Obituary for ~
Alphonse O'Leary
Unnamed paper, hand dated 1955:
Struck By Tree - Queensport -
Alphonse O'Leary, 64, was found Tuesday
morning
lying dead near a felled tree in The Backlands,
about three miles
from his Queensport home.
The body was discovered by one of his two sons,
who began a search for their father when he failed to return
from a wood
cutting expedition on Monday. Coroner Percy Moulton empanelled a jury
and
adjourned his inquest one week.
Mr O"Leary had set out alone early Monday.
When he did not return Monday
his family became alarmed and began a search
of the Backlands,
a district he frequented on wood-cutting trips.
Surviving
besides his wife are seven daughters,
Mrs Roy Dobson of Half Island Cove,
Mrs Mary Casey of Queensport,
Mrs Helen Turnbull in Ontario, Mrs Fancy of
Liverpool,
Mrs Durant of Pomquet, Mrs Percy George of Whitehead and Mrs
Nick Carter of Queensport.
Two sons, Thomas and Osborne also survive.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Obituary submitted and typed by Peggy Feltmate
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery Listing
