Event Date : Friday, May 03, 1935 Event Type : Death
Description : Passed away in his home at the age of 67. Had been in failing health for the past couple years, but was still able to go about his business. Is interred in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Rev. C. H. Forth conducted the service.
"Yesterday afternoon Mr. Geo. Stoddart met with a serious accident. He was working on the new school building at Middleton, and the scaffold on which he was standing at the time gave way precipitating him, and Mr. Fred McKay, to the ground a distance of about 25 feet. Mr. McKay escaped unhurt, while Mr. Stoddart sustained a broken leg at the ankle. The nature of the break is considered to be quite serious, and may mean amputation of the right foot."