Byron Cochrane of Sackville and Amherst

["David Winter" <David_Winter_uid1419@yahoogroups.inv_ alid>]

Would there be anyone on the West Coast with access to obits from 2000?

I believe Edward Roy / Leroy Cochrane died in B.C. in that year.

Trying to identify Roy Cochrane's parents.

Thanks.

Dave
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Chronicle Herald, Thursday, April 4, 1974, pg. #44; Reel #6035, NSARM,
Halifax, N.S.
OBITUSRY: Cadet Officer, Byron Cochrane
Chilliwack, B.C. - Cadet Officer, Byron Cochrane, 23, of Chilliwack,
formerly of Amherst, died Friday following a car accident in Chilliwack.
Born in Sackville, N.B., he was son of Mrs. Dorothy Jean Cochrane, Barrie,
Ont., and Leroy Cochrane, Fort St. John, B.C. He attended schools in Ottawa,
Edmonton and Amherst. He was active in sports. He was a Master Cadet Major
in Amherst Cadet Corps No. 272. He was the first chief of police for Amherst
High School police force and a member of the school's student council. He
was the youngest sergeant in the North Nova Scotia Highlanders Militia. In
1970 he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and took his basic training at
Cornwallis where he won the award for the best recruit. He later joined
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and again won the award for best
recruit. He was transferred to Cyprus for six months, then was called into
officer training in Chilliwack. Besides his parents he is survived by his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ira B. Kent, Amherst; a half brother, Rob-Roy
Cochrane and a half-sister, Susan, both of Fort St. John. The body is at
Campbell's Funeral Home, Amherst. Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2
p.m. In Trinity St. Stephen United Church. Rev. H.G. MacKenzie will
officiate. Committal will be in Highland Cemetery receiving vault. Burial
will be in Sackville Cemetery in the spring.

Source: Dave Winter, 20 Sep 2012
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His mother, previously posted:

COCHRANE, Dorothy Jean - 78, Meadowland Villa, Bible Hill, formerly of
Amherst, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, in Colchester Regional Hospital,
Truro. Born in Sackville, N.B., she was a daughter of the late Ira and Jean
(Allen) Kent. She worked for Dr. Brown in Amherst for a number of years and
later designed and opened a family medical centre with Dr. Brown at
Dalhousie University, Halifax. Dorothy Jean also worked in public health for
the Simcoe County District Health Unit, Barrie, Ont. She worked for The
Grace Hospital, Ottawa and the L.A. Animal Shelter, Springhill. She was the
last surviving member of her immediate family. She is survived by several
nieces and nephews. Dorothy Jean was predeceased by her children, Byron and
Gerald and David in infancy; sister, Dorlo; brothers, David, Carl, Neil,
Ronald, Eric, Paul, Gerry and a brother in infancy. Her remains are resting
in Campbell's Funeral Home, 98 Church St., Amherst with visiting 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-2 p.m., where funeral service will be held 2
p.m. in the funeral home chapel, Mr. Leland MacLean L.P.M. officiating.
Interment will take place in Sackville Cemetery, Sackville, N.B. at a later
date. Donations in her memory may be made to L.A. Animal Shelter.
www.campbellsfh.com
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