7. | Garnet Joseph McCracken (1.Mary1) was born in 1917 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Oct 2003 in Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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Died:
From Ottawa Citizen, 22 Oct 2003:
?b?McCRACKEN, Garnet Joseph?/b?
Died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at Extendicare in Peterborough on Monday, October 20, 2003 in his 86th year. Garnet was the beloved husband of Dorothy Margaret (nee Aitken) for over 55 years. Much loved and gentle father of John McCracken and his wife Evelyn of Peterborough, Ken McCracken and his long time friend Marion Wehner of Toronto and Janice and her husband Kevin Pichette of Burlington. "Poppa" to Conor and Finbar McCracken; Caitlin and Colleen Pichette. Dear brother of Gladys and her husband Otto Groskorth of Newmarket; brother-in-law of Lillian McCracken of Ottawa. Garnet was pedeceased by his parents Robert and Mary and his brothers Earle, Bruce and Nelson and his wife Hazel and sister Kathleen and her husband Jim Bedell. He retired after 20 years as an elementary school teacher for the Peterborough Board of Education after having served 25 years in the R.C.A.F. Garnet was a member of The Golden Tones Choral Group for many years; an avid Petes fan; an Elder of St. Andrew's United Church. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday at COMSTOCK FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTRE, 356 Rubidge Street, Peterborough, (705) 745-4683. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 24, 2003 at St. Andrew's United Church, 441 Rubidge Street, with Reverend Ann Foster officiating. Cremation will follow with interment in Carleton Place. Memorial donations to a charity of choice would be appreciated by the family.
Garnet married Dorothy Margaret Aitken on 25 Sep 1948 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Dorothy (daughter of John Aitken and Mary Carmel Crawford) was born on 1 Aug 1923 in Ashton, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Nov 2009 in Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Susan McCracken
died in 1952; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 9. William McCracken
was born in 1953; died in 1953; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 10. Nancy McCracken
died in 1956; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 11. John McCracken
- 12. Ken McCracken
- 13. Janice McCracken
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