Harold Kimberley "Harry" Stager^[1]

1900 - 1987  (87 years)

• Name	Harold Kimberley "Harry" Stager
  Born	16 Jan 1900	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87196384
  Name	Harry K. Stager
  Occupation	Funeral Home Director
  		Old Fan - The Stager's Furniture and Funeral Home's horse Courtesy of Betsy Stager Ackford.
  		Stager & Co. - Furniture and Undertaking about 1919 courtesy of Betsy Stager Ackford.
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1926	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1987	114 Highland Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-84145
  Died	29 Mar 1987	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I84145	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Aaron F. Stager,   b. 5 Mar 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1923  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Blanche Ella Wilkins,   b. 20 Sep 1868, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Aug 1951  (Age 82 years)
  Married	7 Aug 1894	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F21866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Keffer,   b. 13 Aug 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 100 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1926	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. John Kimberley Stager,   b. 23 May 1928,   d. 10 Oct 2018  (Age 90 years)   2. Charles Wellington Stager   3. Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Stager   4. William Harold Stager,   b. 11 Dec 1937, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 2016, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F47912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stager - Harold Kimberley (Harry) of 114 Highland Park, Cambridge, on Sunday, March 29, 1987, at his residence, in his 88th year. Beloved husband of Mary Elizabeth Keffer. Dear father of John and his wife Joan of Vancouver B. C., Charles and his wife Anne of Cambridge, William and his wife Marjorie of Kamloops B. C., Betsy (Mrs. Darrell Ackford) of Kitchener. Lovingly remembered by seven grandchildren. Predeceased by a brother Charles and a sister Bertha. Mr. Stager was born in Hespeler and was a life long resident of Cambridge. He was a retired Funeral Director, member and honorary elder of St. Paul's United Church, member of the Preston Masonic Lodge #297 and the Scottish Rite. A past President of the Preston/Hespeler Rotary Club, and a member of the Galt Country Club, for over 50 years. The family will receive friends at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge, Monday (today) 7-9 p.m. A private family funeral service will be conducted at the funeral home, Tuesday, March 31, 1987. Interment New Hope Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Diabetic Association would be greatly appreciated by the family. newspaper unknown 30 Mar 1987 __________________ Harold K. Stager wrote some memoirs which aren't published. He says "I was born in Hespeler on a cold January day, the 16th in 1900, in the Brewster house, a plaster or rough-cast house on Adam Street." _______________________________ Vignettes of a Life Harry K. Stager wrote about the horse he loved. "I was about four or five years old the day my father came down the street, past our house leading a beautiful black mare. He used to keep a horse to deliver furniture and it was always black so it could be used in the funeral business....she used to pull the wagon we used to deliver furniture and she would team up with another black horse from Johnny Sudden's livery stable to pull the hearse when Dad had a funeral....we always called her 'Old Fan.' I don't know why... because she was very young....We had a big willow tree at the back of the stable that was right beside the Speed River. Often I would tie Fan up to the tree and spend hours cleaning her....When I was ten or eleven years old, Dad would sometimes load the wagon up with furniture and I would take it out to some farmer, maybe 5 miles out of town. Dad would draw a map for me to follow, and the farmer would take the furniture off the wagon and then I would start back home. One day I lost the map on the way home and I didn't know which road to take. So I just let Old Fan go and she knew the way and brought me home safe and sound. We kept her until about 1919 when Dad bought a truck to deliver furniture. Then Dad took her out to Uncle Arne's farm where she stayed until she died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046248-26. Harold Kimberley Stager, 26, occ. Merchant, b. Hespeler, res. Hespeler, son of Aaron Stager (B. Canada) & Blanche E. Wilkins married Mary Elisabeth Keffer, 24, occ. School Teacher, b. Hespeler, res. Hespeler, daughter of Wellington Keffer (B. Canada) & Ellen Warren, Witnessed by: John Keffer & Bertha Asher, Both of Hespeler, 7 July 1926 in Hespeler. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 15. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 21. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Aaron Stager Born: Waterloo Township Age: 32 Born: abt 1862 Father: Henry Stager Mother: Elizabeth Stager Spouse: Blanche E Wilkins Age: 25 Born: abt 1869 born: Peterboro Father: Chas P Wilkins Mother: Lydia Wilkins married 7 Aug 1894 married: Waterloo, Hespeler

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jan 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1926 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Jul 1926 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1987 - 114 Highland Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Mar 1987 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth