- CA BWGPL 15319
Event Date : Friday, February 29, 1952
Event Type : Death
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Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Although for many years Mrs. George Geddes was known to have a serious heart condition, she led a normal and active life and her very sudden passing was most unexpected. Mrs. Geddes had been out of her home for the evening the night before her death. She lived alone in Barrie and during the night called a friend stating that she was ill. A doctor was immediately summoned but despite the good care she passed away the following day.Born in Bradford, September 3, 1886, the former Julia Ethel Robinson resided here until 1942. She attended Bradford schools, and, being a capable seamstress, did dressmaking in her early life. SHe married the late George Geddes in Bradford.Mr. and Mrs. Geddes were bereaved by the death of two members of their family of three. Their only daughter, Jean, passed away as a child and their elder son, Jack, gave his life overseas in the Second Great War. In 1942 the family moved to Barrie where Mr. Geddes died a few years ago. One son, George Alexander, resides in Barrie. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Gwendelyne Geddes of Bond Head, daughter of the late Jack Geddes, and Robert, Deanne and Kenneth, children of G. Alex Geddes; one sister, Mrs. Fred
Lotte of North Bay; and two brothers, Allie Robinson of Bradford and David Robinson of Palm Springs, California.The funeral was held on Monday, March 24, from the Lloyd & Steckley Funeral Home, Barrie.