Wesley Witmer Semple^[1]

1919 - 1971  (51 years)

• Name	Wesley Witmer Semple
  Born	13 Nov 1919	Eston, , Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - non-commissioned officer in the Royal Canadian Navy
  Occupation	Goudies Department Store, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
  	vice president of Goudies Department Store
  Residence	1971	RR3, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-400615
  Died	27 Mar 1971	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Cremated
  Person ID	I400615	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Dr. James Semple,   b. 28 Nov 1891, , Tyrone, Ireland ,   d. 13 Aug 1976, St. Marys, Blanshard Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Janet Myrtle "Jennie" Goudie,   b. 19 Jan 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jun 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F55839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Irene Kershaw,   b. 1922,   d. 29 Apr 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1944	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Robert Semple   2. Bruce Semple   3. William Semple   4. Bennett Semple   5. Marilyn Semple
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F265334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wesley Semple dies; Goudies executive Wesley Witmer Semple, 51, vice-president of Goudies Ltd of Kitchener, died Saturday, at Victoria Hospital, London, Ont., after a brief illness. Born in Eston, Sask., Mr. Semple came from Belleville to Goudies, in 1937 and held various positions in a career of 33 years. He became assistant to the general manager in 1954 and was named vice-president, in 1960. He lived at RR 3, Preston. He was a member of Trinity United Church and a 32nd Degree Mason, past district deputy grand master for Wellington district, past master of the Twin City Lodge and a member of the Scottish Rite. Mr. Semple was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, from 1942 to 1946. He was predeceased by his mother, the former Janet Goudie. Surviving are his father and. step-mother, Rev. and Mrs. James Semple of Chatham; his wife, the former Margaret Irene Kershaw, whom he married in Hamilton, in 1944: four sons, Robert of Toronto and Bruce, William and Bennett, all of Preston; a daughter, Marilyn of Preston; two sisters, Mrs. Orville Parsons of Brantford and Mrs. William Workman of North Bay. A Masonic service was held Sunday evening. The body will be at the Keffer Funeral Home, until 1 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Dr. Frank Morgan will conduct the service at Trinity Church, at 3 p.m. Cremation will follow. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 29 Mar 1971 pg 23

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Margaret Irene Doering - Semple - Helwig.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Nov 1919 - Eston, , Saskatchewan, Canada Occupation - vice president of Goudies Department Store - - Goudies Department Store, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Married - 1944 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Mar 1971 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth