Hermann Josef Nieweler

Hermann Josef Nieweler, 79, of North Vancouver, BC, passed away on June 10, 2015 as a result of complications related to cancer. He overcame multiple health challenges in his final 15 years, including being one of the oldest recipients of a kidney transplant in 2010. After receiving his new kidney, he became passionate about promoting and supporting the Kidney Foundation.

Hermann was born on August 25, 1935 in Neuenkirchen, Germany to Josef and Theresia Nieweler, and grew up with 3 sisters and 1 brother on the family farm. Trained as a finishing carpenter, he was encouraged by a visiting aunt from Alberta to immigrate to Canada, a dream that eventually came to fruition in April, 1957. He worked on many job sites in Edmonton, Uranium City, Yellowknife, Inuvik and Terrace, prior to settling in Vancouver in 1964, where he married his sweetheart Gertrud. They were married for 49 years and raised 3 children in North Vancouver.

Hermann's passion for serving people led him into the hotel business, where the idea of Hermann's Jazz Club took root, eventually leading it to become the longest running establishment in Canada, in the heart of downtown Victoria. Hermann leaves behind, his loving family, daughter Ingrid Reid and husband Fraser and their sons Tyler and Cameron, and sons Edward and wife Amanda and their sons Erik and Markus and youngest son Stephan and his sister Paula Voss in Bilk, Germany.

He was predeceased by his wife Gertrud in 2013, but now joins her for eternity.