Person:Wilmer Getz (1)

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Major Wilmer Harold Getz
b.28 Nov 1918
m. 18 Apr 1905
  1. Norman F Getz1906 - 1978
  2. Percy Herbert Getz1908 - 2000
  3. Herbert John Getz1910 - 1926
  4. Lawrence Wilmer Getz1913 - 1971
  5. Charles William Getz1914 - 1971
  6. Major Wilmer Harold Getz1918 - 1981
  7. Carson Willow Getz1925 - 1989
m. 8 Nov 1947
Facts and Events
Name[1][3][4][6] Major Wilmer Harold Getz
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 28 Nov 1918
Military[5] 4 Jan 1944 held rank of Sgt Major
Marriage 8 Nov 1947 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canadato Margaret Frances Anderson
Death[1][6] 24 May 1981 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Burial[2][6] 28 May 1981 Pinecrest Cemetery, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Getz, Wilmer HaroldS6
Major, Retired; Former Clerk of Session, Woodroffe United Church; Past President, the Glebe Centre; Director, Boy Scouts of Canada; Former Club Captain, Cedarhill Golf and Country Club. In hospital, on Sunday, May 24, 1981. Wilmer Harold Getz, of Ottawa, aged 62 years; husband of the late Margaret Anderson. Dear father of [living] of Fonthill, Ontario and [living], of Ottawa. Father-in-law of [names ofliving individuals have been removed]. Brother of Percy of Killaloe and Carson of Richmond Hill, Ontario. Resting at Hulse and Playfair, West Chapel, 1098 Byron Ave., Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A private family Service will be held in the Chapel on Thursday at 10 a.m. Friends may attend a Memorial Service at Woodroffe United Church, Thursday at 12 noon. Interment Pinecrest Cemetery. Those desiring to send a memorial tribute may donate to the Woodroffe United Church Organ Fund or The Glebe Centre.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 User Barbga.

    Family bible
    Born: 28 Nov 1918
    Died: Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2.0 2.1 Pinecrest Cemetery, in Ontario Canada Gravemarker Gallery.

    Wilmer H. Getz & Margaret F. Anderson
    GETZ
    Wilmer H. Getz
    1918 - 1981
    Margaret F.Anderson
    1920 - 1979

  3. Bride and Bridegroom, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. The Ottawa Citizen. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
    10 Nov 1947.

    Shown following their wedding in St. John's Anglican church at noon Saturday are Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Getz. The bride is the former Margaret Anderson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Anderson of Swanson, Sask., and the bridegroom is the son of Mr.s and Mrs. Fred Getz of Killaloe.

  4. Miss Anderson Weds at Noon, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. The Ottawa Citizen. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
    8 Nov 1947.

    The wedding took place at high noon today in St. John's Anglican church, of Margaret Frances Anderson, of Ottawa, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Anderson of Swanson, Sask., and WO2 Wilmer Harold Getz, RCASC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Getz of Killaloe, Ont. Rev. Canon Northcote Burke performed the ceremony.

  5. Canadian Army Women Overseas Become Adept at Records Jobs, in Montréal TE, Québec, Canada. Montreal Gazette (archive). (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
    page 4, column 3 & 4, 4 Jan 1944.

    In this article, Sgt. Major Wilmer Getz of Killaloe is quoted in describing the work of women maintaining punch cards containing information about every Canadian soldier.

  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Getz, Wilmer Harold, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. The Ottawa Citizen. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
    Page 40, column 3, 26 May 1981.