- CA BWGPL 20256
Event Date : Saturday, March 16, 1963
Event Type : Death
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Community : Bond Head
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Concession : 0
Description : Mrs. Alvina (Allie) Moss McAfee Faris passed away at Bond Haven Nursing Home, Bond Head, on Saturday, March 16, following eight years of invalidism after suffering a stroke.Born on
Concession 10, West Gwillimbury, on February 20, 1880, the late Mrs. Faris was the second daughter of the late Thomas McAfee and his wife Sarah O'Donnell. Her mother died when she was four years old and she was raised by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. McAfee. On December 3, 1902, she married the late Matthew Robert Faris, and they took up residence on
Concession 8 on what is now the Harrison Farm, and four years later moved to the home farm of Mr. Faris' father, James Faris, on the 6th Line, where Mr. Faris died in 1933. Mrs. Faris remained on the farm for a number of years after his death.Mrs. Faris was very active in the work of the Women's Institute, having served as a Branch president; District secretary; District president; County vice-president and also on the Provincial Board. For several years she served as a demonstrator and lecturer for the Women's Institute throughout the province and also as a judge at Fall Fairs for the Department of Agriculture. Mrs. Faris wrote several plays for the Women's Institute, which won in contests.Mrs. Faris was a member of Bradford Presbyterian Church and took an active part in the work of this church and of its W.M.S. of which she was a life member.She is survived by two sons, Lewis Emerson of Bradford and Matthew Robert of Vancouver; grandchildren, Jimmie, Bobbie and Flora; two half-sisters, Mrs. Nina
Street and Mrs. Neata Sarvis of Toronto, and a half-brother, Merland McAfee of Toronto.The funeral was held on Monday, March 18, from the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home with Mr. Williams conducting the services. Interment was in Auld Kirk Cemetery.The pallbearers were Murray Faris, Gilbert Faris, Wilfred Faris, Clarence Metcalfe, Graeme Darling, Arthur Mythson.