On October 26, 1955,
the death
occurred at St. Martha’s Hospital,
Antigonish, N.S. of James Leo
McDonald,
well known and highly
esteemed citizen of Mulgrave N.S.
in his sixty-second year.
The deceased was born in Auld’s
Cove N.S.
the son of the late John and
Catherine McDonald.
He was a veteran
of World War 1,
having served overseas
with the Canadian Forestry Corps.
In
1928 he joined the Bridge and Building
Dept.
of the CNR and was promoted
foreman early in 1940.
Surviving are his wife the former
Mary Blanche Power
of Mulgrave; four
daughters Martina R.N. (Mrs. Gerald
Hatchette)
Antigonish; Patricia (Mrs.
Eric Blair) Brantford Ont.,
and twins
Imelda (Mrs. Eugene Benoit) Toronto,
Ontario; Corinne (Mrs. Robert Lidbetter)
Brantford Ont.,
five sons Basil, with the B
and B Mulgrave,
Neil, London Ontario;
Bertram and Sylvester
with the RCAF
Trenton, Ont., and Bernard engineering
student
St.F.X University Antigonish.
Two sisters Mrs. Edward MacQuarrie,
Inverness, Mrs. Edward DeCoste Auld’s
Cove
and six brothers, Mark Lawrence,
Anthony, Joseph, John
of Auld’s Cove
and William, Mulgrave, also thirteen
grandchildren.
The funeral Mass was said at St. Lawerence
Catholic Church,
Mulgrave with Rev. A.
MacDonald officiating.
Interment in St.
Lawrence Cemetery.
Pall bearers were
veterans of World War 1.
Obituary typed and submitted by Martina Hatchette.
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