McPHEE, George Thomas - well known, Brunswick Street Resident and native of West Indian Road, Hants County, passed away Sunday morning at the age of 77. The deceased had been in ill health for the past three months and his death was not entirely unexpected. the late Mr. McPhee suffered an eye injury during the Great War while employed in a munitions factory here, the effect of which a short time later he became totally blind. He bore the affliction with great patience and cheerfulness and was usually in the best of spirits. He was a fine violinist and this along with his favorite pastime of playing checkers on a special board, helped him to bear his misfortune with a smile. He was a faithful member of the First United Church and before he was handicapped attended regularly. Mr. & Mrs. McPhee celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary last December. He is survived by his wife, sons, Elmer and Mosher of Truro; Howard of Randolph, Mass.; Clyde, Cambridge, Mass.; daughters Ruby (Mrs. C. A. Brown) Truro; Ethel (Mrs. Kenneth MacKenzie) Truro, 21 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. The funeral was held from the home of his daughter Mrs. C. A. Brown. Interment Robie Street Cemetery

1941
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McPHEE, Elmer - well known railwayman and resident of Salmon River, passed away in Boston late Friday night, according to word received here by his family on Saturday. Several weeks ago Mr. McPhee accompanied by his wife, went to the United States for medical treatment and on Friday took a turn for the worse, passing away late last night. His father the late Thomas McPhee, passed away on Sunday last. Mr. McPhee was born at West Indian Road, Hants County and would have reached his 49th birthday on this coming Tuesday. He came to Truro about 30 years ago, when his parents moved here and has resided here ever since. He had spent about 23 years in the service of the CNR here and at different times when work was slack on the railway had worked at the Brookfield Creamery and in the insurance business. He is survived by his wife the former Emmeline Whidden and four children, Guy, Evelyn, Electa and Iris at home and a son Alfred and daughter Elsie by a former marriage, who both live in Truro. He is also survived by his mother, brothers Mosher, Howard, and Clyde, sisters Ethel and Ruby. The remains will be brought to Truro on Monday and the funeral will be held from his late residence on Wednesday. Interment Robie Street Cemetery.

1941
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MASON, Mrs. Minnie - At Centre Rawdon, March 11, Mrs. Minnie Mason, widow of Judson Mason, passed away, aged 79 years, after a brief illness. She was a daughter of the late Judson and Rachael Williams of Rawdon Gold Mines. Coming from the U.S. as a bride to the hillside home fifty-one years ago she made many friends who sorrow at her going. A devoted wife and mother, yet in the midst of a busy life, raising her large family, she found time always to extend a helping hand to those in trouble or on sick beds. A faithful member and supporter of the Rawdon Baptist Church she will be much missed as well as in the missionary society in which she took a deep interest. Her step-daughter Clara Mason in India will miss her sympathy and interest in her work. Mrs. Mason was the mother of ten children of whom six survive: Edith, wife of Theodore Foster, Spiers, Sask.; Alice, Mrs Welton McLearn, South Rawdon; George, Stanley; Bessie, Mrs Issac Pineo, Marshfield Hills, Mass.; Howard at home, and Ida, Mrs. Ralph O'Brien, Scotch Village. Also twenty-nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and three step-children, John, Sutherland, Sask., Clara, missionary in India, and Leila, Mrs James B. Blois, South Rawdon. The funeral services were conducted on March 14, conducted by Rev. Frances Dawson. The body was laid to rest in the family lot on the hill top at Rawdon.

March, 1941
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McLEOD, Mary - Windsor - June 23 - The death occurred at Payzant Memorial Hospital this morning of Miss Mary McLeod, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David McLeod, Three Mile Plains, following an attack of spinal meningitis. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon from her parent's home. Surviving are her parents, two brothers Harold and John, and a sister, Minnie.

Monday June 30, 1941
The Halifax Herald, Halifax, N. S.

WEISNER, James A. - Newport Station, Sept 2 - The death occurred Wednesday evening of James A. Weisner at the P. M. Hospital, Windsor, aged 78 years. He is survived by four sons, Roy of Windsor; Harris of Bridgewater; Charles of Canard and Lawson of U.S.A.; and by four sisters, Mrs. Wallace Collicutt, Cannan; Mrs. Scott Sarty; Mrs. D. Armstrong and Mrs. Richard Awalt.

Wednesday, September 3, 1941
The Halifax Chronicle, Halifax, N. S.