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Waterloo Region Generations
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Winnifred Violet Osborne
1917 - 2023 (105 years)-
Name Winnifred Violet Osborne Born 11 Feb 1917 Watford, Watford Borough, Hertfordshire, England 
Gender Female Name Winnifred Violet Gies Died 22 Jan 2023 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Person ID I490470 Generations Last Modified 3 Mar 2025
Family Albert Peter Gies, b. 27 Aug 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Feb 1983 (Age 75 years) Married 1946 Children 1. Cheryl Ann "Cheri" Gies Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 Family ID F300739 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Winifred Violet Gies passed away peacefully at Hospice Waterloo Region shortly before midnight on Sunday, January 22, 2023, three weeks short of her 106th birthday. Born February 11, 1917, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Winnie was the sixth of eight children. She was predeceased by her three sisters and four brothers. She is survived by her daughter Cheryl (Cheri) Ann Kittredge (Frank) of Kitchener, and also several nieces, nephews, and great- and great-great-nieces and nephews, notably John Rawlings and Janet Turner (Rawlings) of Kent County, United Kingdom, and their children and grandchildren. In 1946, Winnie flew to Canada to marry her fiancé, Albert Peter Gies of Kitchener, Ontario, who predeceased her in 1983. Albert had a cottage on the Conestoga River in St. Jacobs and, for the next 30 years, they spent most weekends there, relaxing and gardening in the summers, and ice fishing and sitting by a wood stove in winters. For more than 20 years, Winnie sewed for the Barrie Glove Company, first at their Kitchener factory and later at home. For many years she regularly played Friday afternoon snooker with her friends at the Breithaupt Recreation Centre. In 2016, two months before her hundredth birthday, Winnie moved from her Kitchener residence of 64 years to Beechwood Manor Retirement Home in Waterloo where she lived until January 19, 2023. Winnie's family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St. Kitchener (519-749-8467) on Sunday, January 29 from 1-4 p.m. Cremation has taken place. The family will be holding a private service at the graveside. We wish to thank the caring staff at Beechwood Retirement Home and special thanks to Dr. Yew and the wonderful personnel at Hospice Waterloo Region who eased the final days for her and her family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Hospice Waterloo Region or a charity of choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Cards are available through the funeral home.
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Legacy.com and Legacy (2023) Winifred Gies Obituary (1917 - 2023) - Kitchener, ON - Waterloo Region Record, Legacy.com. Legacy. Available at: https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/therecord-waterloo/name/winifred-gies-obituary?id=39710143 (Accessed: 25 February 2025).
- Winifred Violet Gies passed away peacefully at Hospice Waterloo Region shortly before midnight on Sunday, January 22, 2023, three weeks short of her 106th birthday. Born February 11, 1917, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Winnie was the sixth of eight children. She was predeceased by her three sisters and four brothers. She is survived by her daughter Cheryl (Cheri) Ann Kittredge (Frank) of Kitchener, and also several nieces, nephews, and great- and great-great-nieces and nephews, notably John Rawlings and Janet Turner (Rawlings) of Kent County, United Kingdom, and their children and grandchildren. In 1946, Winnie flew to Canada to marry her fiancé, Albert Peter Gies of Kitchener, Ontario, who predeceased her in 1983. Albert had a cottage on the Conestoga River in St. Jacobs and, for the next 30 years, they spent most weekends there, relaxing and gardening in the summers, and ice fishing and sitting by a wood stove in winters. For more than 20 years, Winnie sewed for the Barrie Glove Company, first at their Kitchener factory and later at home. For many years she regularly played Friday afternoon snooker with her friends at the Breithaupt Recreation Centre. In 2016, two months before her hundredth birthday, Winnie moved from her Kitchener residence of 64 years to Beechwood Manor Retirement Home in Waterloo where she lived until January 19, 2023. Winnie's family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St. Kitchener (519-749-8467) on Sunday, January 29 from 1-4 p.m. Cremation has taken place. The family will be holding a private service at the graveside. We wish to thank the caring staff at Beechwood Retirement Home and special thanks to Dr. Yew and the wonderful personnel at Hospice Waterloo Region who eased the final days for her and her family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Hospice Waterloo Region or a charity of choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Cards are available through the funeral home.
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Died - 22 Jan 2023 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Buried - - Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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