{"id":76778,"date":"2020-09-23T09:24:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=76778"},"modified":"2020-09-23T09:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:24:24","slug":"bregman-robert-a-age-89-teeswater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2020\/09\/bregman-robert-a-age-89-teeswater\/","title":{"rendered":"Bregman, Robert A. (Age 89, Teeswater)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76779 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/09\/355f2253-bregman.jpg\" alt=\"Bregman, Robert A. (Age 89, Teeswater) \" \/>Robert A. (Bob) Bregman, 89 years old, passed away at St. Joseph\u2019s Hospice, Sarnia on September 20, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob was recently a resident at Brookside Retirement Living in Watford and formerly of Teeswater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob is predeceased by his son Keith, and is survived by his wife, Agnes; children, Robert (Sharon), Joanne (Harvey) and Christine (Vince); grandchildren, Philip (Kristel), Amanda (Ben), Alan (Amanda), Carla, Pieter (Chelsy) and Francesca; and, great- grandchildren Timothy, Samuel, Carter, Andrew and Ivy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob was born to Jan and Heiltje Bregman on October 10, 1930 in Holland.\u00a0 Bob moved with his parents and siblings Henk (deceased), Ann and John, to Canada in 1949 settling in the Exeter area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He married the love of his life, Agnes, in 1954.\u00a0 In 1960, Bob and Agnes moved to Culross township, six kilometers west of Teeswater, and started dairy farming. He was very active in the Teeswater community serving as Agriculture Society president on two occasions. A long-time member of the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture, Bob served 12 years as an area representative. As well, he was an active member of Knox Presbyterian Church in Teeswater and sang in the choir for many years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A public drive-past visitation will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Teeswater (7 James Street West), on Thursday September 24, 2020 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.\u00a0 Please approach travelling north on Brownlee Street then east onto James Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The funeral service to honour Bob\u2019s life will take place at Knox Presbyterian Church at 2:00 p.m., with Rev. Owen Kim officiating.\u00a0 Due to provincial restrictions, please RSVP if you wish to attend the funeral service by calling the Tiffin Funeral Home (519-392-6011) and using the link found under the \u201cservice details\u201d tab on the funeral home website.\u00a0 Masks are mandatory for all attendees at the funeral service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private family interment at Culross-Teeswater Cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to The Canadian Foodgrains Bank<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(a partnership of Canadian churches and church-based agencies working to end global hunger) would be appreciated and may be arranged through the Tiffin Funeral Home, Teeswater.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portrait and memorial online at www.tiffinfuneralhome.ca<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert A. (Bob) Bregman, 89 years old, passed away at St. Joseph\u2019s Hospice, Sarnia on September 20, 2020. &nbsp; Bob was recently a resident at Brookside Retirement Living in Watford and formerly of Teeswater. &nbsp; Bob is predeceased by his son Keith, and is survived by his wife, Agnes; children, Robert (Sharon), Joanne (Harvey) and","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4789,3949,23],"class_list":["post-76778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-bregman","tag-obituary","tag-teeswater"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 06:02:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2020\/09\/bregman-robert-a-age-89-teeswater\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76778","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76780,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76778\/revisions\/76780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}