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W Blair Chappell
1886 - 1971 (85 years)-
Name W Blair Chappell Born 5 Sep 1886 Amherst Head, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Misc seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren [4] Died 22 Dec 1971 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [2, 3, 4] Obituary 24 Dec 1971 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [4] the Halifax Chronicle Herald
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.
Occupation a farmer [4] Buried Truemanville Cemetery, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] Person ID I2212 Arthur - Research Last Modified 23 Apr 2007
Family ID F13693 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Vera Mildred Oulton, b. Oct 1902, d. 12 Jun 1951, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 48 years) Married 29 Jun 1921 Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada [2, 3, 5] Children 1. Albert Edgar Chappell, b. Apr 1922, d. 21 Jul 1922, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 0 years) 2. Evelyn Chappell, b. 1923, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 9 Aug 2009, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 86 years) 3. Norma Mae Chappell, b. Abt 1925, Truemanville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 4 Mar 1965, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 40 years) 4. Layton Walter Chappell, b. 1927, d. 17 Sep 2000, London, , Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) 5. Ruby Merrideth Chappell Family ID F555 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Died - 22 Dec 1971 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Obituary - the Halifax Chronicle Herald - 24 Dec 1971 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S761] Info: Ferrin Leavitt, GEDCOM received Sep 1999.
- [S1022] Cemetery: NS, Truemanville: Truemanville Cemetery, Cemetery 6, marker A-67 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1485] Info: Kathryn Jeffers, e-mail 5 Nov 2006.
- [S695] Obituaries: General, W Blair Chappell, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 24 Dec 1971, copy provided by Kathryn Jeffers (Reliability: 2).
- [S821] Vital Stats: NB, Marriage, F19680/B4/1921/6065 (Reliability: 3).
- [S761] Info: Ferrin Leavitt, GEDCOM received Sep 1999.