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She was 86. She was the beloved wife of the late William S. Barchard who predeceased her in 1998. Mrs. Barchard was loved and cared for by dear friends Allan Paterson and Grant Goodick, of RR3, Wingham. She was the sister-in-law of Betty Elliott of St. Louis, Missouri and is also survived by three nieces. Cremation has taken place with Sympathy placement of ashes to be held later in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Memorial services will be held at Huronlea, Brussels at a later date. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be placed through McBurney Funeral Home, Wingham. KLAAS DE JONG Klaas de Jong of Blyth passed away at Seaforth Manor Retirement Home on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. He was in his 90th year. Mr. de Jong was born in St. Jacob, the Netherlands on June 13, 1914 and extended The Cranbrook community extend sympathy to Ben, Henni, Charlie, and Kathy Terpstra and their families on the passing of Henni and Kathy's father. Birthday wishes to Gord Mitchell, Jan. 14 and David Smith, Jan. 21. Despite poor weather, a number of people came out to play darts in Cranbrook on Jan. 7. New members will still be welcomed. Recording high scores for the night were Gary Evans with 111 and Pat Gillis with 87. Bible study will begin again at Mary Mann's home on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 9:30 a.m. Anyone interested should-call Mary at 887- 9588. As Rev. Theresa McDonald Lee was off on a week's holiday Shirley Bannerman and Ernie Naylor from Monkton Presbyterian Church conducted services on Sunday at ' Knox in Cranbrook. was the son of the late Ana and Hendrika (Krotje) de Jong. Mr. de Jong was a retired farmer and a member of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Blyth. He was the beloved husband of Anna (Zijm) de Jong. He was the loving father of Jacob and Margaret de Jong of Sackville, NS, John and Sharon de Jong of Teeswater, Trudy Huber of Listowel, Henny and Ben Terpstra of RR2, Atwood, Mary Ann and John Vernooy of RR3, Bright, Catherine and Charles Terpstra of RR4, Brussels, Lia and Jack Snell of Greeting at Melville Presbyterian Church last Sunday morning were Barry and Sharon Bondi and family. With Crystal McLellan as organist and Rev. Cathrine Campbell leading the service, The Lord Is My Shepherd was sung, followed by the congregational greeting and Psalm 29 read responsively. Scripture lesson for the service was Isaiah 43: 1-13; ACts 8: 9-25 and Luke 3: 15-22 with reader Kate Aitchison assisting Rev. Campbell. The sermon Water and the Spirit, discussed the importance of water. It's a source of hydro or power. People also know it in other forms such as snow, ice and weather. Water is used in the sacrament of baptism. Rev. Campbell referred to the passage in the Gospel of Luke where, after John is imprisoned by Herod, Jesus is baptized along with other people thus becoming one blessed by God. This affirms the covenant between God and man and thus begins Christ's ministry on Exeter, Peter and Joanne de Jong of Cayley, Alberta, Bill and Kim de Jong of Warren, Rick de Jong and Karen of Kitchener, Clarence and Sandy de Jong of Winnipeg and Steven and Marie de Jong of Kitchener. Mr. de Jong will be sadly missed by 40 grandchildren and 38 great- grandchildren. He is also survived by One sister-in-law Anna de Jong of Australia and by several nieces and nephews in the Netherlands and Australia. Mr. de Jong was predeceased by three granddaughters in infancy, three earth. Collection was taken by Bill King, Jeff Cardiff, Maurice Douma and Doug McArter, then sessions members moved to the front of the church to assist Rev. Campbell leading the congregation in the sacrament of communion. Afternoon Bible study will be held at ;the home of Helen Elliott on Thursday at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 is Melville games night at the church. This promises to be an evening of family fun. Ladies please bring lunch. On Jan. 19 the Maitland Presbyterial annual meeting will be held in Wingham Presbyterian Church with the theme, I Will Pour out my Spirit. You may inform Janna Dodds if you are able to attend. A gala celebration for all Scots or those who wish they were Scots will be held at Melville on Jan. 24 to celebrate the birthday of poet laureate, Bobby Burns. There will be an excellent menu, followed by sisters and two brothers. Friends were received at the Blyth Visitation Centre of the Falconer Funeral Homes Ltd., 409 Queen St., Blyth on Sunday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Parish prayers were held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Funeral mass was held at St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Brussels on Monday, Jan. 5 at II a.m. Interment will be in St. Ambrose Cemetery, Brussels. 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