Ralph Edgar Kraft

1913 - 1998  (85 years)

• Name	Ralph Edgar Kraft
  Born	5 Apr 1913	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelical
  Business	1947
  	Kraft's Market
  Business	1952	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	HiWay Market
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-86058
  Died	17 Apr 1998	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I86058	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Kraft,   b. 18 Apr 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Anna Shirk,   b. 4 Feb 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1945  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Jan 1887  [2]
  Family ID	F1445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Angela Voll,   b. 23 Mar 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 2006, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F22330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Kraft was way ahead of time. I once asked how he went from a small store on Waterloo street to The Highway Market and he said, while working for one of the rubber plants he read Norman Vincent Peeles book the Power of Positive Thinking. Thats what started it for him. Chris Kraemer Facebook 2018 __________________________ KRAFT, Ralph - Peacefully, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, on Friday, April 17, 1998, Ralph Kraft, of RR 1, Waterloo, age 85 years. Mr. Kraft was the former operator of Kraft's Market on Waterloo Street from 1947 until 1952 and then he and his wife Dorothy founded HiWay Market in 1952 until his retirement in 1972. He was a former member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Kitchener and then was a long time member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. He was also a member of Westmount Golf and Country Club. Beloved husband of Dorothy (nee Voll) for 60 years; dear brother of Eileen Kraft of Waterloo; brother-in-law of Rita Karges and her husband George, Glady Voisin and her husband Frank, Ollie Pfeffer, Alma Voll, Wib Voll and his wife Maria, Carl Voll and his wife Agnes. Sadly missed by many nieces, nephews and their families. Predeceased by his parents, William Kraft and the former Anna Shirk; eight brothers, Ivan, Alman, Clayton, Wilson, Ephraim, Vernon, Lorne and Earl; two sisters, Irma Arndt and Elva Quickfall and a brother in infancy. Friends and relatives may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, this evening (Monday) from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 544 Bridgeport Rd. E. (at Lancaster) on Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Alan Kehn officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. William Huras, Bishop of the Eastern Synod and Rev. Robert Binhammer. Cremation. Reception to follow at the church. The Record 20 Apr 1998 pg B3

  
  

• Sources

  [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 13. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 22.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Apr 1913 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - HiWay Market - 1952 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Apr 1998 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth