Otto Heimpel^[1]

1891 - 1981  (90 years)

• Name	Otto Heimpel
  Born	29 May 1891	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [4]
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Stationery Engineer - Brass Factory
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1917	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	locomotive fireman
  Occupation	1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Fireman
  Residence	Bef 1981	Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-76674
  Died	13 Nov 1981	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7]
  Buried	16 Nov 1981	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I76674	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Heimpel,   b. CALC 30 Jun 1841, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1924  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Hahn,   b. 15 Sep 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 May 1955  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F244961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Pauline Bierwagen,   b. 14 Jan 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F51444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Heimpel, Otto - At the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Friday, Nov. 13, 1981, aged 90 years, Otto Heimpel, formerly of Chapel Street, Kitchener. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and a retired engineer for the CNR Railway. Son of the late Jacob Heimpel and Mary Hahn. Husband of the late Bertha Bierwagen. Brother of Alex of Kitchener, George of Stratford and Mrs. Irene Hammer of New Hamburg. Predeceased by a sister, Emma Hildenbrand. Visitation at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home, 51 Benton St., Kitchener, after 2 p.m. On Sunday. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Monday, Nov.16, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Roger Winger officiating. Internment Kitchener Mount Hope cemetery. Donations to the Missions of St. Paul's Lutheran Church would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Regular visiting hours will be observed at the funeral home, with the family receiving friends on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, November 14, 1981 ____________________ Heimpel, Otto - Otto Heimpel, 90, died Friday at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Mr. Heimpel, son of the late Jacob Heimpel and the former Mary Hahn, was a retired engineer for CNR and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Bertha Blerwagon. Surviving are two brothers, Alec, of Kitchener, and George, of 47 Douglas St., Stratford; and a sister, Mrs. Irene Hammer, of New Hamburg. He was predeceased by a sister, Emma Hildenbrand. Friends were received at the Schreiter-Sandrock funeral home, Kitchener where the funeral was held on Monday with Rev. Roger Winger of St. Paul's Lutheran church officiating. Burial was in Kitchener Mt. Hope Cemetery. New Hamburg Independent Nov 18 1981 pg 21

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 045927-26. Otto Heimpel, 35, occ. Fireman, b. Wilmot Twp, res. 203 Breithaupt St. Kitchener, son of Jacob Heimpel (B. Wellesley Twp) and Mary Hahn married Bertha Pauline Bierwagen, 38, occ. Glove Maker, b. Kitchener, res. 60 King St. E. Kitchener, Spinster, daughter of Frederick Bierwagen (B. Germany) and Bertha Paske, Witnessed by: Harvey A. and Mrs. Harvey A. Piellusch of 60 Simeon St. Kitchener, 1 June 1926 in Kitchener. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 8. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 3;. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. HEIMPEL, OTTO Regimental number(s): 3131385 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4234 - 59 Date of Birth: 29/05/1891 Petersburg [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Otto Heimpel - November 14, 1981. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Otto Heimpel - Nov 18 1981 pg 21. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Heimpel/ husband/ Otto Heimpel/ 1891-1981/ wife/ Bertha Bierwagen/ 1888-1969/ In His will is our peace/

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Stationery Engineer - Brass Factory - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Fireman - 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jun 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Bef 1981 - Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Nov 1981 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 16 Nov 1981 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth