Dr. Reginald Guy Ratz, Lieut-Col.

1898 - 1965  (66 years)

• Name	Reginald Guy Ratz
  Prefix	Dr.
  Suffix	Lieut-Col.
  Born	22 May 1898	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88475665
  Military	WW2
  Occupation	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Student
  Residence	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1926	15 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-95988
  Died	13 Apr 1965	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I95988	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	George Ratz,   b. 20 Dec 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1918  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Clara Dunke,   b. 8 Apr 1868, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1933, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1889	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F6745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Madeline Maxwell,   b. 5 May 1900, Saint Marys, Blanshard Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jun 1965  (Age 65 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1926	Saint Marys, Blanshard Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Jane Elizabeth Ratz,   b. 1928,   d. 31 Dec 2000  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F52505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  RATZ, REGINALD GUY (DICK) was a native of Elmira and was educated there and at Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate. He served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1918-1919. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1921. He was a popular family physician practising in Kitchener from 1923 to 1940, becoming involved in industrial medicine at Kaufman Rubber from 1930. He had maintained his interest in military affairs, being active in the militia from 1921, and in 1940 went overseas as Lieutenant-Colonel, Officer Commanding the 24th. Light Field Ambulance. In 1945 he became the Chief of the Civil Service Health Division, under the Department of National Health and Welfare, and in 1954 was appointed Principal Medical Officer of the Medical Advisory Services, where he served until his retirement in 1964. He died in Ottawa on April 13, 1965, in his 67th. year, and was survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986 ______ RATZ, Reginald Guy, M.D. In hospital on Tuesday, April 13, 1965, Dr. Reginald G. Ratz of 60 Blenheim Dr., Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa, beloved husband of Helen M. Maxwell and father of Jane, Ruth, John and George, in his 67th year. Interment took place in the family plot, Elmira, Ont. Persons wishing to make a memorial gift are invited to donate to the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Saturday, April 17, 1965

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 21. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 11. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link. Reginald G.Ratz/ 1898 - 1965/ His Beloved Wife/ Helen M. Maxwell/ 1900 - 1965. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88475665/reginald-guy-ratz. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12173-89. George RATZ, 26, miller, Woolwich, Elmira, s/o John RATZ & Salome, married Clara DUNKE, 20, Elmira, Elmira, d/o Henry DUNKE & Elizabeth (nee KLINCK), witn: John RATZ & Lizzie DUNKE, both of Elmira, on 20 August 1889, at Elmira [S80] News - ON, Elgin, St. Thomas - St. Thomas Times Journal, 1 Sep 1926. Married - Dr Reginald Guy Ratz, son of George Ratz to Helen Madeline Maxwell, daughter of John L. Maxwell

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 May 1898 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Aug 1926 - Saint Marys, Blanshard Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Apr 1965 - Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth