{"id":112535,"date":"2026-08-18T11:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=112535"},"modified":"2026-08-18T11:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:24:15","slug":"bouwknegt-ralph-age-79-listowel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2026\/08\/bouwknegt-ralph-age-79-listowel\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouwknegt, Ralph (Age 79, Listowel)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2026\/08\/f716e3f8-center-266x305-14682073.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112536\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ralph \u201cSparky\u201d Bouwknegt of Listowel and formerly of Gowanstown passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family at the Listowel Memorial Hospital on Wednesday in his 80th year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Husband and best friend of Marie. Father of the late Ron. Cherished grandfather of Kirsten &amp; Chris, and Mackenzie. GG to Iris. Brother of Gary. Brother-in-law of Audrey. Fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cremation has taken place. The family will receive friends at the Eaton Funeral Home, Listowel this evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memorial Service of Remembrance in the Knox Presbyterian Church, Listowel on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatonfuneralhome.ca\/memorials\/ralph-sparky-bouwknegt\/5736295\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eatonfuneralhome.ca\/memorials\/ralph-sparky-bouwknegt\/5736295\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click HERE to read full obituary. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ralph \u201cSparky\u201d Bouwknegt of Listowel and formerly of Gowanstown passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family at the Listowel Memorial Hospital on Wednesday in his 80th year. Husband and best friend of Marie. Father of the late Ron. Cherished grandfather of Kirsten &amp; Chris, and Mackenzie. GG to Iris. Brother of Gary.","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12632,5,1490,7],"class_list":["post-112535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-bouwknegt","tag-eaton-funeral-home","tag-gowanstown","tag-listowel"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-25 14:16:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2026\/08\/bouwknegt-ralph-age-79-listowel\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112537,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112535\/revisions\/112537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}