Born at Steinbach in 1927, son of Jacob J. Reimer (1900-1981) and Anne Friesen (?-?), he came to Winnipeg in 1935 and graduated with an Architecture degree from the University of Manitoba (1949). He worked as an architect, initially at Edmonton (Alberta) and later in London (England) before returning to Winnipeg in 1956. He practiced in partnership with Malcolm Donald MacLeod in the firm of MacLeod and Reimer. He and wife Cynthia had a son and two daughters. He died at the Tache Nursing Centre on 31 July 1981.
See also:
Manitoba Business: MacLeod and Reimer / MacLeod Webster and Berman
“Malcolm Donald MacLeod and Norman Earl Reimer,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 June 1956, page 36.
Obituary [Jacob J. Reimer], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 1981, page 51.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 5 August 1981, page 58.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 May 2023
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