Hendrik "Ricky" Pecht

1945 - 1962  (17 years)

• Name	Hendrik "Ricky" Pecht
  Born	8 Oct 1945	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217650973
  Misfortune	killed by gun accident
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-490650
  Died	3 Dec 1962	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I490650	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Hendrik Adelbert Pecht,   b. 17 Mar 1923,   d. 14 Sep 1976  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Doris Evelyn Robinson,   b. CA 1922,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	31 Aug 1944
  Family ID	F300806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Kitchener Youth Killed by Bullet Ricky Pecht, 17, Dies Instantly When Friend's Rifle Discharges By Record Staff Writer INNERKIP-A shooting accident took the life of a 17-year-old Kitchener youth, Hendrik (Ricky) Pecht, 12 Shoemaker Ave., Kitchener, Saturday. He died instantly when he was struck in the forehead by a 22 bullet when a rifle, held by a friend, knocked against a doorway and discharged. The accident occurred when the. Kitchener, boy and his close friend, David Turkington, 16, decided to do some target shooting. Ricky was just getting up from a chesterfield to accompany David outside, when the accident occurred. Both boys were alone at the time, in the East Zorra Township farm home, where David lived with his mother, Mrs. Agnes Turkington. The Kitchener boy was born Oct. 8, 1945, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hendrik A. Pecht. He was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and a student at Eastwood Collegiate. Surviving, besides his parents, are a sister, Mary Ellen, at home; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Robinson, Kitchener. The body will be at Gruhn Funeral Home until Wednesday at 1 p.m., then at St. Andrew's Church where the funeral will be conducted at 3.30 p.m. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery. Donations to the muscular dystrophy fund will be accepted as expressions of sympathy Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Dec 3, 1962 Page 3

  
  

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  Born - 8 Oct 1945 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Dec 1962 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth