George Herbert Wilfong

1893 - 1978  (84 years)

• Name	George Herbert Wilfong
  Born	27 Nov 1893	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Employer	Doon Twines Ltd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Name	George Wildfong
  Name	Herbert George Wildfong
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer, Flax Mill
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1937	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1978	409 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-94001
  Died	18 Jan 1978	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I94001	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Nelson Wilfong,   b. 19 Mar 1872, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1937, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Annie Bowyer,   b. 12 Nov 1874, Wroxeter, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1947  (Age 72 years)
  Married	17 May 1893	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F24364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Marion Wilfong,   d. Bef 1978
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F36720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILFONG, George Herbert -- At the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, on Wednesday, January 18, 1978, after a lengthy illness, G. Herbert Wilfong. of 409 Mill St., Kitchener, formerly of Arlington Boulevard, aged 84 years. Mr. Wilfong was born in Doon, son of the late Nelson Wilfong and the former Annie Bowyer. He had been employed at the Doon Twines Ltd, for many years. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Forbes; by three daughters, Dorothy (Mrs. Veron Rosenberger), of Eden, Ny, and by Margaret (Peggy) (Mrs. Edward Wahl) of Kitchener and Audrey (Mrs. Ron Hube) of Utterson, Ont.; by a son James N. , of Rockwood Mich., and by three brothers Gilbert of Kitchener, Dr. James Wilfong and Reginald of Moose Jaw, Sask., and four sisters, Annie (Mrs. George Ayers) and Nellie (Mrs. Wes Spaetzel), both of Kitchener, Marguerite (Mrs. Emmerson Stange), of Floradale and Doris (Mrs. Russel Tilt) of Richmond Hill; 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive; predeceased by a daughter Mrs. Marion Cameron and by two sisters, Mrs. Roxie Bricker and Mrs. Ethel Worden. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. tonight. Funeral and committal service in the chapel Saturday at 2 p.m., with Rev Terry Ingram officiating. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 19 Jan 1978

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-1 Page 7. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 22. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of George Herbert - 19 Jan 1978. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Nelson Wilfong - 27 Apr 1937.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Nov 1893 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Employer - - Doon Twines Ltd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Flax Mill - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1937 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1978 - 409 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Jan 1978 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth