Charles Reginald "Reg" Kidner

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• Interesting: public service, business
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-380973
• Residence: 1963, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1977, 447 Blue Heron Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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CHARLES REGINALD KIDNER 1908-1977

Charles Reginald Kidner was born in Toronto and raised in St. Thomas. He came to Preston in 1937 from Kitchener. He was a commissioner of the Preston Public Utilities Commission and also served as a trustee on the Preston Separate School Board. Mr. Kidner was an executive vice president of the Savage Shoe Company and after leaving that company in 1967, formed a chartered accountancy partnership with Ken L. Montgomery in Kitchener. He was a charter member of the Chartered Accountants of Ontario and was a past president of the Canadian Shoe Manufacturers' Association. Mr. Kidner died on December 18, 1977 and is buried in Park Lawn Cemetery.

Source:Obituary Cambridge Daily Reporter Tuesday December 20, 1977.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

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KIDNER, C. Reginald

Suddenly, as the result of a heart attack, at North York General Hospital, Toronto, Sunday, December 18, 1977, C. Reginald Kidner, of 447 Blue Heron Ridge, Cambridge (P), in his 70th year. Beloved husband of Mary Fenton; dear father of Joan (Mrs. William Jacques), Nancy (Mrs. Thomas Landreth) of Cambridge; step-father of Peter Fenton of Agincourt, Janet (Mrs. Gary Dumb) of Agincourt and Patricia (Mrs. Duncan Baird) of Beaconsfield, Que.; also survived by one brother, John, of Toronto, and 17 grandchildren. Predeceased by his first wife, Mary Weber, in 1963, and two sisters. Mr. Kidner was born in Toronto and raised in St. Thomas. A resident of Cambridge (P), for 40 years, moving there from Kitchener. Retired from Savage Shoes (1970) Limited, as executive vice-president, in 1967; then formed a partnership with Kenneth L. Montgomery in Kitchener (chartered accountants). A member of St. Clement's Church, Preston-Hespeler Rotary Club, Galt Country Club; a commissioner of the Preston Utility Commission; a charter member of the Chartered Accountancy of Ontario; past president of the Canadian Shoe Manufacturing Association. A former member of the Preston council and separate school board. A private family committal service was held today (Tuesday), in Park Lawn Chapel, Cambridge (P).

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 20 Dec 1977 pg 31

Charles married Mary Marcella Weber 16 Aug 1933, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Joseph Brohaman "Jack' Weber and Edith Scott) was born 14 Jan 1907, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 May 1963, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Charles — Mary Ursula Hurley. Mary was born 15 Aug 1911, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Mar 1992, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 9 Mar 1992, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Joan — William Jacques. [Group Sheet]

Nancy — Thomas Landreth. [Group Sheet]