Private Edward "Whitey" Tieleman

1928 - 1954  (26 years)

• Name	Edward "Whitey" Tieleman
  Prefix	Private
  Born	20 Jul 1928	Wallaceburg, Chatham Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	accident, story military
  Misfortune	12 Oct 1954	, Ontario, Canada
  	killed in automobile accident
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-147302
  Died	17 Oct 1954	, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I147302	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Constance Ellen "Connie" Pfeiffer,   b. 17 Nov 1931,   d. 14 May 2017  (Age 85 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1952	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Dean Tieleman   2. Douglas Franklin Tieleman
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F54003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Korea Veteran Was on Way To Visit Family An inquest has been ordereed into the death of Pt. Edward Tieleman, who was killed in a car accident, on No. 7-8 highway early yesterday. The inquest will be held Nov. 15, Coroner Dr. L. A. Macklin of Stratford said today. The young soldier stationed at London, On., was driving home to spend the weekend with his family when the car he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree Shakespeare., A passenger, Norman W. Gilick, 25, of RR1 Shakespeare, is in critical condition in Stratford hospital. Tieleman, a member of the Royal Canadian Ordnance-Corps, London, was believe killed instantly. Ontario provincial police said the mishap occurred about 12: 55 a. m. HAS BAD CONCUSSION The passenger, thought to a hitchiker, is in Stratford General Hospital with severe concussion, a fractured left jaw and other undetermined injuries. OPP Constable K. A. McKay of Stratford detachment later identifield the injured man. Surviving Tieleman are his wife, the former Constance Pfeiffer, and two children, David, 2, and Dean nine months, of 121 Madison Ave., South: his father Frank Tieleman: a brother Jack, and a sister Mrs. Leonard (Mary) Boucher, Born in Wallaceburg, he was a son of Frankl Tieleman and the late Emma Tieleman., He enlisted in January, 1951, and was assigned to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. SERVED IN KOREA He served in Korea in 1951 and 1952 and two months ago was transferred to the ordance coprs. He expected to be posted to Petawawa shortly. Pt. Tieleman will be buried with military honors here Wednesday afternoon. The body is at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until 3: 30 o'clock when Mrj. Valee, army chaplain at London will conduct the service. Interment will be at Woodland Cemetery.

  
  

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  Married - 27 Dec 1952 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed in automobile accident - 12 Oct 1954 - , Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Oct 1954 - , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth