The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-06-23, Page 19• obituary
Lueimow Sentinel, Wednesday,, June 23, 1982 -,Page 19
Former
Cyril Aubrey Higgins
Cyril Aubrey Higgins of
Pinecrest Manor Nursing
Home, Lucknow ' and former-
ly of Dungannon, died at
Wingham and District Hos-
pital on June 6, 1982; at the
age of 89.
Born in Ashfield Township
on March 17, 1893, he was
the son of the late Robert
Higgins and Rabina Caesar.
Jr. Farmers
give prizes
The June meeting of the
West Huron Junior Farmers
was held Monday, June14 at
Brookside School,
People who ordered coats.
will be able to get them
Monday, June . 21 at Brook-
side School.
The tickets for the raffle
sold fairly well, the draw
" . made last Saturday night
June 19 at Ron Machan's.
Harold Knox of Blyth won
first prize, a card table and
chairs. Glen' Naylor of •God-
erich won second prize, a •
16" fan.
The group will be catering
July 3 and will have a booth
"at • the Ladies' ball tourna-
ment and
ournament`and at the. Tractor Pull.
Colin Snyder • introduced
the guest speaker, Mac
Campbell from Campbell's
Cameras in Goderich. • He
gave a short talk• on good
compositionn photography
featuring colours and •, the
Great Lakes and . its Ships.
ungannon man dies at Pinecrest Nursing Home
He worked, as a mechanic
in Detroit for 50 years before
retiring to Dungannon.
He is survived by his
second wife, Mary 'McCourt
of Pinecrest Manor, whom he
married on June .7, 1979 in
St: Augustine..
He is also survived by.. a
son, Jack Higgins of Mt.
Clements, Michigan, and a
sister Elizabeth Treleaven of.
Wingham.
He was predeceased by hii
first wife, Mary Curran and a
son, Bobbi Higgins.
The funeral service . was
held from the MacKenzie
and McCreath Funeral Home
in Lucknow on June 8, 1982
at 2.30 , p.m. Rev: George
Garratt of Lucknow conduct-
ed the service.
Pallbearers were Robert
Higgins,Joseph Higgins,
Patrick Higgins, Donald Cur-
ran, Grant Curran and 'Paul
Curran.
Flower. bearers were Kelly
Higgins, Kim Higgins, Sus-
an Chisholm and Kim Hilver-
da.
Burial followed in Dungan-
non Cemetery..
Fanny [Wall] Wraith
The sudden death occur-
red Tuesday, June 8, 1982 in
Wingham, and District Hos-
pital of Mrs.. John. RodwelI
Wraith of 290 Minnie Street,
Wingham, formerly of Luck -
now. She was in her 75th
year:
Mrs. Wraith was the form-
er Fanny Elizabeth Wall and
was born . in Culross Town-
ship on May. 20,A908. Her
parents were the late Wilson
Ira Wall and Annie Pinnell.
Her husband predeceased
her in 1978.
' Mrs, Wraith is survived by
two sons, Rodwell : Wraith of
Wingham and Eldon Wraith
of Sarnia;, and ' six grand-
children. One sister, Mrs.
Len (Hope) Conley of St.
Marys, and one brother,
Gordon Wall of Wingham,.
also survived. She was pre-
deceased by one sister, Mrs.
Bert (Emma) Moffat, and.
three brothers, Lincoln, Les-
lie and Ira..
Mrs. Wraith .was a mem-
ber of St. Andrew's Pres-.
byterian. Church and also
belonged to the Lucknow
Women's Institute, the Mait-
land Women's Institute
(Wingham), the Mary Hast-
ings Club, the Wingham
Senior Citizens' Club and the
seniors' bowling league.
The late Mrs. John Wraith
rested at the Currie -Walker
Funeral Home where friends
paid their 'respects until
Thursday when Rev. Paul.
Mills conducted service at
twobzclock.
Final resting place is Lang
side Cemetery, Kinloss Cem-
etery.
Pallbearers ' were Bill
Wraith, Jim Albrecht, Brian.
Wall, . David Wall, Jim Mof-
fat and Jim Collinson. Two
grandchildren, ' Cheri and
Scott Wraith, carried floral
tributes to the graveside.
Frank Henry Johnston
Frank ,Henry Johnston
passed away , at Wingham
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and District Hospital on
Monday, June 21, 1982 in his
90th year.
Resting at MacKenzie and
McCreath . Funeral Home
from Tuesday, June 22 at
8.00 p.m., the funeral will be
on, Thursday, June 24.
The Rev. Hugh Nugent
will officiate. Burial is in
Greenhill Cemetery.
George L. MacDonald
George L MacDonald of
St. Petersburg, Florida, for-
ynerly of R. 1 Lucknow, died
on May 18, 1982.
Born on September 13,
1901, * he was the son of the
late Frederick L MacDonald
and Catherine MacDoug-
all. He worked in Detroit and
subsequently bought a farm.
in the Sandusky area of
Michigan.
He lived in Michigan from
the age, of 18 until five years
ago when he retired to Flor-
ida.
He was predeceased by his
wife.
• Mrs. Emma I. Alton
Mrs. Emma I. Alton died
at Pinecrest Manor Nursing
Home in Lucknow on May
17, 1982.
Emma' Issabelle Woods
was born in West Wawanosh
Township, the third daughter
of the, late William. Woods
and former Isabelle Barbour.
She was predeceased by
two sisters and two brothers;
also by her first husband,,
Richard (Dick) Martin, in
1961 and her second ilus
band, Walter Alton, in. Dec-'
ember of 1981.
Emma attended public
school in West Wawanosh
and graduated from business
college in Wingham.
She married Richard. Mart-
in on September 16, 1916,
and they made their home on
the Martin homestead on the
fourthconcession of Huron
Township where Emma took
an active part in church and
community organizations.
Following ¶he death of her
husband in 1961, Emma
moved to Lucknow where she
married Walter Alton, June
14, 1968.
Emma Alton is survived by
one brother, Elmer Woods of
Wingham; one daughter,
Laurine, Mrs. T. Allan Mac-
Donald . of Kincardine; one
son, Austin Martin of Luck -
now; three grandchildren,
Ann MacDonald, Marilyn
Martin and Richard (Rick)
Martin; one stepson, Frank
Alton, and seven step -grand-
children. '
The funeral for Emma
Alton was held May 19 in the.
MacKenzie and McCreath
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Warren McDougall Officiat-
ing.
Interment was at Ripley
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Russell Alton, Ira Dickie,
Leonard Maclnnes, Robert
Osborne, Harry Scott and
Warren Zinn.
Flower bearers were Rick
Martin and the three step
grandsons, Gordon, Kevin
and Jamie Alton.
Mildred A. Kaon
Mildred A. Spence, belov-
ed wife of the; late William
Henry Karn, died at .the
Oshawa General Hospital on
Wednesday, May 26, 1982.
Sheis survived by a
daughter, Viriginia Wisener
of West Vancouver, B.C.,
and grandchildren, Eliza-
beth, Robert, Thomas, Stev-
• en, Jeffrey and Brian.
She was predeceased by a
son, William S. Karn and her
husband.
A private family service
was held, at the Armstrong
Funeral Home, Oshawa; Sat-
urday, May 29, 1982 at 11,
a.m.
Interment followed in. Osh-
awa Union Cemetery.
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