Tuesday 6 June 2017

Swan - Marshall



A while back I wrote about Viola's parents and old obits including the names of the pallbearers; Viola's obit is no different and like her father, a Vincent was one of them.
courtesy of Jody Marie MacKeil - Find A Grave
Unknown Paper, 15 Oct 1970
VIOLA MAY SWAN, 69, West New Annan, died at Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche after a lengthy illness on September 8. She was the daughter of the late George and Catharine Marshall. She is survived by her husband, Leonard Swan, four sons: Warren, of Point Tupper, N.S.; Earl, London, Ont.; Arnold, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba; and George, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton; four sisters: Mrs. Muriel Lord, Saybrook, Conn.; Olive (Mrs. Russell Mingo), The Falls; Minnie (Mrs. Sherman Tuttle), Wentworth; and Mrs. Marguerite MacIntosh, Truro; and one brother Ernest Marshall, Mansfield, Mass., 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The funeral service was held from West New Annan United Church on September 10 conducted by Rev. A.G. Kelloway and a former pastor, Rev. Gordon Decker, of Nappan. Pallbearers were John MacKay, John Johnson, Elmon Bell, Laurie Swan, Frank MacDonald and Delbert Vincent. The service at the graveside was conducted by Rev. Mr. Butt of United Church, Port Hawkesbury.
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Chronicle Herald, 21 Sep 1973

WARREN MARSHALL SWAN, 52, Point Tupper, died Wednesday in Halifax Infirmary. Born at West New Annan, he was a son of Leonard Sean and the late Viola (Marshall) Swan. He is survived by his wife, Christene; one son, Ivan, St. John's Nfld.; four daughters, Peggy (Mrs. Eldon Cock), Truro; Eleanor (Mrs. Frank Langley), Montreal; Linda (Mrs. John Ryan), Point Tupper; Shirley (Mrs. Martin Gillis), Point Tupper; three brothers, Earl, Stratford, Ont.; Arnold, Halifax; George, Sydney Mines; and nine grandchildren. The body is at Bonnyman Funeral Home, Tatamagouche. Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from West New Annan United Church, Rev. A. Kelloway and Rev. Boyd Butt officiating. Interment will be in Bell Gift Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to Canadian Cancer Fund would be appreciated

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