Ralph Allan Battler^{[1, 2]}

1919 - 1997  (78 years)

• Name	Ralph Allan Battler
  Residence	Between 1919 and 1992	Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Born	26 May 1919	Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-400320
  Died	18 Nov 1997	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I400320	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Allan Webster Battler,   b. 30 Jul 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Oct 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Louisa Schenk,   b. 31 Dec 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1941, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1907	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F265223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Viola C. Schwartz,   b. 9 Jul 1922, Chesley, Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 2004, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	12 May 1945
  Children	1. Thelma Battler   2. Maurice Battler   3. Bruce Battler
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F60145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BATTLER, Ralph Peacefully, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1997, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. Ralph was born 78 years ago on the family homestead at Shingletown and lived there until 1992, when he moved to New Dundee. He was a son of the late Allan and Louisa (Schenk) Battler. He was a member of Bethel Missionary Church, New Dundee. Ralph had served as rural mail courier for RR 2 Petersburg and New Dundee until his retirement and was a rural Kitchener-Waterloo Record carrier for a number of years. Loving husband of Viola (Schwartz) Battler, whom he married May 12, 1945. Cherished father of Thelma and her husband Merlin Trussler of Kitchener, Maurice and his wife Christine, Bruce and his wife Marilyn, all of New Hamburg. He will be missed by his grandchildren, Robert, Bradley and Kevin Trussler, Naomi Battler, Amy, Dale, Julie and Lisa Battler; dear brother of Dorothy Battler of Kitchener, Roy and his wife Anna of Wellesley and Ralph's twin sister, Reta and her husband Wilbert Ober of Kitchener. He was predeceased by a sister, Verdella Such and a brother, Clayton in infancy. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi funeral Home 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, on Friday, Nov. 21, 1997 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997 at 9 a.m., transfer will be made to Bethel Missionary Church, New Dundee for the service at 11 a.m., with Pastor Graham Burkhart and Pastor Wayne Domms officiating. Burial to follow in Wilmot Centre Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to Freeport Health Care Centre or the Bethel Missionary Church, New Dundee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Louise Schenk - Battler. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Roy Edgar Battler. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97790768/ralph-a.-battler.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Between 1919 and 1992 - Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Born - 26 May 1919 - Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Nov 1997 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth