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Charles Faurer
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Born at Winnipeg on 20 May 1907, son of Max Albert Faurer (1877-1945) and Rachel Rosenthal (c1881-1971), he graduated with an Architecture degree from the University of Manitoba (1938). During the Second World War, he worked as an architect with the Royal Canadian Engineers.
Following the war, he worked with the architectural firm of Green Blankstein and Russell. In 1962, he partnered with Myer Kurnarsky in the architectural firm of Kurnarsky and Faurer. He also designed theatrical and choir sets. He was a member of B'nai B'rith and Manitoba Association of Architects.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 1L-525 Lanark Street, on 14 February 1975 and was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery. He was survived by wife Lillian Faurer (c1918-2001) and their daughter, Marcia-Anne Faurer (c1953-1995).
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
123 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg
1952
Canada Safeway Supermarket
Rosser and Sixth, Brandon
1959
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Max Faurer, Ray Rosenthal], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Drama group scores with one-act plays,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 November 1944, page 3.
Death registration [Max Albert Faurer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Supermarket expansion,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 July 1959, page 28.
“Kurnarsky and Faurer,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1962, page 37.
Obituary [Rachel Faurer], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 June 1971, page 14.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 February 1975, page 41.
Obituary [Lillian Faurer], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 2001.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 September 2024
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