Item 21580 - Davey, Donald Gordon obituary

Newspaper article

Event Date : Tuesday, June 14, 1966
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto, Ont.

Description : Donald Gordon Davey, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Davey of Bradford, passed away at Doctors' Hospital, Toronto, following a brief illness, on Tuesday, June 14, at the age of 62. Born at Bradford, Gordon Davey attended Bradford public and high schools and for a time did marsh gardening here, before going to Toronto where he had been in the fuel business for a considerable number of years. Mr. Davey took an active part in sports, having been a lacrosse and hockey player, and later his recreation was hunting and fishing. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Davey is survived by his wife, the former Constance Townson, of Toronto; one son, Donald William Davey of Toronto; three sisters, Catherine (Mrs. G. Barnes), and Margaret of Bradford, and Leona (Mrs. J. Lukes) of Midland; and four brothers, Oswald of Bradford, Minto (Scotty), William (Mac), and Archie, all of Toronto.The funeral was held on June 16, from the Funeral Home of MacDougal and Brown, with interment in Pine Hill Cemetery.Six nephews of the deceased were the pallbearers.

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The Bradford Witness
Wednesday, June 22, 1966
Vol. 101, No. 25
Page 5
Microfilm Reel # 83