Thelma Evelyn Fillmore

1915 - 2000  (84 years)

• Name	Thelma Evelyn Fillmore
  Born	25 Jul 1915	Port Elgin, , New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Jan 2000	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Obituary	4 Jan 2000	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  	the Chronicle Herald
  	Obituary SMITH, Thelma Evelyn - 85, East Amherst, died January 3, 2000, in Highland View Regional Hospital, Amherst. Born in Port Elgin, N.B., she was a daughter of the late Richea and Bertha Fillmore. She was a member of the Shinimicas United Church and an avid supporter and honorary member of the UCW for many years. She had taught Sunday School, Mission Band, Explorers and supported the Red Cross. She had been a cook in many logging camps and had run several boarding houses in Amherst. She had lived in Ontario where she had run a boarding house and worked for Martin's Frozen Foods. Surviving are adopted daughters, Muriel Smith, Shinimicas, Barbara Yach, Shawville, Que.; 20 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; one great great-granddaughter. She was predeceased by her husband, Layton in 1997; foster daughters, Beryl Linton, Shirley Kenney; two grandsons; sisters, Pauline Smith, Agnes Linton; brothers, Ernest, Clem, Lloyd, Bruce. Visitation 2- 4, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, in Furlong's Funeral Home, Amherst. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, in Cumberland Memorial Chapel, Rev. Morley Bentley officiating. Burial in the Shinimicas United Church Cemetery. Donations to Sunrise Trinity United Church, Highland View Regional Hospital Foundation or Palliative Care or any charity. www.herald.ns.ca
  Buried	6 Jan 2000	United Church Cemetery, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I1767	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family ID

  F1905

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Layton Harris Smith,   b. Dec 1907, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1997, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1933	Somerville, , Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  Children	1. Muriel Eileen Macaloney   2. Barbara Jeanette Smith
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Jul 1915 - Port Elgin, , New Brunswick, Canada Married - 6 Jan 1933 - Somerville, , Massachusetts, United States Died - 3 Jan 2000 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Obituary - the Chronicle Herald - 4 Jan 2000 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  William Smith, Lily Oulton, Thelma Fillmore & Layton Smith William Renaldo Smith ( 1886 - 1961 ), son of Hibbert Harris Smith and Martha Isabel Jackson; his wife Lily Victoria Oulton ( 1887 - 1947 ), daughter of Rufus manuel Melvin Oulton and Sarah Jane Weeks; Thelma Evelyn Fillmore ( 1915 - 2000 ), married to Layton Smith; and Layton Harris Smith ( 1907 - 1997 ), son of William Smith and Lily Oulton

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] BOK0023 Book: So Soon Forgotten - Fillmore, p.393. [S767] Info: Robert L Smith, e-mail 27 July 2001. [S695] Obituaries: General, Thelma Evelyn Smith, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 4 Jan 2000. [S1304] Info: Joan (Trenholm) Pauley, Death Book. [S1134] Info: Lorne Smith. Smith-Jewell GEDCOM Oct 2002 citing Nathaniel Smith File [S48] BOK0023 Book: So Soon Forgotten - Fillmore, p.287.