Mary Irene Terrio

1914 - 2006  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Irene Terrio
  Born	19 Aug 1914	Mill Creek, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Nov 2006	Gables Lodge, Amherst, N.S.   [2]
  Obituary	2 Dec 2006	Halifax, NS   [3]
  	Halifax Hearld
  	Obituary MELANSON, Irene - 92, Amherst, passed away in Gables Lodge in Amherst on Thursday, November 30, 2006. Born in Mill Creek, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Jennie (DesBarres) Terrio. Irene was a long term member of Nativity of Our Lady Parish, and Nativity of Our Lady Parish CWL; past president, she was a recipient of the Maple Leaf Service Pin. She was an amateur historian and genealogist who researched and compiled many families' histories. Irene was awarded the Canadian Heritage Award for the restoration of St. Denis' Church in Minudie. She will be sadly missed by her husband, Fred Melanson, West Amherst; sons, Warren (Anne Matheson), Halifax; Arnold (Eleanor), Truro, and Gerald (Patricia Robertson), Halifax; grandchildren, Andrea, Nadine, Sarah and Joseph; great-grandson, Nicholas; sister, Francis Legere, River Hebert; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her infant sister, Modeste; brothers, James, Ronald, Jude, and Joseph, and great-granddaughter, Jenica Saulnier. Arrangements have been entrusted to Furlong~Jones Funeral Home, 70 Church St., Amherst (667-8777). Visitation will take place in Furlong~Jones Funeral Home on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Parish prayers will take place at the funeral home Sunday night at 8 p.m. The funeral mass will be celebrated in the St. Charles site of Holy Family Parish, 63 Church St. on Monday at 10 a.m., Father Vernon Driscoll officiating. Burial will take place in Saint Charles - Nativity Parish Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Restoration Committee of St. Denis Church, Minudie. www.furlongjones.ca
  Occupation	a homemaker, local historian, genealogist and active in the Restoration Comittee for StDenis Church  [3]
  Buried	4 Dec 2006	the Saint Charles - Nativity Parish Cemetery, Amherst, NS   [3]
  Notes	T15-b.dt;historian and geneologist
  Person ID	I458	Annette - Research
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	Louis Jude Terrio,   b. 18 Aug 1878, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1971, Riverside Rest Home, Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Jennie Alice DesBarres,   b. 2 Sep 1875, Minudie ,   d. 14 Jun 1948, at home in Amherst, Nova Scotia  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fred A Melanson,   b. 27 Jul 1917, River Hebert, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia ,   d. 15 Feb 2007, All Saints Hospital, Springhill, Nova Scotia  (Age 89 years)
  Married	23 May 1942  [1]
  Children	1. Warren Arthur Melanson   2. Arnold Frederick Melanson   3. Gerald Francis Melanson
  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Irene Terrio and her husband, Fred Melanson (1914-2006) & (1917-2007)
  		George, Frances, Jim, Irene and Fred George & Frances (Terrio) Legere, James (Jim) Terrio, Irene (Terrio) & Fred Melanson Photo was taken on George and Frances' 50th Wedding Anniversary, October 14, 1991.
  		The Louis Terrio Family Back row: Jude Terrio, Joseph (Jophie) Terrio, James (Jim) Terrio & Ronald Terrio. Front row: Frances (Terrio) Legere, Louis Terrio, Irene (Terrio) Melanson
  		Irene (Terrio) Melanson (1914-2006)

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Info:Irene (Terrio) Melanson (T15). [S44] Info:Aunt Noma or Carm Jacklin (T24), phone call from Carmie Jacklin evening of Dec 1, 2006. [S83] Newspaper: NS, Halifax, The Halifax Herald Limited, www.hearld.ns; electronic copy of obituary,Dec 2, 2006.