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Samuel John Cook

Male 1883 - 1945  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Samuel John Cook was born 8 May 1883, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died 14 Jan 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184786286
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151157
    • Residence: 1945, 135 Palmer Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Samuel passed away on Sunday, aged 62 years, from a heart attack at St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness.

    Survived by his wife Henrietta, his two sons Gordon of Sunnyside and Signalman Lloyd Cook serving with the Canadian Army overseas, and his five daughters, Lillian Abbott (Martin) of Regina, Sask., Vera Witmer (Harry) of Blair, Hilda Cook of Sarnia, Dorothy Watt (Allen) of Hamilton, Gladys Cook at home, and seven grandchildren.

    Samuel had been employed as an engineer at Cluett-Peabody for the past 17 years. He was a member of Zion Evangelical Church and the Grand Union Lodge, I.O.O.F.

    His remains rested at his late residence, 135 Palmer Avenue. Arrangements entrusted to the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where his funeral service was held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Rev. G.F. Barthel of Waterloo officiated.

    Samuel — Henrietta Strassburger. Henrietta (daughter of Carl F. Bernhardt "Bernhardt" Strassburger and Catherine Schafer) was born 25 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 1951, RR3, Moorefield, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lillian Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jul 1907, , Manitoba, Canada; died 9 Sep 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Alice Vera Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Apr 1909, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; died 20 Jul 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Gordon Charles Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 May 1911, Morris, , Manitoba, Canada; died 13 Jul 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Hilda M. Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Apr 1913; died 8 Jul 1988, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario.
    5. 6. Dorothy Evelyn Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Jan 1915, , Manitoba, Canada; died Jul 1997, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton Region, Wentworth Co., Ontario.
    6. 7. Gladys May Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Apr 1927, , Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Jul 2008, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 8. Lloyd Richard Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jul 1917, , Manitoba, Canada; died 24 Sep 2001, Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lillian Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 7 Jul 1907, , Manitoba, Canada; died 9 Sep 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206730401
    • Name: Lillian Abbott
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75911
    • Residence: 1950, 75c Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1984, 10 Filbert St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    ABBOTT, Lillian At K-W Hospital, on Sunday, Sept. 9, 1984, the former Lillian Cook, of 10 Filbert St., Kitchener, aged 77 years.

    A member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. She was the president of the Bridgeport Seniors Group and active volunteer with the Kitchener Parks and Recreation Seniors on Margaret Avenue and was a member of the Waterloo Rebekah Lodge.

    Wife of Martin; sister of Lloyd. Cook, Vera (Mrs. Harry Witmer) and Mrs. Gladys Schott, all of Kitchener, Hilda of Sarnia and Mrs. Dorothy Thomas of Mississauga. Predeceased by her parents and one brother, Gordon. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.

    A memorial service will be held from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home Chapel, 621 King St. W... Kitchener, on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., with Rev. Grant MacDonald officiating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens cemetery.

    Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario may be made as expressions of sympathy.

    At the request of the family, there will be no visitation at the funeral home.

    Lillian — Martin I. Abbott. Martin was born 1905; died 1985; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Alice Vera Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 23 Apr 1909, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; died 20 Jul 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59232486
    • Name: Alice Vera Witmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133561
    • Residence: 1928, 131 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    WITMER Alice Vera At St Mary's Hospital. on Friday, July 20, Following a brief illness, Mrs. Alice Witmer (Cook) of Meadowcroft Place formerly of Harold Avenue. Kitchener. Alice and her husband Harry, owned and operated Witmer's General Store in Blair for many years. Latterly. she was employed with HiWay Market before retirement Loving mother of Ralph and his wife Freda of Kitchener. Grace and her husband Merle Miller of Cambridge (G). Louise and her husband Lloyd Herchenrader of Waterloo, Harold and his wife Donna of Waterloo, sister of Lloyd Cook and his wife Bertha of Kitchener. Dorothy Thomas of Mississauga. Gladys Schott of Kitchener Also remembered by nine grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband. Harry, In 1982 one brother. Gordon Cook: two sisters, Lilian Abbot and Hilda Cook and two grandchildren Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Borne. 821 King St W., Kitchener, on Sunday from 7-9 p.m. and Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held in the chapel on Tuesday at 3 p m. , with Rev. Willis Hunking officiating. Interment Blair cemetery. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre As expressions of sympathy donations to St Mary's Hospital Building Fund or the Alzheimer Society would be grateful acknowledged.

    Alice married Harold Henry "Harry" Witmer 12 Apr 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harold (son of David Witmer and Louisa Koehler) was born 18 Aug 1904, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Dec 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. Louise Witmer  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 10. Harold Witmer  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 11. Ralph Laurel Witmer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1928; died 28 Apr 2015, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cremated.

  3. 4.  Gordon Charles Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 5 May 1911, Morris, , Manitoba, Canada; died 13 Jul 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Business: Cook Aluminum Siding
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-293735
    • Residence: 1950, Moorefield, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

    Gordon — Christina Williamson. Christina died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Gordon — Rella Elizabeth Miller. Rella (daughter of Menno W. Miller and Florence May Bricker) was born 11 Aug 1912, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 5.  Hilda M. Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 6 Apr 1913; died 8 Jul 1988, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166481938
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-123057

    Notes:

    COOK At the Sarnia General Hospital on Friday July 8, 1983, HILDA MINNIE COOK in her 76th year of 244 Cobden St. Dear mother of Donald and his wife Patricia Cook of Sarnia and Gloria McMullin of Mississauga. Sister of Lloyd, Gladys, Vera all of Kitchener and Dorothy of Mississauga. Predeceased by a brother Gordon and a sister Lillian. Loving grandmother of Warren, Natalie, Angela, Tony, Barrett and Troy, great grandmother of Felicia Visitation at the Stewart Funeral Home (George at College) Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and Committal services in the Chapel on Monday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Robert Ripley of Dunlop United Church of ficiating. Interment Lakeview Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Sarnia General Hospital Palliative Care or your favourite charity would be appreciated


  5. 6.  Dorothy Evelyn Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 20 Jan 1915, , Manitoba, Canada; died Jul 1997, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton Region, Wentworth Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236816515
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-123058


  6. 7.  Gladys May Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 22 Apr 1927, , Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Jul 2008, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142262864
    • Name: Gladys May Schott
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-380507
    • Residence: 1949, 137 Walter St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1957, 20 Belleview St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    SCHOTT, Gladys May (nee Cook)

    Passed away peacefully, at her home, Winston Park Retirement Home, on Wednesday. July, 23, 2008., at the age of 81. Beloved wife of the late, Ervin Schott (1980). Loving mother of Keith and his wife Peggy of Kitchener and Karl and his wife Debra of Hanover. Grandmother of Stephanie and her husband Andy Morris, Krista Schott and her fiance Greg Hotson, all of Kitchener, Nicole Schott of London, Gregory Schott of Vancouver, B.C., Kevin Schott and Danielle Schott, both of Hanover. Gladys was predeceased by her parents, Samuel and Henrietta Cook; sisters, Lillian, Dorothy, Hilda and Vera and brothers, Gord and Lloyd. The Schott family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467 on Friday (today) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral for Gladys will be held at Reformation Lutheran Church (456 Krug St., Kitchener) on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at 11 a.m. Rev. Neil Thomsen officiating. Interment St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener.

    Waterloo Region Record 25 Jul 2008 pg B5

    Gladys — Ervin M. Schott. Ervin (son of Edward Schott and Clara Isabella Zimmerman) was born 1921, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1980; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  7. 8.  Lloyd Richard Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born 8 Jul 1917, , Manitoba, Canada; died 24 Sep 2001, Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183454216
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-349611

    Lloyd — Bertha Doris Mary Hunter. Bertha (daughter of Charles Edwin Hunter and Florence Isabelle M. Pearce) was born 24 Dec 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 9.  Louise Witmer Descendancy chart to this point (3.Alice2, 1.Samuel1)

    Louise — Howard Dressler. [Group Sheet]


  2. 10.  Harold Witmer Descendancy chart to this point (3.Alice2, 1.Samuel1)

    Harold — Donna. [Group Sheet]


  3. 11.  Ralph Laurel Witmer Descendancy chart to this point (3.Alice2, 1.Samuel1) was born 1928; died 28 Apr 2015, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cremated.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53016

    Notes:

    WITMER, Ralph Ralph Laurel Witmer age 86, passed away peacefully with his loving partner Carole by his side, at the Pinehaven Nursing Home on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Born in Kitchener, son of the late Harry and Alice (Cook) Witmer. Ralph was the manager of the toy department/fish and tackle at Hi-Way Market for 30 years. In his retirement years, he was a tour guide for Lakeshore Tours, where he escorted 80 trips to Branson, Missouri (his 2nd home). He was an avid fisherman and his passion was spending time fishing on his boat in Calendar Bay. Ralph lived life to the fullest, reluctantly retiring when he was 82 years old. His fun loving nature and gentle personality will be missed by all who knew him. Beloved and devoted partner of 18 years to Carole (Gagnon) Hancock. Loving father of Bruce Witmer (Wendy), Kevin Witmer (Cheryl) and Kimberly Witmer. Step-father of Allan Hancock (Rachel), Sara Hancock and Monica Perez (Roger). Cherished grandfather of Beth (Blair), Parry (Nicole), Emily (Joe), and step-grand- father of Brett, Brooke, Giselle, Aidan, Lydia, Justin and Kennedy. Great-grandfather of Max, Tucker, Emilia, Amy, Ben and Elizabeth. Dear brother of Louise Dressler (Howard) and Harold Witmer (Donna). Also survived by many nieces, nephews and their families. Predeceased by his wife Freida Witmer (1992), sons; Jimmy (1956) and Ralph Jr. (1994) and great- grandson Bruce Joseph Witmer (2012). A special thank you to all staff at Pinehaven Nursing Home for your exceptional care and kindness during Ralph's time there. Cremation has taken place. A celebration of Ralph's life will be held at the Moose Lodge, 655 Wabanaki Dr., Kitchener, on Sunday, May 3, 2015 from 4 - 7 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Pinehaven Nursing Home or the Kidney Foundation. ontariocremationservices.com

    Waterloo Region Record 30 Apr 2015

    Ralph — Freida B. Cameron. Freida was born 1933, Of, Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Jan 1992; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Ralph Witmer  Descendancy chart to this point died 1994.
    2. 13. Jimmy Witmer  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA Feb 1954; died Aug 1956; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Ralph — Carole Gagnon. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Ralph Witmer Descendancy chart to this point (11.Ralph3, 3.Alice2, 1.Samuel1) died 1994.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170827


  2. 13.  Jimmy Witmer Descendancy chart to this point (11.Ralph3, 3.Alice2, 1.Samuel1) was born CA Feb 1954; died Aug 1956; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170826



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