WITMER, Christopher Drew

1960 - 2009  (48 years)

• Name	WITMER, Christopher Drew
  Birth	1 Nov 1960
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Oct 2009	Toyko, Japan
  Person ID	I14578	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	WITMER, John Tobias,   b. 3 May 1924, Deaconess Hospital, Buffalo, Erie County, NY d. 28 Jun 2005, Alden, Erie County, NY (Age 81 years)
  Mother	BOOTH, Marilyn,   b. 25 May 1928, Buffalo, Erie County, NY d. 20 Dec 2021, Cheektowaga, Erie County, NY (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1947
  Family ID	F6571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hiroko
  Children	1. WITMER, Charissa   2. WITMER, Cumi   3. WITMER, Irene   4. WITMER, Sophia   5. WITMER, Alethea   6. WITMER, Kristen   7. WITMER, Stephanie
  Family ID	F6579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Buffalo News - 1/24/09 Christopher D. Witmer, translator, worked in Tokyo since 1980 November 24, 2009, 7:06 AM Nov. 1, 1960—Oct. 15, 2009 A memorial service for Christopher Drew Witmer of Tokyo, Japan, an expert translator and a former Alden resident, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in Millgrove Bible Church, 11517 Genesee St., Alden. He died Oct. 15 when a vehicle struck him as he bicycled to work in Tokyo. He attended Calisanctius School in Buffalo, was a graduate of Alden High School and studied at Cornell University, St. John’s University, the University of Toledo and the University at Buffalo, where he studied linguistics and Japanese. A resident of Tokyo since 1980, he used his expertise in Japanese and English for various translation projects and traveled the world as personal interpreter and assistant to the president of the Erina Co., a health and beauty products company. Surviving are his wife of 23 years, Hiroko; seven daughters, Kristen, Stephanie, Cumi, Irene, Sophia, Alethea and Charissa; his mother, Marilyn B.; two brothers, John III and Michael; and three sisters, Pamela Mason, Jennifer Norris and Danielle Garas.