1960s Obits - Langille & Simpson

A couple obits that I have...

Martin - courtesy of GenealogyBluff

Martin Wallace Langille married Elizabeth Ethel 'Lizzie' Whidden - she's a granddaughter of Samuel Whidden & Sophia Vincent.    

Elizabeth - courtesy of Heather Gorrie Mahoney

Lizzie died 26 Apr 1938 and Martin died 24 Mar 1962 and they are both buried at the Robie St Cemetery in Truro, Nova Scotia


Unknown Paper,  Mar 1962
TRURO - Martin Langille, retired CNR conductor, of Truro, died Saturday.  Mr. Langille, 77 years if age, was born at Hilden, son of William and Nellie Langille of that community.  He began his railroading career with the CNR as a brakeman in 1903. He later became conductor and ran for the most part between Halifax and Moncton until his retirement in 1947.  He was a conductor of the first train to arrive in Halifax the day of the Halifax explosion in 1917.  He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and also of the First United Church, Truro.  Surviving are two daughters, (Margaret, Mrs. Wilbur MacRae), West Newton, Mass.; Eleanor, Mrs. Donald Arnold, Truro; and two sons, Carl and William, both of Truro.  His wife and a third son predeceased him some 17 years ago.  The body is resting at the Kennedy Memorial Residence , Truro, and funeral services will be held from there Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. , Rev. Stanley MacQueen, First United Church, officiating.  The remains will be placed in the Lewis Memorial Vault at Robie Street Cemetery and burial will take place later.



James Willis Simpson, the oldest son of William Simpson & Catherine Vincent was born in 1892 at Wentworth, Nova Scotia.  He married a Bostonian named Lillian Cecilia Thalin and had 2 children, Dorothy & Walter.

Fitchburg Sentinel, Sat, 15 Nov 1969
Lunenburg Man Accident Victim, Dies At Hospital
James W Simpson, 78, of 941 Massachusetts Ave, Lunenburg, died this morning in Burbank Hospital of injuries sustained in an accident Oct 22, when the car he was driving on Route 2A hit the curbing opposite 160 Massachusetts Ave, Lunenburg, and struck a utility pole.  Mr Simpson was born in Nova Scotia and lived most of his life in Worcester and Foxboro before coming to Lunenburg 11 years ago.  He was associated in real estate sales with the Hickory Hills Corp.  Prior to retirement, he worked for the Union Twist Drill Company in Athol as a production foreman.  He leaves his widow, Mrs Lillian (Phalin) Simpson; a son, Walter Simpson of Cleveland, Ohio; a sister, Mrs Gladys Clare of Yarmouth Port and brother, Earl Simpson of Worcester and two grandchildren.  The Longstreet Funeral Home, Worcester is in charge of funeral arrangements which are incomplete.