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Event Date : Tuesday, October 20, 1964
Event Type : Death
Community : Bond Head

Description : Died at the Bond Head Nursing Home. Beloved wife of the late William George Faris, and dear mother of Gordon of Rolphton, Ont., and Murray of Bradford, and dear grandmother of Mrs. J. S. Church (Mary Lou) of Ghana, Paul of Toronto, Susan, Allan and Jean, all of Bradford. Resting at the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home, Bradford. Service Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Scotch Settlement Presbyterian Church. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

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.

December 24, 1984
Birth

FARIS--Allan and Heather welcome with joy, a son, Joshua David, born Dec. 24, 1984 at 11:2 p.m. A grandson for Blake Constable and Murray and Ruby Faris. A great grandson for Hazel Kell.