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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.

Event Date : Friday, December 04, 1964
Event Type : Death

Description : Died at York County Hospital, Newmarket. Of Bradford, beloved husband of May Patience, dear father of George and Stan, and dear brother of Walter and Harry, both of Bradford, Mrs. W. Adair (Ella) of Newmarket, Mrs. I. Metcalfe (Jessie) of Bradford. Service was held from the Bradford United Church, Dec. 7, with interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.

Event Date : Saturday, November 13, 1948
Event Type : Death

Description : Husband of the late Margaret Wallace and father of Walter, Frank, Henry, Ella (Mrs Wesley Adair) and Jessie (Mrs Ivan Metcalfe) died at the home of his son Walter in Bradford. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford. Additional information in The Bradford Witness, November 24, 1948 page 5.

Event Date : Wednesday, July 04, 1973
Event Type : Death

Description : Died at York County Hospital, Newmarket, in his 90th year. Of R.R. 2, Bradford, beloved husband of the late Mary Evans and dear father of Grace (Mrs. Herb Black), Stroud, Irene (Mrs. Victor Turner), Bradford, Clarence, R.R. 2, Bradford, Ernest, Ottawa and the late Ruth and Joseph. Loving brother of Harry, Bradford, Eli (Mrs. Wes Adair), Newmarket, Jessie (Mrs. Ivan Metcalfe), Bradford. Predeceased by 1 brother and 3 sisters. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Resting at the Lewis Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe St., Bradford. Service in the chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery.