Wilfred Louis Renner

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-385207

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RENNER, Wilfred Louis

October 12, 1920 - February 17, 2015. In his 95th year, passed away at Stirling Heights LTC with family at his side. Predeceased by his dear wife Elizabeth (nee Pulbrook), grandson. Charlie Renner and his parents. John and Louise Renner. Wilf was the father of Richard (Lynn), David (Sharon), Ruth Quinlan (Paul), Anne (David Picoski), Marcia Quinlan (Randy Borne). Grandfather of eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was born in Preston, the third of 13 children and he was a Veteran of the RCAF in WWII. He was community minded and served on several boards including the CMH Board and Separate School Board. The family would like to thank the staff at Stirling Heights LTC and Debra Woolley who were always there to comfort Dad and attend to his every need, especially in his final days. Friends may call at BARTHEL FUNERAL HOME, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge N3H 3J8 (519 653 3251) on Friday, February 20th for visitation from 6-9 p.m. Prayers to be said at 8: 30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Clements RC Church, 745 Duke Street, Cambridge on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 11 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Cambridge Times 20 Feb 2015

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"I believe that Wilf Renner was a crew member on a Lancaster plane of which he was a tailgunner. Wilf was the only crew member to survive after their plane was shot down. They dug a grave for him to make the Germans believe that the entire crew had been killed. A young woman helped Wilf by hiding him in the attic of her parent's home until the war was over. Her parents were Nazi sympathizers and would have surely had Wilf arrested. After the war, Wilf went on trips with a group called "Canucks Unlimited" and visited the grave site of his comrades and looked down on his own grave. A portrait of the woman who saved his life, hung in his home"

https://www.facebook.com/groups/210872906221403/?ref=group_header Preston Ontario, PEOPLE PAST 7 Jul 2018

Wilfred married Elizabeth Ellen Pulbrook 25 Nov 1944. Elizabeth was born 23 Dec 1924, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Aug 2012, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]