William John "Bill" Toop

1919 - 1975  (56 years)

• Name	William John "Bill" Toop  [1]
  Nickname	Bill
  Birth	28 Sep 1919	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Bill Toop  [1]
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206153905
  _FGRAVE	206153905
  Death	17 Nov 1975	Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	1975, Thursday December 4, The Almonte Gazette page 2 William John Toop The death of Mr William John Toop of Pembroke occurred in hospital at Pembroke on Monday, November 17, 1975, following an illness of five months. He was 56. Mr Toop was the owner and operator of Sofspra Car Wash at Pembroke. He was a veteran of the Second World War, having served with the R.C.A.F. from 1941 to 1945. He was employed for several years in construction work with the Department of Highways, Chisholm Construction and Dibblee Construction. Mr Toop was an ardent hunter and fisherman. He was a member of Zion United Church, Pembroke. Born in Ramsay Township on September 28, 1919, he was a son of the late Charles Gordon Toop and his wife, Margaret M. Doucett. On August 29, 1944, he was united in marriage at Almonte to the former Elsie (May) Naismith, who survives, together with two daughters, Roxanna (Mrs R. Banon), Victoria, B.C., and Margo (Mrs G. Thom), Pembroke. Also surviving are six brothers, Arthur of Carleton Place; Frederick, Almonte; Harry, Arnprior; Albert, Almonte; Ewen, Ottawa, and Aylmer, R.R. 3, Carleton Place, and two sisters, Mary (Mrs L. Gimble), Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A. and Maybeth (Mrs L. Goyne), Spokane, Wash., U.S.A. He was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy, in 1935. The body rested at the Malcolm and Deavitt Funeral Home, Pembroke, both afternoon and evening, Tuesday, November 18, before being taken to the Kerry Funeral Home, Almonte, on Wednesday, from whence the funeral was held on Thursday afternoon with burial at Auld Kirk Cemetery. Rev J.H. Getz of Pembroke conducted the funeral services. Pallbearers were Harvey Cochran, Clare Paul, Don Wall, Bob Burton, David Naismith and Jim Toop.
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I20290	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Gordon Toop,   b. 22 Sep 1880, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Dec 1954, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Margaret Matilda Doucett,   b. 29 Apr 1893, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Aug 1969, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1912
  Family ID	F2025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie May Naismith,   b. 9 Jun 1920, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Sep 2016, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	29 Aug 1944	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F6875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Sep 1919 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 29 Aug 1944 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 17 Nov 1975 - Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, "William John Toop," 4 Dec 1975, p. 2. (Reliability: 3).