Dr. Philip Andrew Voelker^[1]

1912 - 1995  (83 years)

• Name	Philip Andrew Voelker
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1912	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Memorial Flower Garden in Waterloo Park named for him
  Military	WW2 - Squadron Leader - Commanding Office of Convalescent Hospital
  Residence	36 Young St. W., Waterloo, Ontario
  Residence	1921	754 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-20804P
  Died	16 May 1995	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Sundridge, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I20804	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Albert Winkler Voelker,   b. 8 Mar 1886, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Nov 1967, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mathilda Louise "Louise" Vogelsang,   b. 16 May 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F25223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Viva Gertrude "Curly" MacDonald,   b. 7 Jul 1915, Carlyle, , Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. 16 Jul 2017, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 102 years)
  Children	1. Mary Lou Voelker   2. Margaret Voelker   3. Linda Jane Voelker   4. Cameron Andrew "Cam" Voelker,   b. 6 Jun 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 2017, Squamish, , British Columbia  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F43782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  VOELKER, Dr. Philip Andrew - Died peacefully, on Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at Grand River Hospital, K-W Health Centre, age 82 years, of Waterloo. He was born in Kitchener and graduated in medicine in 1938 from the University of Toronto. He started general practice in Waterloo in 1940 and served as Medical Officer of Health in Waterloo for 27 years. He was president of K-W Academy of Medicine and was honored by the Academy for his community services. The Ontario Medical Association presented him with the Glenn Sawyer Award. He was a member of First United Church, Waterloo. He served four years in the Canadian Air Force during the Second World War as a Squadron Leader and then Commanding Officer of Convalesc-ent Hospital. Son of the late Albert and Louise Voelker. Husband of Curly; father of Mary Lou and her husband Dr. Jim Israel of Waterloo, Linda Voelker of London, Ont., Cam Voelker and his wife Kim and Margaret Voelker, all of Waterloo; grandfather of 10 grand-children and two great-grand-children. Also remembered by his cousin, Isabel Voelker of Winnipeg. Predeceased by one brother, Charles and one sister, Margaret McEachren. A memorial service for Dr. Voelker will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at First United Church, Waterloo, Rev. Judy Keenan.Harris officiating. Cremation.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Albert W. Voelker. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 19 Page 23. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019009-08. Albert Voelker, 22, occ. Accountant, b. St. Jacobs, res. Berlin, son of Andrew A. Voelker and Mary Ann Winkler married Louise Vogelsang, 22, b. Berlin, res. Berlin, daughter of Emil Vogelsang and Margaret Cress, Witn: Edward Voelker of London and Viola McClaren of Berlin, 8 April 1908 in Berlin.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1912 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Memorial Flower Garden in Waterloo Park named for him - - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 36 Young St. W., Waterloo, Ontario Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 May 1995 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth