Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Major Antoni "Anthony" Chelkowski[1, 2]

Male 1895 - 1985  (90 years)


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  • Name Antoni "Anthony" Chelkowski 
    Prefix Major 
    Born 1895  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209507802 
    Military WW2 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-487790 
    Died 2 Jan 1985  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I487790  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Family Helena "Helen" Engwert,   b. 1904,   d. 26 Sep 1983, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Alice Chelkowski,   b. 1932,   d. 13 Jan 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F299765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • CHELKOWSKI, Anthony - Of Kitchener, at Freeport Hospital, on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1985, 89 years of age.

      He had served with the Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and also the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

      Father of Alice (Mrs. Andy Tulecki) of Kitchener; grandfather of Ted, Yvonne and Elizabeth; brother of Zofia Engwert of Warsaw, Poland.

      He was predeceased by his wife, Helena Chelkowski and a brother, Ludwik Chelkowski.

      Funeral services were held on Friday from the Schreiter-Sandrock Chapel. Interment took place in Woodland cemetery.

      Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario as expressions of sympathy would be appreciated, and may be made through the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel, 51 Benton at Church St.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sat, Jan 5, 1985 Page 51

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209507802.

    2. [S3232] aaaaCemetery - ON, Waterloo - Woodland.
      Major Antoni/ Chelkowski O.B.E./ 1895 Father 1985

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209507802

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jan 1985 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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