Aida May Toop

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ada Toop
• Name: Ada Wray Toop
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Died:
1959, Thursday April 2, The Almonte Gazette page 4

?b?Mrs Stuart King?/b?
After an illness of several months there passed away at the Rosamond Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 26th, Ada May Toop, beloved wife of Stuart King and mother of Tom King, in her 59th year. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W.A. Toop. She was born in Ramsay Township and lived her live in the Ottawa Valley. In June 1934 she was united in marriage to Stuart King of Tatlock. A year later they moved to Almonte. Mrs King was a member of the Almonte United Church. Although she did not enjoy good health herself, her life was devoted unselfishly in ministering to those who needed her help. Beside her husband and one son, she leaves to mourn her passing, three sisters, Mrs A.A. Waddington (Millie), Montreal; Mrs John Root (Lillie), Orton; Mrs Haines Root, (Pearl), Orton and two brothers, Oliver, Pakenham and Orval, Napanee, as well as many nieces and nephews. The funeral service was held from the Comba Funeral Home on Saturday afternoon with Rev J. Ray Anderson officiating. Interment was in Auld Kirk cemetery. The pallbearers were nephews, Sidney and Billie Storie, Clarence Raycroft, Cecil King, Billie McVey and Lawrence Toop. Many floral tributes and expressions of sympathy were received testifying to the esteem in which Mrs King was held.

Aida married Stuart Smith King on 23 Jun 1934 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Stuart (son of Thomas Duncan King and Catherine "Kate" Taylor Hanson) was born on 21 Jun 1901 in Darling Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Nov 1972 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 21 Nov 1972 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Tom King
• Name: Tommy King
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Died:
Predeceased by his parents Stuart and Ada (Toop) King, his stepmother Agnes (Gillie) King, and his beloved daughter Valerie.

Tom enjoyed a wide range of jobs over the years including a posting to Germany while he was serving in the Canadian Army. He enjoyed meeting people and made friends wherever he went, as well as volunteering with the Lanark Township Fire Department, the Snow Road Snowmobile Club, Lanark Civitan Club, the Children's Aid Society, and the Eganville Legion.

Tom enjoyed playing classic country music throughout his lifetime, and was a frequent entertainer at the monthly jams in Lanark, Perth, Smiths Falls, McDonald's Corners, and Eganville.

Interment of ashes will be at Guthrie United Cemetery, Clayton.

Thomas married Donna Isabel Rintoul on 10 Sep 1966 in Clayton Village, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Donna (daughter of John Galbraith Rintoul and Laura Thompson) was born on 13 May 1944; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]