Event Date : Monday, December 27, 1965
Event Type : Death
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Community : Barrie
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Description : The recent very sudden death of Mr. Roy Bell at his Barrie home was followed on December 27, 1965, by that of his wife, who passed away in Barrie Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Bell never appeared to recover from the shock of her husband's death.Born at Rugby, Oro Township, Mr. and Mrs. Bell were married there in 1912, and lived at Elmvale until 1919 when they came to West Gwillimbury in the Fennells district, remaining there until their retirement to Barrie in 1947. While in West Gwillimbury she was a member of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Coulson's Hill, and since going to Barrie of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.Mrs. Bell is survived by her daughter Marion (Mrs. William Watt) of Bond Head; her son Kenneth of Barrie, and grandchildren, Jean, Bob and Mary Jane Watt, and Gary, Don and Jimmy Bell; also a sister, Mrs. Margaret Pearson of Orillia. Rev. Ross Adams conducted the funeral services from the Steckley Funeral Home, Barrie and interment was made in St. John's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.The pallbearers were her nephews, Bob Pearson, Clarence Baynes, Ken Hughes, Ray Gillespie, Tom Bell and John Bell.