Edward Lippert

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• Elected Office: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener
• Interesting: politics, story, funeral, furniture
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179615
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Upholsterer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant and undertaker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant Furniture
• Residence: 1921, 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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EDWARD LIPPERT PASSES AT HOME

Had Active Career As Manufacturer, Merchant, Hotelman, and City Builder

Edward Lippert, 62, former alderman, senior member of the undertaking firm of Lippert and Hunter, and prominent Kitchener businessman, died at his home, 42 College Street, at 8: 30 o'clock last evening following an illness that set in early in the year.

Mr. Lippert had been confined to his bed for about two months. Recently and up until yesterday there was a slight improvement in his condition but pneumonia set in. He was communicative and conscious until about 15 minutes before he passed away.

The deceased was elected to the Kitchener City Council at the last municipal election, but owing to his illness he was able to attend only a few meetings. He resigned about two months ago, and was succeeded by C. C. Hahn, former mayor.

Successful in Business

Mr. Lippert's death means termination of a long and successful business career. The deceased was son of the late George Lippert Sr., founder and head of the former Lippert Furniture Company Ltd. and for many years, chairman of the Kitchener Public Utilities Commission. He was born in Preston but the family subsequently moved to Kitchener where he attended St Mary's school.

Leaving school at 12 years, he learned the upholstering trade, working in various local shops. Subsequently he was employed in Grand Rapids, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Central City, Colorado. It was while he was working in a Central City furniture and undertaking establishment that he entered his first business venture.

He wanted to quit his job, but the employer induced him to stay by taking him into partnership. This was successful. The second milestone of his business career was becoming financially interested in 1902 in the furniture factory started by his father, the late George Lippert, located on Louisa street.

Mr. Lippert quit the Central City partnership in 1905 when he returned to Kitchener. In that year, he also undertook his first real estate enterprise. He built the first three stories of the block on the northeast corner of King and Young streets at that time and started a retail furniture and undertaking business. He conducted this business at this stand for many years.

His faith in Kitchener and his aggressiveness resulted in him becoming interested in other real estate properties, which he owned or of which he was part owner, up until his death. Mr. Lippert's real estate purchases were always followed by improvements. It was his policy not to allow his buildings to become dilapidated.

The deceased sold the furniture end of the business in 1920. In the same year he bought the Brunswick House, at the northwest corner of King and Young streets, then an apartment house. He changed the name to the Windsor House and again turned the place into an hotel. after completing refurnishing it.

He operated this hotel until 1924, when he sold it to Charles Bruder, the present owner.

Builds New Block

Following his sale of the Windsor property, he built the block of stores on the north side of King street west between Water and Francis streets, in which he subsequently started up a new retail furniture business and which he later turned over to his sons, Harold and Edward Jr. and to Alexander Reinhart. the present owners. The modern funeral home, Lippert and Hunter, is located in this block He opened the Mayfair Hotel, King and Young streets, where the furniture and undertaking business was formerly located, on Sept. 11, 1929. By coincidence, his death occurred exactly on the sixth anniversary of the day on which he received his first hotel guests.

Before opening this hotel, he put on three more storeys over the three old ones, and had the distinction of being the first owner of a six-storey building in Kitchener.

Active in Texas
Mr. Lippert's enterprise, however, was not confined to Kitchener, but extended far beyond the city and even out of Canada. In addition to owning Toronto and Calgary properties, he opened an entirely new business section in a Texas town. He built the first row of business buildings in the district, had the street widened and other improvements made.

The deceased, in addition to being an enterprising and aggressive business man, was a citizen interested in his home city. Of late years, he was particularly interested in the improvement of municipal government. He fought for lower taxation and easing of the burden on the taxpayer, and it was largely through this activity that the Kitchener Taxpayers' Association was organized some years ago and that as a result a public forum from which municipal issues could be discussed was provided. He also believed in the necessity of Kitchener getting new industries.

Elected to Council

During the last municipal election held in December, Mr. Lippert was induced by a number of citizens to stand as a candidate for alderman, and he was returned to office.

Mr. Lippert was a staunch Liberal, and during the 1924 provincial election, took the platform in support of the party and local candidate.
and the Canadian Woodmen.

He was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, St. Boniface Society,

The deceased was married in 1902 to Angelica Noll of this city, who with four sons and one daughter, all of Kitchener, survive. The children are Harold, Edward Jr., Anthony and Gerard and Aunna. The surviving brothers and sisters are Alfred, Oscar, and Herb Lippert. all of Kitchener, Mrs. L Cation, Galt. Mrs. William Roth, Louisa street, Kitchener, Mrs. G Denard [Daynard], Kitchener and Mrs. Otto Boltz, Chesley. One brother, George J. Lippert, founder and owner of George J. Lippert Table Company Ltd., city, died two years ago.

The funeral will be held at 9 a.m.. Saturday from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church to the R.C. Mausoleum in Woodland cemetery.

Kitchener Daily Record 12 Sep 1935

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Demolition order: historic Mayfair Hotel a danger, Kitchener says

KITCHENER - The city is ordering the demolition of the historic Mayfair Hotel because the 110-year-old building poses a public safety risk, according to a decision made Thursday.

Two independent engineers provided by the city and the property owner, Bernie Nimer, concluded the building had significant structural damage.

Their report, submitted Thursday, prompted the city's chief building official, Mike Seiling, to issue an order to remedy an unsafe building. Nimer has until next Tuesday to apply for a demolition permit to take down the building at 11 Young St.....

The Mayfair has been vacant since 2007. The city hoped to designate it as a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act, voting on the intent to designate in 2008.

A pipe break on Saturday launched the investigation into the building's condition. Seiling found significant flooding and damage. He called engineers in to assess possible repairs but they said the building was too far gone....

The historic site was built in 1905 by Edward Lippert and operated as a furniture store until 1976. It has changed hands several times. The city bought the building in 2000 to serve as low-income housing for up to 55 men until 2007. It has sat empty since then....

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/5562590-demolition-order-historic-mayfair-hotel-a-danger-kitchener-says/ 2015

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Former Mayfair Hotel and Hymmen Hardware in Kitchener's Centre Block are designated by Kitchener City Council

December 15, 2008

Former Mayfair Hotel and Hymmen Hardware in Kitchener's Centre Block are designated by Kitchener City Council. On November 24, a representative of the North Waterloo Region Branch, made a brief presentation to Kitchener City Council in support of Heritage Kitchener's submission to designate 11 Young Street, the former Mayfair Hotel and 156-158 King Street West (P. Hymmen Hardware). Both buildings have cultural heritage significance. Happily, City Council passed a motion to designate these buiildings.

In its statement of cultural heritage value, Heritage Kitchener stated that the exterior condition of both buildings is good. Concerning the former Mayfair Hotel, the report states that the building has an historic association with prominent Kitchener business man Edward Lippert,who in 1905 built a 3 storey structure for his furniture and undertaking business, as well as other buildings in the downtown. Lippert served as a city councilor in the 1930's. This building is of a Renaissance Revival Style, a relatively common style for commercial buildings of the period; in 1929, three storeys were added in art deco style which was popular in the 1930s. The two styles blend well.

Here is a quote from the report:"contextually, the former Mayfair Hotel makes an important contribution to the downtown streetscape. Apart from the replacement of windows and minor alterations to the façade at street level, the building appears as much as it did in 1929, and adds to the visual and architectural continuity of the historic main street. It was the tallest building (at six storeys) in the downtown following the construction of the 1929 addition and continues to occupy a prominent location on King Street."

Regarding , the former Hymmen Hardware Building the report states that it "makes an important contribution to the downtown streetscape. Apart from the replacement of windows and minor alterations to the façade at street level, the building appears much as it did in 1909, and adds to the visual and architectural continuity of the historic main street… the façade shares the same construction and architectural detailing as the original three storeys of the former Mayfair Hotel…."

Congratulation to Heritage Kitchener and the Heritage Planning Department for your success!

https://www.arconserv.ca/news_events/show.cfm?id=128 2015

Edward married Regina Angelika "Angelica" Noll 1902. Regina (daughter of Julius Noll and Regina Lang) was born 28 Nov 1878, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1971; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Nationality: , Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-449927
• Immigration: 1905, , Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Residence: 1921, 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1937, 131 Fischer St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Harold — Elizabeth Margaret Nolan. Elizabeth was born 23 Apr 1901, Saint Marys, Blanshard Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1953. [Group Sheet]

Harold — Ethel Blanche Ludlow. Ethel was born 31 Aug 1906, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died 11 Jan 1937; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lippert's Home Furnishings
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179618
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Residence: 1921, 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant

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Edward W. Lippert 18 Severn (Earl) Ave., well-known operator of Lippert's home furnishings King St. West, died suddenly today at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Lippert was attending a furniture show when stricken at the hotel where he was staying. A member of St. John's RC Church, the deceased was a fourth degree Knight of Columbus. Other activities included membership in the K-W Sales and Advertising Club. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Edward Lippert Sr.; his wife, the former Laurette Mitchell; one son, Donald of Kitchener; one daughter, Shirley Jean at home; three brothers, Harold and Anthony of Kitchener, and Maj. Gerrard (Dick) Lippert in Korea; and one sister, Mrs. L. E. Baldwin of Kitchener. The body is resting at the Gruhn Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 21 1952

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"Hold Open House at Lippert Funeral Home," Kitchener Daily Record, September 1, 1939.

An invitation to inspect one of the finest and most modern funeral homes in the province is extended to the public on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week, when open house will be held at the newly remodeled Lippert Funeral Home, 338 King Street West. Inspection hours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and all day Sunday. It is an opportunity to see the facilities and fine appointments of one of the city's oldest institutions, established in 1905. Every thought has been given to the comfort and convenience of those attending a funeral, and for the dignity and solemnity of the departed. The large chapel, with a seating capacity for 80 persons, is carpeted with deep wine broadloom rugs and richly furnished with a large chesterfield suite and upholstered chairs. Soft shadowless lighting, venetian blinds and deep hanging drapes enhance the richness of the mahogany woodwork. A public address system makes it possible to transmit the service and music to any part of the building. The Family Room is carpeted with green broadloom rugs and affords privacy to members of the immediate family. A most attractive bone antique suite furnishes this room, in addition to other large chairs. Here, again, soft lighting prevails. Adjoining is a second service room of large size, while a dressing room, wash room and flower room are also on the main floor. The office is located immediately right of the main front entrance, which itself affords generous accommodation for a large number of persons entering or leaving the chapel. Downstairs, entire new equipment has been installed in the preparation room, where everything is finished in white enamel and spotlessly clean. Four large ceiling lights make this room bright as sunlight. Across the hall is the stock, supply and equipment room, a feature of which is a chrome finished service cot with air wheels and spring filled mattress, the last word in this type of equipment. There is also a downstairs den for men. In Lippert's upstairs showroom there is accommodation for display of twenty caskets, in various designs, ranging from the lower priced selections in grey or black, to more elaborate designs in solid oak or steel. Here again, rich wine rugs carpet the floor, to create a most attractive showroom. Plainly marked price tickets on each casket supply information to those interested. It is interesting to note, that in each case the price includes the complete funeral, use of the funeral home, as well as the many innumerable and important details relative to the well conducted funeral. The public is invited to listen to The Sunday Hour each Sunday at one o'clock, over CKCR, and to visit Lippert's funeral home during their open house occasion this weekend.

Edward married Laurette Mitchell 20 Sep 1928, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Laurette was born 17 Apr 1908, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Aug 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Aunna Marie Baldwin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-307612
• Residence: 1921, 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Aunna — Leonard Edgar "Baldy" Baldwin. Leonard was born 8 Jun 1905, , England; died 14 Jun 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-307613
• Residence: 1921, 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Cathoic
• Residence: 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-307614
• Residence: 1921, 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1952, Korea

Gerard — Barbara. [Group Sheet]

Gerard — Heather Dorothy Dorman. Heather was born 21 Dec 1924, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States; died 12 Mar 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-171977
• Residence: 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Sarah Jordan Cuthbertson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115890

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LIPPERT, Sarah Jordan (PhD) Passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor at the age of 43. Beloved wife of David Cuthbertson. Dear daughter of Barbara Brandon (Carl) and the late Gerard G. Lippert (Dick). Cherished sister of Kyle Lippert (Julia), Moragh Lippert and Aunna Lippert (Craig Riggs). She will be missed by her mother and father-in-law Glenn and Deenie Cuthbertson and her sisters-in-law Rebecca Cuthbertson (Christopher Lane) and Tricia Cuthbertson (Marc Bondy). Sarah's family will receive relatives and friends from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. Visitation will continue on Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., followed by a service in the chapel of the funeral home, at 4:00 p.m. Reception to follow. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, 119 Arlington Blvd., Kitchener on Friday, May 3, 2019. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Kitchener - Waterloo Humane Society or the World Wildlife Fund - Canada would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Sarah's memorial

LIPPERT, Sarah Jordan (PhD) - www.kitchenerpost.ca | KitchenerPost.ca. (2019). Kitchenerpost.ca. Retrieved 1 May 2019, from https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/announcements-obituaries-memorials/obituaries-death-notices/9308967-lippert-sarah-jordan-phd-/

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Lippert, Sarah Jordan (Ph.D.)

Passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor at the age of 43.

Beloved wife of David Cuthbertson.
Dear daughter of Barbara Brandon (Carl) and the late Gerard G. Lippert (Dick).
Cherished sister of Kyle Lippert (Julia), Moragh Lippert and Aunna Lippert (Craig Riggs).
She will be missed by her mother and father-in-law Glenn and Deenie Cuthbertson and her sisters-in-law Rebecca Cuthbertson (Christopher Lane) and Tricia Cuthbertson (Marc Bondy).

After completing her undergraduate and master's studies at the University of Western Ontario, Sarah completed her Ph.D. in Art History at the Pennsylvania State University. Sarah was an Associate Professor of Art History with tenure at the University of Michigan Flint. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate students, Sarah was an accomplished scholar who published numerous academic articles, edited two anthology books, and recently published her first single author academic book. Sarah also founded an academic society which recently secured a periodical journal for which she was the primary editor. Sarah also served on many committees including recently on the Senate Advisory Committee for Academic Affairs in Ann Arbor and as Chair of the Chancellor's Budget Advisory Committee in Flint and as President of the University of Michigan Flint's Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Sarah will be missed dearly by her students and colleagues.

Sarah's family will receive relatives and friends from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. Visitation will continue on Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., followed by a service in the chapel of the funeral home, at 4:00 p.m. Reception to follow. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, 119 Arlington Blvd., Kitchener on Friday, May 3, 2019.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Kitchener - Waterloo Humane Society or the World Wildlife Fund - Canada would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home).

Sarah Lippert - Wednesday, April 24th, 2019. (2019). Memorials.henrywalser.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019, from https://memorials.henrywalser.com/sarah-lippert/3819791/obituary.php

Sarah — David Cuthbertson. (son of Glenn Cuthbertson and Deenie Olsen) [Group Sheet]