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Johann Hans "John" Wagner

Male 1919 - 1998  (79 years)


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  • Name Johann Hans "John" Wagner 
    Born 7 Nov 1919  Sackelhausen (Sacalaz), Romania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Name John Wagner 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-476871 
    Died 12 Dec 1998  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I476871  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Wagner 
    Mother Susanna W. Hummel,   b. 1888,   d. 1982  (Age 94 years) 
    Family ID F296052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christina Kuhn,   b. 3 Jun 1923, Sackelhausen (Sacalaz), Romania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 2011  (Age 87 years) 
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F295643  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • WAGNER, John (Johann) (Hans) - On Saturday the twelfth of December. 1998, at the Palliative Care Unit of St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener. after a long struggle with cancer, surrounded by his family, Christina (nee Kuhn), his wife of 48 years; daughter. Christi and her husband Bob Raines: grandson, Kyle Raines, all of Kitchener; grandaughter, Sarah and her husband Paul Kiggins of Guelph also present were Christina's sister. Margaret and her husband John Messmer of Kitchener; niece, Eva, her husband Randy Adams and their daughters, Tracy and Kim of Mannheim. Mourning in California are John's sister, Teresia, her husband Mathias Hoehn; nephew, Milivoi Martinov, his wife Elizabeth along with children Alexandra, Gabriela and Trevor, Matt's son, Nick Hoehn, wife Angela and Matt's grandsons, Hans Hoehn and Robert Williams and mourning in St. Louis, M.O., John's cousin, Mathias Wagner and his wife Teresia, they were as close as brothers.
      John was born on the seventh day of November. 1919 in Sackelhausen (Sacalaz), Romania. The son of Johann and Susanna Wagner (nee Hummel) along with his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter and a son, in infancy.

      He immigrated to Canada in 1951 after spending a number of years in Austria. He was a Master Carpenter and worked with his cousins at Hummel Construction, J.R. Murray Sales an Birchcliffe Trim before his retirement. For many years he was "Semi Retired" using his skills for family and friends. He was a member of the Schwaben Club, St. Mary's RC Church German Congregation, the Einigkeit Senior Citizens Club and the K-W Ostomy Association. After his first bought with cancer in 1992, John volunteered with the local Ostomy Group until his illness made it impossible to continue.

      John's family will receive friends at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel, 51 Benton at Church Street, Kitchener, (742-4481) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998. Prayers will be offered at 4 p.m.. on Tuesday at the funeral home. A funeral mass at St. Mary's RC Church at 10 a.m., will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, Father Gregory Roetker SAC officiating. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, immediately following the service.

      Family and friends are invited to return to the Heritage Room at the funeral home for lunch after the burial.

      The Record 14 Dec 1998 pg B3

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      Wagner/ John Wagner/ 1919-1998/ Christina Kuhn/ 1923- / Mother/ Susanna Hummel/ Wagner/ 1888-1982/ Ruhet In Frieden [Back] Superior Memorials/ Kitchener, Guelph/ Cambridge

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168980588/johann-haus-wagner.

  • Event Map
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