Warden/Reeve/Mayor Clarence Douglas Diamond

1907 - 1969  (62 years)

• Name	Clarence Douglas Diamond
  Prefix	Warden/Reeve/Mayor
  Born	30 Jul 1907	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Elected Office	1960	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve/Mayor
  Elected Office	1965	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Warden for the County of Waterloo
  Name	Douglas Diamond
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-55040
  Died	4 Aug 1969	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Bethel United Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I55040	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William H. Diamond,   b. 19 Mar 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Clara Beatrice Howell,   b. 5 Mar 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F29506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Fallis,   b. 1910, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Nov 1993, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Douglas Diamond   2. Beverly Diamond
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F41690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Crash takes life of Clarence Diamond Former County Warden A two-car crash 1 1/2 miles east of St. Agatha on Monday of last week claimed the life of former Waterloo County warden, Clarence Diamond, 62, of RR 1, New Hamburg. The Waterloo fire department was called to remove Mr Diamond from his car. It took firemen 20 minutes to cut off the left side of the vehicle to reach him. Both Mr. Diamond and Mrs. Phillip Biemaskie, 17, of 193 Wellington St., N., the driver of the other vehicle, were pronounced dead by coroner Dr. G.J. Christ. Well known in this area, Mr Diamond was warden in 1965 and had served a total of 12 years in municipal politics, several of those as reeve of Wilmot Township. He was a member of the Kitchener suburban roads commission since 1966 and chairman of the Wilmot Township Planning Board. Mr. Diamond was also a former member of the Waterloo County area planning board and a director of the Wilmot Agricultural Society. He was a member of Bethel United Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Florence Fallis, who is well known in farm and church circles; one son, Dr. Douglas, a veterinarian in Brampton; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Bruce (Beverley Anne) Cavanagh of Toronto. He is also survived by two brothers, Vernon of Lafayette, Ind., and Maurice of RR 1, Plattsville. Funeral service was held Thursday at 2 p.m at the Bethel United Church in Wilmot Township. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Bruce J. Omand Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. New Hamburg Independent, August 13, 1969

  
  

• Sources

  [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 4.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Jul 1907 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve/Mayor - 1960 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Warden for the County of Waterloo - 1965 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Aug 1969 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bethel United Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth