Settlers of Highlands East

Mathew Spillenaar

Male 1913 - 1998  (85 years)


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  • Name Mathew Spillenaar 
    Birth 18 Apr 1913  Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Jun 1998 
    • Matthew W. Spillenaar, a retired millwright, died Wednesday (July 8, 1998) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital after a brief illness.

      Spillenaar, 85, of Burt Circle, was born in Pittsburgh and lived in Lewiston for the past 25 years. He also lived in Niagara Falls for 35 years.

      Spillenaar worked as a millwright for the General Motors plant in the Town of Tonawanda for 30 years, retiring in 1978.

      He was a member of Lodge 132, F&AM, in Niagara Falls and was an avid hunter and fisherman.

      His wife, Reta G. Hunter Spillenaar, died in 1991.

      Survivors include a son, Keith; a daughter, Barbara Everett of Apple Valley, Calif.; a brother, John of Kitchener, Ont.; two sisters, Ruth Jabel of Lindsay, Ont., and Alyda Dewey of Gooderham, Ont.; and two grandchildren.

      Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Hardison Funeral Home, North Fourth and Ridge streets. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton. [n/fischer]
    Person ID I5458  Settlers of Highlands East
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2019 

    Family Reta Gwendoline Hunter,   b. 17 Jun 1913, Gooderham, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1991 (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 30 Aug 1934  Haliburton, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F1466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2017 

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, Reg# 12005-34, MS 932.