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CA BWGPL VS-1900-10437
Item
1946-11-06

Event Date : Tuesday, November 05, 1946
Event Type : Death

Description (pg1): "Town Constable Passes; Walter Reeves, Well Known Resident and Police Officer, Falls to Rally from Attack; Walter Reeves, Bradford's genial town constable and former lacrosse star, who suffered a heart attack about two weeks ago, died at his home here yesterday morning. The funeral will be held from Trinity Anglican Church tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. An obituary will appear in next week's issue."

(pg 5) REEVES - At his home, Bradford, Ont. on Tuesday, November 5, 1946, Walter A. Reeves, beloved husband of Sarah Saint and father of Mrs Harvery Marks (Dorothy). Resting at his late residence. Funeral on Thursday at 2 o'clock. Service in Trinity Church at 2.30. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Masonic brethren please meet at Lodge rooms at 1.30."

Bradford Witness

Reeves, Walter obituary (long)

CA BWGPL VS-1900-10438
Item
1946-11-13

Part of Vital Statistics

Event Date : Tuesday, November 05, 1946
Event Type : Death

Description : Husband of Sadie Saint and father to Mrs Harvey Marks (Dorothy) died in his home after a seizure from thrombosis. Mr Reeves was a Town Constable for Bradford. He was born in England and moved to Bradford at 13. Member of the Bradford lacrosse championship team of 1908-09. Rev. H.G. Blake conducted the ceremony and interment is in St. Pauls' Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.

Bradford Witness

Husband Slays Sleeping Wife, then Kills Self; Bradford baker Shoots Wife, Suicides

CA BWGPL LHC-Event-Cri-2016-09-09-04
Item
1940-01-22

Part of Local History Collection

"Bradford, Jan. 21 - Tragedy struck deep in a Bradford family shortly after midnight, Saturday, when Frank W. Stephenson, 32-year-old baker, shot and killed his sleeping wife and then sent a rifle bullet crashing into his own brain..."

The Globe & Mail

Wife and Husband in Double Tragedy

CA BWGPL LHC-Event-Cri-2016-09-22-01
Item
1940-01-24

Part of Local History Collection

"Mystery, beyond the understanding of the closest friends of the family, surrounds the horrifying tragedy of the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. ("Bud") Stephenson in their home above the Bradford Bakery, in which business the former was a partner, sometime about midnight on Saturday. ..."

Bradford Witness

Wife Shot, Husband Dead, Baby sleeps on in crib

CA BWGPL LHC-Event-Cri-2016-09-22-04
Item
1940-01-22

Part of Local History Collection

"Bradford, Jan 22 - A few hours after Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stephenson had been happily skating at the community rink here their bodies were found in their bedroom by their five-year-old daughter, Joan..."

Toronto Daily Star

Walter Reeves Badges complete collection

CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-ReevesBadges-2017-04-06-11
Item
2017-04-05

Part of Local History Collection

Full board of Walter's badges, medals, and pins. It also includes his photograph, pocket watch, and a souvenir badge of the Dallas Police Department

Bill Marks

Auxiliary OPP badge

CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-ReevesBadges-2017-04-06-12
Item
2017-04-05

Part of Local History Collection

Fabric badge for the Auxiliary OPP detachment, attached to the Walter Reeves badge collection. The Auxiliary OPP Force came into practice in 1960, after Walter had died, so it could have been acquired as a memento to his work.

Bill Marks