Roy Gibbons

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Died:
1945, Thursday June 21, The Almonte Gazette page 4

?b?Mr Roy Gibbons?/b?
There passed away in Ottawa Civic Hospital on June 14, Mr Roy Gibbons, son of the late Mr and Mrs Alexander Gibbons of Almonte. He was educated in Almonte Public and High Schools. A veteran of the First World War, he served as a gunner in the 74th battery and later in the Army of Occupation in the Rhineland. For the past 16 years he had been employed as a postal clerk in Ottawa. The funeral service was held on Saturday afternoon with Rev Richmond Craig officiating. Left to mourn his loss besides his wife, the former Mary Lawrie and daughter Helen, are two brothers, Joseph and Ira Gibbons of Almonte, four sisters (Annie) Mrs P.B. Morris Kewagama, P.Q.; (Margaret) Mrs Wm McCallum, (Hannah) Mrs Eddie Gilmour, Almonte and (Jennie), Mrs Wood, Fordville, North Dakota. Included in the many floral tributes were a basket from the Post Office Dept City Delivery and a spray from the Atthewell Past Noble Grands Club. The pallbearers were Messrs C. Johnston, Geo Munnery, Edward Skipworth, Cyril Osborne, Thomas Gerrard and Carson Kearns all of Ottawa. Interment was in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte. Relatives from out of town who attended the service were Mr and Mrs R.J. Burnside, Peterborough; Mr and Mrs J. Gibbons, Ira Gibbons, Mr and Mrs Wm McCallum, Mr and Mrs Ed Gilmour, and Miss P. Houston, Almonte; Mrs Peter Morris, Kewagama, Mr Wm Leckie Sr., Mr Wm Leckie Jr., of Burnstown; Mr and Mrs R.J. Gibbons and Mr and Mrs F. McNeely, Smiths Falls; Mr John and Alfred Gibbons, Northcote.

Family/Spouse: Mary Violet Lawrie. Mary (daughter of William Lawrie and Rebecca McCann) was born on 11 Dec 1899 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Dec 1963 in Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 6 Dec 1963 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]