Eddie Kerr
September 19, 2026
KERR, Edward Alexander
December 17, 1958 – September 19, 2026
Suddenly at Guelph General Hospital in his 68th year. Eddie was the youngest son of the late Gordon (2003) and Eileen (2010). He was predeceased by his brothers JD (1982) and Jack (2017). Survived by his brother Ken (Elaine) of BC, and five nieces and nephews.
A skilled woodworker and handyman, Eddie will be missed by many local residents who brought him furniture to repair, clocks to fix, lawnmowers and engines they couldn’t get to work, among many other jobs.
Eddie had a comical sense of humour, and anyone that met him would laugh hours later thinking about something funny he said or did.
Cremation has taken place and a private burial at Woodland Cemetery will be arranged. Memorial donations to the charity of one’s choice would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences and donations may be made at www.englandfuneralhome.com
Condolences
Dave was friends with Eddie since grade 2. He helped us with many projects and he had a great sense of humor. We will truly miss him.
RIP Eddie, you could always get it fixed.
— Ken and Karen, September 29, 2026We're longtime neighbours of Eddie with memories of the vegetable garden treats at our door and the repair shop talks. We send our condolences to Eddie's family. Regards from Bob and Aletha McArthur
— Bob and Aletha McArthur, September 28, 2026Dear Eddie, master of all thing mechanical, fixer of everything. We loved your sense of humour, your calm disposition and your enjoyment of conversation. We miss you, old pal.
Campbell and Dot Cork
To the Kerr family.
Very sorry to hear that Eddie passed away suddenly, he was a great guy and he could fix anything. He repaired a few things for us over the years that I was really to throw out. We will miss seeing him around town and the chats we had.
Peter & Lori Wells
To Ed’s Surviving Family:
In the 1980’s, before we excavated below the water table creating the small lake at the Mervyn Reeves pit on the 6th of Egremont, Ed and his father spent many Saturdays shooting high powered rifles.
On this one particular Saturday I took a load of crushed gravel out around 8 o’clock in the morning and they were there. When I returned at around 3 o’clock for another load they were still there.
We had an old Trojan loader with a screamin’ Jimmy diesel in it. They would halt their shooting whilst I put a load on, if for no other reason then the intense noise emitted.
I stopped and talked to them and it was then I realized they were sighting in numerous rifles belonging to various hunters getting ready for the upcoming season.
In the 1990’s I had a customer pay me in partiality for a basement repair with an old 12 gauge Ithaca.
I took it to Ed and he fixed the barrel and extractor. It was during this encounter I discovered that Ed was multi talented and quite comical.
Years later again, I approached Ed about re-igniting the sign that Marlene owns outside his window.
After about 5 years went by the sign substantially lost its illumination. I saw Ed one day and told him I’d get it shining brightly again. Ed told me to leave it as it was, he liked it better that way.
About 6 weeks ago I thought of Ed and his dad again as I aimed at a squirrel in our garage eating birdseed out of a plastic tub which he had chewed a hole thru.
He watched me intensely as I drew the scoped .22 up, aimed and pulled the trigger, and he continued to watch me intensely as I missed him by over 2 ft. and took out a small Christmas decoration hanging on the wall.
Finding someone to re-align that .22 didn’t come easy, explaining to me right there and then why Ed and his dad were so busy on those Saturdays 40 years earlier.
Sincerely
Randy Bye
Condolences to the Kerrs. Eddie was a great neighbour and buddy to me growing up he let me play and be a kid showed me the guns and played cards with me and bought my lemonade . I often was at the Kerrs as gord and Eileen were like grandparents to me . I loved it there it was safe and funny Eileen and I watched golden pond one night and Edie called it silver lake, he was a comical guy . Always laughing . I will remember him as calm and cool he was very good to his parents and well mannered . Eddie was great with woodsmithing and small engines and as an adult always had the same smile and wave up until about three weeks ago. I will really miss driving by looking in at eddies to see if he was out and about he was a unique and talented character .
— Trina Reid, September 25, 2026So sorry to here about the passing of ed only one cousin left in that family and ken is older than me hope he comes home so i can touch base rest in peace ed
— Rick young &ruth truax, September 25, 2026Our deepest sympathy to Ed’s family on his passing. He certainly will be missed by all who knew him. If Ed (Mr. Fixit) couldn’t fix something nobody could! RIP Ed.
Norm & Janet Freiburger