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Edwin Brutzki

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Edwin Brutzki

Birth
Oxford, Oxford County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
1969 (aged 65–66)
Burial
Waterloo, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.4598872, Longitude: -80.5077739
Plot
Waterloo Side Section OC (Row 11 # 9).
Memorial ID
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Man Killed Near Petersburg

A retired Waterloo man was killed last Tuesday afternoon when the truck he was driving collided with a train near Petersburg.

Dead is Edwin Brutzki, 65.

He was driving his pickup along Waterloo County Road 6, about one-half mile north of Highway 7 and 8 at Petersburg when the mishap occurred.

No one was injured on the train

Police said the truck was completely demolished. One spectator described it as crumpled like a piece of tissue paper.

Damage to the train was estimated by CNR officials at about $1,000.

A post mortem was performed last Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener.

New Hamburg Independent, January 15, 1969
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Edwin was one of seven children of Gottfried & Wilhelmina Brutzki. He was born in Oxford County in the year 1903.

Canada Voters List
1949 He was living with his sister, Lillian & brother Ivan at 9 Main St. in Waterloo.
1962 Edwin was living with Lillian at 9 Main St. Waterloo
1965 He was living at 9 Lodge St. Waterloo with Lillian.
Man Killed Near Petersburg

A retired Waterloo man was killed last Tuesday afternoon when the truck he was driving collided with a train near Petersburg.

Dead is Edwin Brutzki, 65.

He was driving his pickup along Waterloo County Road 6, about one-half mile north of Highway 7 and 8 at Petersburg when the mishap occurred.

No one was injured on the train

Police said the truck was completely demolished. One spectator described it as crumpled like a piece of tissue paper.

Damage to the train was estimated by CNR officials at about $1,000.

A post mortem was performed last Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener.

New Hamburg Independent, January 15, 1969
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Edwin was one of seven children of Gottfried & Wilhelmina Brutzki. He was born in Oxford County in the year 1903.

Canada Voters List
1949 He was living with his sister, Lillian & brother Ivan at 9 Main St. in Waterloo.
1962 Edwin was living with Lillian at 9 Main St. Waterloo
1965 He was living at 9 Lodge St. Waterloo with Lillian.

Inscription

Brutzki/ Ivan W. Brutzki/ 1907-1956/ Edwin Brutzki/ 1903-1969/ Rest in peace/



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  • Created by: Patrick Murphy
  • Added: Dec 9, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121484127/edwin-brutzki: accessed ), memorial page for Edwin Brutzki (10 Jun 1903–1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121484127, citing Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Patrick Murphy (contributor 47037730).