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

Donald Leonard Forwell[1]

Male 1925 - 1999  (73 years)


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  • Name Donald Leonard Forwell 
    Born 10 Oct 1925  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-157572 
    Died 5 Mar 1999  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I157572  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Leo K. Forwell,   b. 31 Aug 1884, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1967  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Blay,   b. 18 May 1889, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1968, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1909  New Baltimore, Macomb, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F12190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Donnela Mayne,   b. 7 Jun 1926, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1989, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F23694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • FORWELL, Donald L. Suddenly, at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, as the result of heart failure, Don Forwell, of Waterloo, age 73 years.

      Don spent most of his life as a self employed butcher and latterly he was employed with Good Life Fitness.

      Loving father of Marcia and her husband Curt Krieger, Nancy and her husband Glen Walsh, Theresa and her husband Phil Kott, Donna and her husband Mark Edmeades, Luanne and her husband Dick Cooper, Jeff, Tom and Ted Forwell; sadly missed by 10 grand-children, Nadine (Derek), Doug (Eryn), Andrea (Paul), Kyla, Jill, Celene, Tara (Craig), Chrissy (Lanny), Mitchell (Georgina), Josh and by one great- grandson, Connor. Brother of Norbert, Walter, Madeline Dietrich, Art, Joe, Ruth Schnarr, Ken, Ed and Leo and their families.

      He was predeceased by his parents, Leo and Mary; his wife, Clara; a daughter, Mary Jane; two sisters, Catherine Denomme, Anna Marie Nafziger; two brothers, Rollie and Raymond Forwell Friends and relatives may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where parish prayers will be held at 3:45 p.m. Prayers will be offered at the funeral home on Monday at 10:00 a.m. followed by the funeral mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Louis RC Church, with Father Robert Liddy officiating. Interment Memory Gardens. Breslau.

      Reception to follow in the Ratz- Bechtel Family Centre.

      As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to the Children's Wish Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Saturday, March 06, 1999

  • Sources 
    1. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Joseph J. Forwell - 17 Mar 2006.

    2. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name: Margaret Mary Forwell
      Sex: Female
      Birth Date: 17 Aug 1910
      Birthplace: , , Ontario, Canada
      Father's Name: Leo K Forwell
      Mother's Name: Mary Elizabeth Blay
      Married: New Baltimore, Mich. 5 Oct 1909

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Oct 1925 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Mar 1999 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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