Irma Lenore Chowen

1924 - 2017  (93 years)

• Name	Irma Lenore Chowen
  Born	12 Aug 1924	Birchcliffe, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
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  Name	Irma Lenore Struthers
  Residence	1987	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-184583
  Died	19 Dec 2017
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I184583	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Sergeant Ross Edwin Struthers,   b. 31 Jan 1919, Flamborough Township, Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 21 May 2003, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1942	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Daniel Andrews "Danny" Struthers,   b. 11 Feb 1949, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Mar 2018  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F53035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Chowen-IrmaLenore-001-BartelFuneralhome.jpg Irma Struthers Obituary - Cambridge, ON (no date) Dignity Memorial. Available at: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/cambridge-on/irma-struthers-7687482 (Accessed: 8 June 2025).

  
  

• Notes

  Irma Lenore Struthers 12 August, 1924 \endash 19 December, 2017 IN THE CARE OF Barthel Funeral Home On Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 Irma Lenore Struthers passed away peacefully at the age of 93. She is reunited with her beloved husband, Ross Struthers (d. 2003), in heaven. There, she also joins her siblings Robert, Jack, William and Raymond, granddaughter Leyla and her daughter-in-law Phyllis. Irma will be dearly missed by her sons Rae (Susan), Steve, Dan (Marilyn), Neil (Marie), and Keith (Lynn), grandchildren Sandy (Bob), Matthew (Julia), Geoff (Christy), Ashley (Monica), Blaze, Madelyn, Cameron (Amber), and Maclean (Kathryn), and nine great-grandchildren. She will be fondly remembered by members of both the Chowen and Struthers families. Visitation to be held Saturday December 23rd from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Barthel Funeral Home (566 Queenston Road, Cambridge). A private family service will be held following the visitation, with a public Celebration of Life announced at a later date. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the March of Dimes (Post-Polio), St. Andrew's Terrace, or the Fairview Mennonite Home. Irma Struthers Obituary - Cambridge, ON (no date) Dignity Memorial. Available at: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/cambridge-on/irma-struthers-7687482 (Accessed: 8 June 2025). ______________ Irma L. Chown Becomes Bride Of R. E. Struthers By Record Correspondent PRESTON Dec. 14. - Kingston Road United Church, Toronto, was the setting for a pretty wedding Saturday, Dec. 5, at four o'clock. when Irma Lenore, only daughter of Mrs. E. M. Chown, Ottawa, and the late Mr. Wilbur F. Chown, became, the bride of Mr. Ross Edward Struthers, of the R.C.A.F.. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Struthers, Fountain Street, Rev. J. Elwood of Mitchell, officiated. The bride, given in marriage by her brother, William R. Chown of the R.C.A.F., wore a gown of white crepe and finger-tip veil caught in a halo by a gold head band. She car-ried a colonial bouquet of white chrysanthemums and red roses. Mrs. W. R. Chown, sister-in-law of the bride, as matron of honor, wore dusky blue chiffon with matching veil. The bridesmaid, Miss Thelma Harper, wore turquoise net and both carried colonial bouquets of pink roses. Little Miss Ruthie Struthers, sister of the bridegroom, as flower girl. was frocked in pink taffeta and carried a nosegay of pink roses and carnations. The duties of best man were carried out by Mr. Stanley Struthers, brother of the bridegroom, and those of ushers by Pte. Jack Chown and Pte. Ross Harlock. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. I. B. McLauchlan, 991 Kingston Road. The bride's mother and bridegroom's mother were in the receiving line with the young couple. Mrs. Struthers wore brown crepe with a corsage of yellow roses and Mrs. Chown, soldier blue with red roses. Due to illness, Sapper Robert Struthers of the R.C.E. was unable to be present at his brother's wedding. Sapper Struthers was confined to the Petawawa Military Hospital. The DailyRecord Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Dec 14, 1942 Page 10

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. Ross E. Struthers/ Sgt/ RCAF/ 1919 - 2003/ Lest we forget/ Irma L. Chowen/ 1924 - /

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 5 Dec 1942 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1987 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth