- A former resident of Almonte and more recently of 227 Dover Street, Preston, Ontario. Mrs. Susan Evelyn MacDonald, passed into rest at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Ontario, on Saturday, November 24th, 1973. She was in her 75th year.
Susan Evelyn Allison was born in Arnprior. Ontario, on April 7, 1899, a daughter of the late John Samuel Allison and the late Jemima Watchorn. She was educated in Arnprior schools and later became the first nurse to train at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.
She was married in Ottawa, on November 21st, 1935, to, James McKee MacDonald, who survives. Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald will be known to many in the area, having been in the fuel business in Almonte for several years, before moving to Preston - Cambridge, where they attended St. Andrew's United Church.
The deceased was a Past Matron of the Almonte Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving besides her husband are one son, James, of Galt-Cambridge, Ontario, and a daughter, Mrs. Don Klinkhamer (Sheila) of Nova Scotia. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Lucy Sands of New Dundee, and five grandchildren.
The funeral service was held |at the Comba Funeral Home, 127 Church Street, Almonte, on Tuesday, November 27th, at 2.30 p.m., with interment at Union Cemetery, Pakenham. Rev. Robt. J. McCrea conducted the services.
Honourary pallbearers were Alex Sands and Roy Munro. Active bearers were Pete Munro, Don Klinkhamer, Pat Allison, Herman Freitag, James Brown end Ross Campbell.
The Almonte Gazette November 29, 1973 page 10
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