Event Date : Friday, April 17, 1953
Event Type : Death

Description : Died at Toronto General Hospital. Dearly loved husband of Juliana Schmidt of Bradford, Ont., dear father of Mrs. L. H. Wyman (Katherine) and Carolyn. Rested at the Ryan & Odette Funeral Home, 1498 Dundas St. West (at Dufferin). Funeral, Monday at 9 a.m., to St. Patrick's Church, McCaul St., for requiem mass at 9:30. Interment McGann's Cemetery, Bradford.

Event Date : Tuesday, August 28, 1979
Event Type : Death

Description : One of the Holland Marsh pioneers, John Wist Sr. died last Tuesday (August 28) at York County Hospital in Newmarket. He was 83. Born in Yugoslavia, Mr. Wist emigrated to Canada in 1927, residing first in the west, then moving to the Leamington area. He and his wife Elizabeth worked on a sugar beet farm weeding for $12 an acre - tough work that lasted from sunup to sundown. Forty years ago, Mr. Wist and his family settled in the Holland Marsh where he cleared a five-acre parcel of land. He built a home on the King Rd. near the Fourth Concession, carrying every piece of lumber for the house the distance of one mile. Back in those days work really meant work" his son John Jr. commented. While he officially retired about 30 years ago Mr. Wist still kept busy on the family farm near the Muck Research Station. He helped with the back-breaking job of clearing the land and his son recalled one incident where his father had fallen during the clearing operations. Shrugging off the pain Mr. Wist suggested more work could be done on the drainage ditches. It was only later that he discovered he'd cracked two ribs in that fall. For the past two years Mr. Wist and his wife lived in retirement in Bradford. He became ill about one month ago. Mr. Wist leaves his wife Elizabeth Ernst and his son John Jr. He is predeceased by his son Frank. He also leaves a brother Mike of Toronto, grandsons Jim, Rick, Gary, and Paul, and great-grandchildren Kim, Teressa and Jaimie. Friends called at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home in Bradford and funeral mass was held at the Holy Martyrs of Japan Roman Catholic Church last Friday. He was buried at the Holy Martyrs Cemetery in West Gwillimbury Township."

Event Date : Monday, June 06, 1960
Event Type : Death

Description : Suddenly, at his home, R.R. 2, Bradford, on Monday, June 6, 1960, Charles Copeland, beloved husband of Fredda MacPherson and loving father of Betty (Mrs. Leonard Jeffery) and dear brother of William. Resting at the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home, Simcoe St., Bradford, for service on Thursday, June 9 at 3:00 p.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.

Event Date : Sunday, May 07, 1995
Event Type : Death

Description : Peacefully at Streamway Villa Nursing Home, Cobourg, after a long illness. Nee Crate. Wife of the late Jobe Morris. Predeceased by her stepson Wilfred Morris, and survived by his wife Betty of Barrie and their children Jean Richard of Kenora and Bryan Morris of Pembroke as well as four great-grandchildren. Sister of Daisy of Cobourg and Mary of Lancaster. Predeceased by James, Fred and Clara. A longtime member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a lifelong member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and active with the Cobourg and District General Hospital Auxiliary. Funeral service at the MacCoubrey Funeral Home, Cobourg, followed by cremation. In memoriam donations may be made by cheque to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Event Date : Friday, May 30, 1975
Event Type : Death

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, on Friday, May 30, 1975. Ada Gardner, beloved daughter of Bertha and the late H.F.S. Gardner, beloved sister of Tom. Friends called at the Lathangue and Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe St., Bradford. Service was held in the Chapel, Sunday, at 4:00p.m. Interment Newmarket Cemetery.

Event Date : Monday, June 14, 1999
Event Type : Death

Description : Peacefully, after a courageous struggle with cancer, at York County Hospital, Newmarket, in his 73rd year. Of the Holland Marsh. Husband of Rita (VanAlebeek). Father of Annette of Beeton, Irene and her husband Mark Bergeron of Ottawa, and Kelly of Kitchener. Son of the late Julia and the late Mike Grencer. Brother of Mary and her husband Ken Smith of Toronto, Gigi of Cole Hickling and Mathieux Bergeron. Visitation at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford. Funeral mass at the Holy Martyrs of Japan Church, Bradford. Interment in Holy Martyrs Cemetery. Donations to the York County Hospital Foundation, Newmarket, would be appreciated.

Event Date : Tuesday, July 05, 1938
Event Type : Death

Description : Passed away suddenly, in his 68th year, while working his land in the Holland Marsh. Husband to Ethel A. Williams. Was instrumental in establishing the Holland Marsh after moving to Bradford from Guelph where he was a professor at the Ontario Agricultural College.Is interred in Woodlawn cemetery in Guelph where Rev. Vaughan conducted the service.

Event Date : Sunday, November 10, 1957
Event Type : Death

Description : George Pierce Macartney, Phar. D., M.B., M.D., C.M., who was born in Bradford on April 28, 1866; who left here at the age of fifteen, and returned two years ago to spend his last years here, died on Sunday, November 10, at the age of 91. Dr. Macartney enjoyed remarkably good health for a man of his years until a few weeks before his death. When George Pierce Macartney left Bradford in 1881 he went to Thorold to apprentice in pharmacy in his uncle's store, and in 1886 he obtained his Ontario Pharmacy degree. He then attended University of Toronto and secured his M.D. degree in May, 1891. In 1895 he married Miss Marie Niles of Chatham, New York, and then, being resident in New York, he secured his Pharmacy degree, City of New York, in July 1899. Later he practised in Niagara Falls, N.Y., as a medical doctor for a few years before going to Stratford, Ontario, where for about forty years he practiced as a medical doctor and operated a drug store, being assisted in the latter by his nephew, Edward Niles, who took over the drug store upon Dr. Macartney's retirement, but who predeceased his uncle this past year. Dr. Macartney was bereaved by the death of his wife in 1944, and after her death he went to live with his sister, Miss Anne Macartney in Midland. Miss Macartney died in December, 1954, and Dr. Macartney remained in Midland for a year before coming to Bradford where he spent the past two years with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fuller. Dr. Macartney is survived by a nephew, Frank Macartney of Toronto, and two nieces, Misses Grace and Edith Macartney of Thorold. Another nephew, George Niles, is in Florida. Dr. Macartney was a member, and active in the work, of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Stratford.The funeral was held from the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home, Bradford, on Tuesday, November 12, and interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.The Pallbearers were members of Bradford Rotary Club, namely, W. Fuller, V. Coutts, J. Everitt, F. Maurino, C. Ritchie, N. Porter.

Event Date : Sunday, December 30, 1945
Event Type : Death

Description : Husband of Alberta Kneeshaw died in his Bradford home in his 43rd year. He was born in Nottawasaga Township moving to West Gwillimbury in 1921. Interment in St. John's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.

Additional information in The Bradford Witness, January 9, 1946 page 5.

Event Date : Friday, November 12, 1943
Event Type : Death

Description : Widow of George Reilly died in her Bradford home in her 69th year.