Other Events:

• Occupation: painter with Canadian National Express
• Misc: Feb 1994; two grandchildren
• Obituary: 4 Feb 1994, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

!BD:18 Apr 1923 - PER0212 BP:Amherst, NS

Birth:
date only

Obituary:

Obituary

SHEA, Douglas Vaughn - 70, 3 Lorne St., Springhill, died February 3, 1994, in All Saints Hospital, Springhill. Born in Amherst, he was a son of the late William A. and Lillian Maude (Brown) Shea. He was a member of All Saints Anglican Church, Springhill and Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 17. He served overseas during the Second World War with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and later in the Army Medical Corps. His working years were spent with Canadian National Express as a painter. He is survived by his wife, the former Nellie Jean Simpson; son, William Owen, Springhill; daughter, Barbara Jean (Mrs. Delbert Amon), Riverview, N.B.; brother, James D., Dartmouth; two sisters, Mrs. Muriel Gould, Mrs. Betty Smith, both of Amherst; two grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three brothers, Jack, William, Ronald. Visitation will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today in A.H. Brown Funeral Home, Springhill, where a legion service will be 7 p.m. tonight and where funeral will be 2 p.m Saturday, Rev. Glenn Eason officiating. Spring burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Springhill. Family flowers only. Donations may be made to Canadian Cancer Society or any charity.
[From the Halifax Chronicle Herald / Mail Star Newspapers, published 4 February 1994, page C3; or the Halifax Herald Limited CD., posted to NSCumber 23 Apr 2012 by Kathryn Jeffers]

Douglas married Nellie Jean Simpson 9 Jun 1947, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nellie (daughter of Earle Owen Simpson and Annie Evelyn Robinson) was born 11 Apr 1925, Bayview, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 21 Apr 2012, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Barbara Jean Shea
2. William Owen Shea