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Event Date : Friday, December 04, 1964
Event Type : Death
Description : A resident of West Gwillimbury Township since childhood, Mr. Frank L. Brown did not rally from a heart seizure after his return home from attending a meeting held by the congregation of Bradford United Church on the evening of Wednesday, December 2. He was moved to York County Hospital where he passed away on Friday, December 4, at the age of 79. Mr. Brown was born in Whitchurch Township, York County, coming to West Gwillimbury in boyhood. He attended White Rose School in Whitchurch Township and later Mount Pleasant School in West Gwillimbury and there began his life as a farmer, on Concession 10, later in 1931, purchasing the farm on Concession 5, in the Scotch Settlement, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1931 Mr. Brown married Agnes May Patience, in Toronto, who survives him, with their two sons, George and Stanley, both of R.R. 1, Bradford. Also surviving are two brothers, Walter E. Brown and Harry W. Brown, both of R.R. 2, Bradford, and two sisters, Ella (Mrs. Wesley Adair) of Newmarket and Jessie (Mrs. Ivan Metcalfe) of Bradford. He was predeceased by a daughter, Frances, and three sisters. Mr. Brown was a devout member of Bradford United Church and had been an elder of that church for the past twenty-three years. The funeral was held from the church on Monday, December 7, with interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Rev. D. J. Lute conducted the services. The pallbearers were Murray Faris, Walter Lloyd, Clarence Brown, Lorne Metcalfe, Chas. T. S. Evans and Thos. Gardner.
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The Bradford Witness
Wednesday, December 16, 1964
Vol. 99, No. 51
Page 5
Microfilm Reel # 82
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- Frank Brown (Subject)
- May (Patience) Brown (Subject)
- George Brown (Subject)
- Stanley Brown (Subject)
- Walter Brown (Subject)
- Henry Brown (Subject)
- Ella Adair (Subject)
- Jessie (Brown) Metcalfe (Subject)
- Frances Brown (Subject)
- D.J. Lute, Rev. (Subject)
- Murray Faris (Subject)
- Walter Lloyd (Subject)
- Clarence Brown (Subject)
- Lorne Metcalfe (Subject)
- C.T.S. Evans (Subject)
- Tom Gardner (Subject)