Dr. Arno Rufolf Koegler

1898 - 1991  (92 years)

• Name	Arno Rufolf Koegler
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1 May 1898	Wiesen, , Sachsen, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225765966
  Interesting	medical
  Military	WW1
  Occupation	Naturopath
  Residence	1926	Waterloo Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-85099
  Died	25 Feb 1991	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I85099	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Paul Arno Koegler,   b. 26 Nov 1876, Wiesen, , Sachsen, Germany ,   d. 5 Aug 1962, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Anna Emilie Lenke,   b. 5 Apr 1877, Wiesen, , Sachsen, Germany ,   d. 26 Jun 1956, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1898	Schönau, Saxony, Germany
  Family ID	F295078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Rosa Hoehlig,   b. 20 Jun 1897, Planitz, , Sachsen, Germany ,   d. 14 May 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Dr. Siegfried John Koegler,   b. 22 May 1921, , Germany ,   d. 1 Jul 2011, Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 90 years)   2. John Koegler,   b. 24 Mar 1926, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 2021  (Age 95 years)   3. Harry Gottfried Koegler,   b. 18 Jun 1929, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   4. Marion Emmelie Koegler,   b. 9 Jan 1936, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 2016, Canmore, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F22055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Arno Koegler of Germany was a veteran of World War I. He was seriously injured in the War and spent three years mostly in bed after his injury. Finally, he went to see a Dr. Felke, a well known healer/naturopath, who restored him back to health. This experience led Dr. Koegler to study with Dr. Felke and become a natural healer/naturopath himself. In 1927, Dr. Koegler moved to Canada where he started his own clinic in 1929 on McDougall Road in Waterloo. He was the first naturopath in Waterloo and one of the first in Ontario. There were many challenges for the young doctor. At that point in history, naturopathic medicine was not a recognized profession, and Dr. Koegler was charged with "practicing medicine without a license" and "practicing medicine with the hope of a reward" by the provincial medical inspector. Dr. Koegler was treating many prominent people at the time, including the wife of the mayor of Waterloo. The mayor in court chastised the medical inspector who brought the charges and told him "you should be ashamed to show your face here, charging someone who is helping people!" (Dr. Koegler had treated his wife successfully when the conventional doctors had told her there was no hope of recovery). In fact, the judge at one point said " I have to charge you under the law as it is, but I will pay the court fees out of my own pocket!" This of course, created quite a sensation and Dr. Koegler became even more popular. At his retirement after 50 years of practice it is estimated he had treated 250,000 people in his career. Ultimately, naturopathic medicine became a self-regulated profession through the Ontario Ministry of Health under the Drugless Practitioners Act, and it is now regulated under the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA). Dr. Koegler began manufacturing his own homeopathic remedies due to the difficulties of importing them from Europe. He also developed his own unique manufacturing machines and developed and manufactured a general purpose ointment, cold tablets, and nerve tablets. - Retrieved from https://www.waterloo-naturopathic-clinic.com/about-us.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225765966.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 May 1898 - Wiesen, , Sachsen, Germany Residence - 1926 - Waterloo Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Feb 1991 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth