Obit (1980) - Carl Edmond MATTINSON

["Gerry Mattinson" <Gerry_Mattinson_uid905@yahoogroups_ .invalid>]

I don't think the following obituary has been posted before:

Oct. 7, 1980 Halifax Chronicle Herald:
OXFORD - Carl Edmond Mattison, 74, of Mount Pleasant, Cumberland County, died Monday in All Saints Hospital, Springhill.  Born in Mount Pleasant, he was a son of the late Edmond and Lily (Simpson) Mattison.  He was employed for a number of years in Labrador, Northern Ontario, the Baffin Islands and Yellowknife and in later years was employed as a stationary engineer in Highland View Regional Hospital, Amherst, prior to his retirement.  He was a tenor singer and member of the SPEBSQSA barbershop quartet and was a tenor singer in the Roadrunner Quartet.  He was an adherent of the Calvary United Church, Mount Pleasant.

Surviving are a daughter Isobel (Billie) (Mrs. Keith Broadwood), New Haven, Conn.; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Mixon, Derry, New Hampshire, and Mrs. Marjorie Cloney, Oxford, a brother Robert (Robbie), Mount Pleasant.  He was predeceased by a sister Nina.  The body is in Allen's Funeral Home, Oxford, where service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Rev. Edgar Patriquin officiating, with burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery memorial fund or any charity.


Hope this helps someone,
Gerry

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