FUNERAL NOTICES FROM PAST ISSUES STRATHROY AGE-DISPATCH, "THE PEOPLE FILE" COLUMN:
Funeral service for Vivian Marie (Elvey) Bancroft of Strathroy was held on Aug. 23, 1999. She was the wife of Harold Bancroft.
Funeral service for Leonard Earl Matheson of Strathroy was held on Aug. 22, 1999. He leaves his wife Margaret (Tomlinson) Matheson, two children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Corine Bernadette (Grace) Hick of Watford was held on Aug. 26, 1999. She leaves her husband Harold Hick, four children, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for John Roes was held Aug. 28, 1999. A bricklayer in the Mt. Brydges area for over 40 years, he leaves his wife Margaret, three children, and six grandchildren.
Funeral service for Alice Mary Saunders of Strathmere Lodge was held on Sept. 4, 1999. She leaves two children, seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Maria do Rosario (Da Costa Rego) Pires of RR 3, Strathroy, was held on Sept. 8, 1999. She leaves four children, 12 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Elly Bulk of Strathroy was held on Sept. 6, 1999. She leaves her husband Sam Papadakos and parents Jake and Marg Bulk of Mt. Brydges.
Funeral service for John McLean of Strathroy was held on Sept. 2, 1999. He leaves one daughter and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for Catherine Elizabeth Govier (McPhail) of Strathroy was held on Sept. 25, 1999. She leaves two children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Linda Robinda (Cupskey) Hendry of Strathroy was held on Sept. 28, 1999. She leaves six children, eight grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Gracinda Oliveira Pinheiro of Strathroy was held Sept. 27, 1999. She leaves her husband Francisco Pinheiro, six children, 12 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Maria Emelia of Strathroy was held on Sept. 25, 1999. She leaves four children, 10 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Jean Isabel Evoy of Strathroy was held on Oct. 14, 1999. She died on Monday, Oct. 11 at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital.
Funeral service for Allen (Moe) Calcutt was held on Oct. 14, 1999. He leaves his wife May (Miller), four children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Gordon James Johnson was held on Oct. 27, 1999 in Strathroy. He leaves his wife Lenora (Ryan), three children, and five grandchildren.
Funeral service for Peter A. Watson of RR 3, Mt. Brydges was held on Oct. 22, 1999. He leaves his wife Sylvia Watson and three children.
Funeral service for Thelma Jean Williams (Fisher) of Mt. Brydges was held on Nov. 1, 1999. She leaves a son, a son-in-law, six grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Graham Francis McInnes of Strathroy was held on Nov. 3, 1999. He leaves his wife Nancy Jean McInnes (Edmonds), four children, seven grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
Funeral service for Manuel Freitas was held on Jan. 19, 2000. He leaves two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Thomas Gerald Healy of Strathroy was held on Feb. 11, 2000. He leaves his wife Evelyn (Benstead/Smith), one son, one grandchild, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Karl Heinz Krohn was held on Feb. 9, 2000. He leaves his wife Elda, two children, and two grandchildren.
Former Strathroy councillor Ross Kelly died in London on January 25, 2000. He was 77 years of age. He was first elected to town council in November 1997, but had to resign in September 1998 due to health problems.
Lorne Edward Freele Wyatt of RR 6, Strathroy, died on Jan. 27, 2000 at the age of 85. He leaves his wife Beulah (Whittle) Wyatt, three sons, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Helen Brouwer of Strathroy was held on Sat., Jan. 22, 2000. She leaves her husband Ted, two children, and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Brouwer was the owner of Brouwer Textiles in Strathroy.
Funeral service for John Beverley (Bev) Morgan of Strathmere Lodge, and formerly of RR 3, Kerwood, was held on Jan. 15, 2000. He leaves two children and five grandchildren.
Funeral service for Mary Charity Johnson of Kerwood was held on Jan. 18, 2000. She leaves seven children, 19 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Nell M. MacVicar was held on Jan. 16, 2000. She leaves a daughter Arlene of London.
Funeral service for Howard Alexander McLean of RR 1, Melbourne, was held on Jan. 7, 2000 at the Melbourne United Church. He leaves his wife Anne (McGill), four children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Mr. McLean served as a Middlesex County School Board trustee for over 30 years.
Funeral service for Johannes (John) Arnold Dortmans of Strathroy was held on Jan. 10, 2000. He leaves his wife Nellie (Peters) Dortmans, eight children, and 29 grandchildren.
Funeral service for Larry (Bart) Bartholomew of Strathroy was held on Jan. 12, 2000. He leaves his wife Barbara Anne (Magee) and one daughter.
Funeral service for Marie Faber was held on Jan. 3, 2000 in Strathroy. She was the wife of John Faber, and was mother to six children and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for Christena (Bain) Davis of RR 3, Appin, was held on Dec. 21, 1999. She leaves her husband Jim Davis, four children, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for Eleanor McGugan of Strathroy was held on Dec. 19, 1999. A resident of Strathmere Lodge, she was 91 years of age.
Funeral service for Olive Louise (Wardell) Currie of Craigwiel Gardens Nursing Home, Ailsa Craig, was held on Dec. 17, 1999. She leaves four children, 10 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Scott Brodie of Strathroy was held on Dec. 11, 1999. He leaves his wife Susan, and three children.
Funeral service for Dorothy (Calcutt) Evans of Strathroy was held on Dec. 10, 1999. She leaves her husband Bryan Lumley, two children, and two grandchildren.
Funeral service for Helen Levenia (Wyatt) Payne of Strathmere Lodge was held on Dec. 13, 1999. She leaves three children, nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
A well-known former resident Strathroy died last week. Fred Brown, who called Strathroy home for 40 years, died at his home in Bocabec, New Brunswick. He was 85 years of age. Mr. Brown was a life member of the Strathroy Lions Club and was involved in raising funds for many worthy causes. For many years he wrote a column for The Age on activites at the local golf club called "Off the Tee With FCB."
Funeral service for Doris Marguerite Dowding of Strathmere Lodge was held on Dec. 1, 1999. She leaves her husband Melvin of Kerwood, three children, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for Margaret Isabelle (Wyatt) Lamont of Chateau Gardens Nursing Home, Parkhill, was held on Dec. 3, 1999. She leaves three children and 10 grandchildren.
