The 1980s - Obits - Haggart, MacKay, Schiappa

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Chronicle Herald, Mon, 28 Sep 1987
William Garvin Haggart – Toronto, and formerly of New Glasgow died Friday at home. Born in New Glasgow he was a son of the late James and Ruth (MacDonald) Haggart. He is survived by three sisters: June Nichols – New Hampshire; Bonnie Demetre – Trenton; Evangeline – Dartmouth; two brothers; James – Edmonton; Donald – Truro; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Kenneth; a sister, Elizabeth Irving. The body is at R.H. Porter Funeral Home, New Glasgow visiting Tuesday at 2 p.m. Funeral service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Bethel Presbyterian Church, Pictou Landing, and Rev. Brian Weatherdon officiating. Burial will be in Murray’s Point Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. He was buried on 29 Sep 1987 at Murray Point Cemetery in Lower Barney's River, Pictou Co, Nova Scotia.

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Chronicle Herald, Mon, 28 Sep 1987
Charlotte Abigale MacKay – 78 [68], of The Ponds, Merigomish died Sunday in Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow. Born in New Glasgow she was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Arbuckle) Mason. She was a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Merigomish. She is survived by a son, Lawrence – The Ponds; three sisters; Mrs. Eva Winott – Bridgewater; Hilda (Mrs. Ed Roy) – Merigomish; Shirley (Mrs. Paul Baltzer) – Aylesford; and two grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Cecil and three sisters; Ruby, Emily, and Virginia. The body is at the R.H. Porter Funeral Home, New Glasgow. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Merigomish, Rev. Pat Rose officiating. Burial will be in Murray’s Point Cemetery.

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Muriel E (Hamm) Schiappa, 64, of 1672 Pleasant St, Athol, Mass, died Tuesday March 11, at her home after a long illness.  Her husband, Ugo Schiappa, died in 1983.  She had lived in Athol for six months, coming from Keene, NH where she resided for 20 years.  Born in Winterport, she was the daughter of Eugene and Daisy (Arbuckle) Hamm.  She is survived by a daughter, Rose Marie Schiappa of Athol; four brothers, Rudolph Hamm of Merrow, Conn, Raymond Hamm of Norwood, Mass, William L Hamm of Dexter, and Walter L Hamm of Belfast; eight sisters, Cecilia Small of Norwood, Mass, Christina Wheeler of Lindley, Ny, Kathleen Smith of Warehouse Point, Conn, Ethel Bevereage of Hamden, Conn, Carlene Carrano of New Haven, Conn, Ann Wardwell of Searsport and Dorothy Dyer of Manchester, NH; an aunt, Marjorie Wadleigh of Winterport; two uncles, John Arbuckle of Winterport and Lewis Arbuckle of Dexter; several nieces, nephews and cousins.  The funeral was Friday, March 14, from the J Edward Murphy Funeral Home, with a Mass at ten o'clock in the Church of Our Lady Immaculate.  Burial was in the St Joseph's Cemetery, Keene, NH.