Other Events:

• Misc: seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren
• Occupation: a farmer
• Obituary: 24 Dec 1971, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Obituary:


OBITUARY

AMHERST - W. Blair CHAPPELL, 85, formerly of Truemanville, Cumberland County, retired farmer, died Wednesday in Lockhart's Nursing Home, Amherst. Born at Head of Amherst, he was a son of the late Willis O. and Mary Ann (Wood) Chappell. Surviving are two daughters, Evelyn (Mrs. Carl Trueman), Truemanville; Ruby (Mrs. Raymond Brown), Athol; a son, Layton, London, Ont.; two sisters, Leona (Mrs. Robert Crossman) Tidnish; Alice (Mrs. Warren Black), Springhill; three brothers, Raymond and Rex K., both of Amherst; Lawrence, Brookdale; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Besides his parents, his wife, the former Vera Oulton of Lorneville; a daughter, Norma (Mrs. Frank Allen), and a son, Albert, predeceased him. The body is at Furlong's Funeral Home, Amherst, where funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m., Rev. Russell Harding officiating. Committal service will be in Highland cemetery receiving chapel. Interment will be in Truemanville in the spring.

W married Vera Mildred Oulton 29 Jun 1921, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Vera (daughter of Charles Edward Oulton and Ruby Jane Smith) was born Oct 1902; died 12 Jun 1951, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Truemanville Cemetery, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Albert Edgar Chappell was born Apr 1922; died 21 Jul 1922, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Truemanville Cemetery, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Evelyn Chappell was born 1923, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 9 Aug 2009, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Truemanville Cemetery, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. Norma Mae Chappell was born Abt 1925, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 4 Mar 1965, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Layton Walter Chappell was born 1927; died 17 Sep 2000, London, , Ontario, Canada.
5. Ruby Merrideth Chappell