Leslie Walter "Jim" Ainsworth^[1]

1924 - 2008  (83 years)

• Name	Leslie Walter "Jim" Ainsworth
  Born	11 Aug 1924	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Name	L. W. J. Ainsworth
  Residence	1933	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1950	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	manager - D. H. Hill Ltd.
  Residence	1950	98 Fairview Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [2]
  Residence	1977	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	2001	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-160380
  Died	30 Jan 2008	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I160380	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Dickenson Ainsworth,   b. CALC 23 Jan 1883, Barrow upon Soar, , Leicestershire, England ,   d. 31 Mar 1933, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Alexandria Mary "Drina" Lowe,   b. 1889, London, England ,   d. 7 Apr 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	1909	, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F35520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Hill,   b. CA 1924
  Children	1. Kammy Ainsworth
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F51813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  AINSWORTH, Jim - Passed away peacefully, with his family at his side, at St. Mary's Hospital on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the age of 83. Loving father of Bobbie and Doug Brown, Dave and Shirley Ainsworth, Vicky and Joe Moores and Cathy and Mark Henrich. He will be fondly remembered by his 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his parents, Walter and Alexandrina Ainsworth; his grandson, Jeffrey Ainsworth; granddaughter, Kimberley Moores and his sister, Ethel Duench. As a great entrepreneur, Jim operated several businesses in the Kitchener-Waterloo area known as Celery Seller, D.H. Hill Sign Ltd., Ainsworth Press, Ainsworth Real Estate, Jim's Quick Print Shop and the Cookie Jar. He was a past president of the K- W Sertoma Club and the Kiwanis Club of Kitchener Waterloo. Jim's family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467 today (Saturday) from 9-9: 45 a.m. The funeral service for Jim will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel today (Saturday) at 10 a.m. Cremation will follow. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Sick Kids Foundation or the Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated by the family. Visit henrywalser.com for Jim's memorial. The Record - Feb. 2, 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Walter D. Ainsworth - 1 Apr 1933. [S2657] Directory - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1950 - Vernon's Kitchener-Waterloo. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Walter Ainsworth - 8 Apr 1977. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Ethel Rosina (nee Ainsworth) Duench - 30 Jul 2001.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Aug 1924 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1933 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - manager - D. H. Hill Ltd. - 1950 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1977 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 2001 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Jan 2008 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth