Obituary for ~
Kenneth Lumsden
Unnamed paper, hand dated 1954:
Mayor K E Lumsden of Canso Mourned;
Was Aged 41 Years:
Canso, June 23 -
Although he had been seriously ill for some months
and only recently had
returned from
the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax,
the sudden passing on
Thursday, June 17, about 11 pm,
of Kenneth E Lumsden, Mayor of Canso
for
the past several years, came as a shock to his family
and the citizens of
Canso as a whole.
The late Mayor Lumsden, who was 41 years of age,
was the
local agent of the Imperial Oil Co,
the proprietor of the Canso Garage,
and
the Canso-Antigonish daily bus service.
He had been prominent in the
business and civic affairs
of Canso for a number of years being at the time
of his death Chairman of the School Board,
an Executive member of the Board
of Trade,
and Vice-president of the Canso curling Club.
Surviving besides
his widow, the former Bertha Meagher of this town,
are six children, Paul,
Elaine, Anne Marie, Barbara, Maureen, and Karen,
all at home; his parents,
Mr and Mrs Ernest Lumsden, Canso;
one sister, Beatrice (Mrs Davis) of
Venice, California;
and three brothers, Ronald, Elliot and Russell, all of
Canso.
The funeral, which was very largely attended,was held on Monday
morning
with requiem high mass at the Star of the Sea Church at 10 am.
Most
Rev M E McLaughlin, PP officiating, assisted by Rev Father Power of Port
Felix.
The hours from 8 am to 12 noon had been declared a period of
mourning
by the Town Council and business places were closed for those
hours.
The students of Canso School from Grade VII up and Grade IV,
attended the funeral procession in a body.
D MacDonnell of Antigonish
represented the union of NS Municipalities
at the funeral. Pallbearers were
Acting mayor,
Walter McNeary, Ed. Richard, James Fogarty, George Lewis,
Harry Rattray, and Gordon Munroe.
Obituary submitted and typed by Peggy Feltmate
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