Wilmer Thomas "Slim" Wilkins

1923 - 1991  (68 years)

• Name	Wilmer Thomas "Slim" Wilkins
  Born	1923	Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-386806
  Died	25 Oct 1991	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	29 Oct 1991	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I386806	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Jean M. Gingrich,   b. 1931,   d. 2012  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F261949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILKINS, Wilmer Thomas He has gone to be with the Lord, after fighting a long and courageous battle, of 2126 Eagle St. N., Cambridge, on Friday, Oct. 25, 1991, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 69th year. Beloved husband of Jean Gingrich and dear father of Paul and his wife Carmelita, John and his wife Sherry of Cambridge, Richard and his fiancee Susan Aram of Waterloo, Barbara and her husband Rod MacEachern, Carolyn and friend Jack Anthony of Cambridge; loving grandfather of Jamie, Tim, Melanie, Leanne, Alaina, Jessica, Lindsay, Mandy and Ryan, all of Cambridge. Also survived by one sister, Evelyne (Mrs. Thomas Kidd) of Stratford. Predeceased by four brothers, Earl, Norman, Albert, Tim; two sisters, Mabel Cook and Nellie Matthews. Mr. Wilkins was born in Owen Sound, a resident of Cambridge, since 1949. Retired from Eastern Steel (Frisk Canada). Friends will be received at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, Monday (today), 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held at the Wanner Mennonite Church, Beaverdale Road, Cambridge, (corner of Old Maple Grove Road), Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m., Rev. Eric Rempel officiating. Interment in Wanner cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 28 Oct 1991 pg A11

  
  

• Sources

  [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. Wilmer/ "Slim"/ 1923-1991/ Jean M. GINGRICH/ 1931-2012/ See/ I will not/ Forget you/ I have carved/ You on the palm/ Of my hand/ WILKINS/ [back] Parents of/ Barbara, Paul, John/ Richard and Carolyn/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1923 - Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Oct 1991 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 29 Oct 1991 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth