Lester Wayne Zehr

1926 - 2018  (91 years)

• Name	Lester Wayne Zehr
  Born	21 Sep 1926	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Zehr's Market
  		Kitchener-ZehrsMarket-0001-HighlandRd1950.jpg
  Residence	1953	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-50329
  Died	13 Mar 2018  [1]
  Buried	Williamsburg Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I50329	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Emory Zehr,   b. 10 Apr 1904, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jun 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Selena Kipfer,   b. 11 May 1905, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 1979, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1924	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F29944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elva Shantz,   b. 17 Feb 1926
  Children	1. Brenda Jane Zehr   2. Donald Wayne Zehr   3. Gregory Lester Zehr
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F53168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Co-founder of Zehrs Markets remembered as 'kind, generous and genuine' WATERLOO REGION - Lester Zehr, the co-founder of Zehrs Markets, is being remembered as a humble and generous friend and businessman. "What you saw is what you got; there was no falseness about him, he was just him," said Pat Herzog, a family friend whose late husband Bill Herzog worked as vice-president of finance at Zehrs. "The three words that kind of say it best are kind, generous and genuine." Zehr, who lived in Waterloo, died on Tuesday at the age of 91. He leaves behind his wife of 67 years, Elva, his three children, Brenda Eudoxie, Don Zehr and Gregory Zehr, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Lester, who helped build a number of companies, is best known for starting the Zehrs Markets grocery store chain with his father and brother. The first store opened on Highland Road in Kitchener in 1950. There are now more than 40 Zehrs across southwestern Ontario..... Booth, L. (2018). Co-founder of Zehrs Markets remembered as 'kind, generous and genuine'. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8331952-co-founder-of-zehrs-markets-remembered-as-kind-generous-and-genuine-/

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192745870/lester-wayne-zehr. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Elmon Shantz - March 20, 1953. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020713-24. Emory Zehr, 20, occ. Dealer in Cars, b. Tavistock Oxford Co., res. Wilmot, son of Joseph R. Zehr and Elizabeth Albrecht married Selena Kipfer, 19, b. Mornington Perth Co., res. Wellesley, daughter of Christian W. and Mary, Witn: Christian Albrecht of Wellesley and Willie Ruby of Tavistock, 18 December 1924 in Wellesley

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Sep 1926 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Business - Zehr's Market - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Williamsburg Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth