Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Oliver Edward "Ollie" Fries[1, 2, 3]

Male 1905 - 1983  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Oliver Edward "Ollie" Fries 
    Born Feb 1905  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Business Midtown Motors 
    Name Ollie Fries 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1983  175 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-174631 
    Died 11 Sep 1983  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Buried 14 Sep 1983  Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I174631  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Edward Fries,   b. 1 Feb 1875, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Susannah Lackner,   b. 18 Feb 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1899  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Family ID F8448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marion Rita Baetz,   b. 1923,   d. 5 Feb 2015, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 28 Oct 1931  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F48227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elenora Elizabeth "Eleanor" Schmalz,   b. 10 Nov 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1998, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F264668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • FRIES, Oliver (Ollie) - At St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Sunday, Sept. 11, 1983, age 78 years, Ollie Fries, of 175 Queen St. N., Kitchener.

      Former owner and operator of Midtown Motors.

      Son of the late Edward Fries and Susanna Lackner; husband of the former Marion Baetz; brother of Mrs. Leona Datars of Cambridge. Predeceased by one sister, Ella Noelke.

      At the request of the family, there will be no visitation. Friends are asked to join the family for a memorial service on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Chapel at 3 p.m., Rev. David Lee Thompson officiating. Following cremation, interment in St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edward Fries - 1939.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Clara Theresa Baetz.

    3. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Susanna Lackner - Fries.

    4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 23 Page 3.

    5. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Oliver (Ollie) Fries.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61918062.

    7. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 15784 (1899), Fries-Lackner.
      Edward Fries, 24, Farmer, b. Wellesley, res. Berlin, son of Daniel Fries and Catharine Doerr, married Susannah Lackner, 23, b. Woolwich, res. Berlin, daughter of John Lackner and Barbara Musser, Witness(es): Henry Lackner and Elizabeth Conrad, both of Woolwich, On 11 Oct 1899, at Woolwich Twp

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61918025.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Feb 1905 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Oct 1931 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Sep 1983 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 14 Sep 1983 - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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