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Nicholas Bowman Krotz

Male 1870 - 1958  (88 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Bowman Krotz 
    Born 1870  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214757076 
    Name Nickolas B. Krotz 
    Residence Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1930  Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1949  122 Chestnut St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1958  122 Chestnut St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-318092 
    Died 13 Jul 1958  Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Zion United Church Cemetery, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I318092  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Family Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bender,   b. 5 Mar 1880, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1930  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F62804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Father, Son, Woman Die in Area Crashes

      Woman Killed, Seven Injured In Accidents


      An 89-year-old Kitchener man. his Gowanstown district son and an Arthur woman died following two traffic accidents over the weekend.

      Seven other persons were injured in the two mishaps. One of them, a son of the Gowanstown man, is in hospital in critical condition.

      Two persons were killed and two others injured, one critically, as the result of a two-car collision near Listowel Saturday night.

      COLLIDED AT DUSK

      The mishap occurred about dusk at a rural intersection on the third concession of Wallace Township about three miles east of highway 23.
      Dead are a father and son,, Nicholas Krotz, 89, of 122 Chestnut St., Kitchener, and Ralph Krotz, 48, RR 1, Gowanstown. They are believed to have died almost instantly.

      In critical condition in Listowel Memorial Hospital, with undetermined internal chest injuries, is Larry Krotz, 11-year-old son of the younger victim. Hospital officials said he is as well as can be expected.

      Also injured and in Listowel Hospital is Marilyn Coulter, 16, RR 3, Listowel. A passenger in of the other car, driven by Keith Campbell, 18, RR 2, Drayton, she received a fractured jaw, facial lacerations, the loss of several teeth and injury to the right wrist. Campbell escaped with bruises and a severe shaking up.

      The impact knocked the Krotz car off the road. It crossed the ditch on the west side of the road and came to rest in a nearby field.

      The elderly Krotz was found about 20 feet from the wrecked car. The driver of the death car. Ralph Krotz was found draped through the window of the car, while the injured boy lay 10 feet from the vehicle. The car was almost wrecked.

      FINISHING HOLIDAY

      The Campbell car is believed to have rolled over once before coming to rest at the edge of the road. The accident occured as Ralph Krotz was returning his father to his Kitchener home following a week's holiday at the old family homestead on the 6th concession.

      Mrs. Ralph Krotz had remained behind with another son, John, who has the measles.

      A native of Wallace Township. Ralph Krotz was born May 6, 1910, on the farm where he had lived all his life. He was secretary-treasurer of the Sixth Line Evangelical United Brethren Church, and for many years was Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent until relinquishing the post a year or two ago.

      He is survived by his wife, Idona Walter, whom he married Oct. 7, 1939; two sons, Larry, 11, and John, 8; two brothers, Wesley Krotz, Millbank; Rev. Walter F. Krotz, Dashwood; three sisters, Mrs. Emmerson Wenzel, Crediton; Mrs. George Richmond, Simcoe, and Mrs. Alex Wolf, RR 1, Gowanstown. Nicholas Krotz, 89, a native of ... [the rest continued on page 2 which is missing.]


      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Jul 14, 1958 Page 3

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      NOTICE TO CREDITORS

      All persons having claims against the Estate of NICHOLAS BOWMAN KROTZ, late of the City of Kitchener, in the County of Waterloo; Retired Farmer, who died on the 12th day of July, 1958, are notified to send full particulars of their claims to the undersigned Solicitor for the Executors on or before the 15th day of August, 1958, after which date the said Estate will be wound up having regard only to those claims then received. Kitchener, July 18th, 1958.

      GORDON McK. HONSBERGE... 97 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario, Seliciters for the Executers.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1870 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Apr 1930 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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