The Citizen, 2011-04-14, Page 29THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011. PAGE 29.GEORGE MCCUTCHEONGeorge Elgin McCutcheon of
Brussels passed away on Monday,
Feb. 28, 2011 at Seaforth
Community Hospital.
Born in Morris Township on Sept.
24, 1922, George was in his 89th
year.
Friends will be received by
George’s family one and a half hours
prior to a celebration of George’s life
at Brussels United Church on
Saturday, April 16 at 2 p.m. This
service will be preceded by a
Masonic memorial service
conducted under the auspices of St.
John’s Lodge No. 284 A.F. and A.M.
Burial will take place at St. John’s
Anglican Church (McCutcheon)
Cemetery in Morris Township.
George was the Reeve of the
Village of Brussels from 1956 to
1962. In his final year he served as
Huron County warden.
George was a life member of both
the St. John’s Masonic Lodge No.
284 A.F. and A.M. and Brussels
Lions Club, of which he was thepresident from 1961 to 1962.
While McCutcheon Motors was
first established by Harry
McCutcheon in the 1930s as a repair
service on his farm, George
purchased the business, along with
John L. Rice, from the McCutch-eon
estate. The pair named their business
Riverside Motors and from May of
1946 to 1949, the pair had signed as
an associated Chev-Olds dealership
in conjunction with Seaforth Motors.
Later in 1949, George bought out
Rice and in 1950 a direct General
Motors franchise was granted for the
village of Brussels and the
surrounding area.
In 1952 the building where
McCutcheon Motors continues to
operate today was constructed and in
1958.
George was the beloved husband
of 47 years of the late Barbara Jean
(Thynne) and will be sadly missed
by his daughters Barbara Vonne
Brister of Orillia and Pauline Anne
Clarke and her husband Rick ofOrillia, his grandchildren Jordan
Brister, Alexandra Brister and Jason
Reid, Michael and Nicole Clarke
and Paula and Peter Gorgachuk. He
will be missed by his brothers Jack
and his wife Esther McCutcheon,
Bob and his wife Jeanette
McCutcheon and Mel and his wife
Lois McCutcheon, his sisters Berva
Rice and Marg and her husband
Bernell Smith and his sister-in-law
Betty McCutcheon.
George was predeceased by
brothers Casey, Fred, Lorne and Bill
and his sister Anne Bryans.
At the request of George, as well
as his family, a celebration of
George’s life will take place this
spring with interment at St. John’s
Anglican Church (McCutcheon)
Cemetery, Morris Township.
As an expression of sympathy,
memorial donations may be made to
the Canadian Cancer Society or the
Brussels United Church.
Online condolences may be made
at www.schimanskifamilyfuneralhome.com
JOHN PURVIS
Mr. John Stanley Clayton Purvis
of Listowel, and formerly of Ethel
passed away at Listowel Memorial
Hospital on Friday, April 8, 2011.
He was in his 85th year.
John was the beloved husband of
the late Pearl (Gibson) Purvis, dear
father of Ken and Denise Purvis of
RR 1, Ethel and Cindy Purvis and
Derek Elliott of Kitchener and
grandfather of Nick and Ainsley
Purvis.
He was the brother of Wesley and
Ruth Purvis of Tavistock and
brother-in-law of Mavis Gibson of
Burnaby, B.C., Ruth and Elmor
Parrish of Trowbridge, and Mary
Steinhaus of LeRoy, Michigan. John
is also survived by many nieces and
nephews.
Visitation was held at First Baptist
Church, Listowel on Monday, April
11 from noon until the time of the
funeral service at
1 p.m. Interment is in MountPleasant Cemetery, Ethel.
Memorial donations to First
Baptist Church, Listowel would be
appreciated and may be made
through the Eaton Funeral Home,
Listowel.
Online condolences may be left at
www.eatonfuneralhome.ca
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