St. Clements 1921Sub Dist. 7 Page 9.

    4. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 May 1888 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer, on farm - 1921 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Sep 1948 - Paradise Lake, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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