Robert Albert Maton

1925 - 2001  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Albert Maton
  Born	18 Jun 1925	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-386583
  Died	7 Dec 2001	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	10 Dec 2001	Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I386583	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Patricia Nevidon
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F261847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MATON, Robert Alfred Now with his Lord, Jesus Christ. Born June 18, 1925, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Died, at his residence, with his family by his side, on Friday, Dec. 7, 2001. Loving husband of Patricia (nee Nevidon); devoted father of Robert and his wife Sandy of Hamilton and Andy and his wife Wendy of Calgary, Alta. Robert leaves to mourn his loss his sister, Joan Cafferty of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England and many relatives in England and Ireland. Fondly remembered by his daughter-in-law, Linda Stanway and his grandchildren, Rhiannon, Tim, Kate, Sterling and Roxanne. Robert will be sadly missed by the Nevidon family: mother-in-law, Sally; brother-in-law, Vincent and his children, Shelley McLean and her husband John of Brantford, Steven and his wife Martha of Vanderhoof, BC and their families. Predeceased by his first wife, Mary Fieldhouse; a brother, Ronald (Jock) and his parents, Alfred and Elizabeth (Donnelly). Robert was a Regimental Sergeant Major with the First Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. Bob joined the army as a boy soldier (Chepstow, Wales) and progressed through the British Army to become a Staff Sergeant with the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers (REME). Raised in Northern Ireland, Hong Kong and Shanghai, he served with his regiment in Palestine, North Africa, Greece and Great Britain, before emigrating to Canada, in 1957. Family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral mass will be celebrated on Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, at St. Clement's Church, 745 Duke St., Cambridge, at 10 a.m. Interment following in Parklawn Cemetery, in Cambridge. The Record Newspaper 8 Dec 2001 pg B11

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Jun 1925 - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Died - 7 Dec 2001 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 10 Dec 2001 - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth