>From: "Carolyn Wallace" <[email protected]> > > >The Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S.- Thursday, Jan.22, 1942 > >Loved, Respected Lady of Smithfield, Guys. Co., Passes > There passed away at her home in Smithfield, Guys. Co., on December 26, >1941, Mrs. George Brown MacINTOSH, formerly Mary Jane MacDonald, daughter of >the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MacDonald of Lochaber, Antigonish Co. She was in >her 70th year and was always in good health up until a week previous to her >death when she was stricken with a paralytic stroke from which she never >gained consciousness. > Mrs. MacIntosh was of a cheerful disposition, and always made welcome to >her home the many people who visited there. She was a devoted wife and >mother and a true friend to everyone. She was a member of Glenelg >Presbyterian Church and a Life Member of the Women's Missionary Society. > In her immediate family she is survived by her sorrowing husband and an >only daughter, Jean. Three sisters, (Margaret), Mrs. Cameron of Iroquois >Falls, Ont., (Christy) Mrs. Lewis MacKenzie of Port Coquitlam, B.C. and >(Lillian) Mrs. Ezra Blanchard, Franklin, Mass., and two brothers, John R. >MacDonald of Hanna, Alberta, and Francis MacDonald of Franklin, Mass., also >survive. Two sons predeceased her a number of years ago. > The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, Dec.28, at 2 o'clock from the >home. The esteem in which Mrs. MacIntosh was held was shown by the largely >attended funeral, Rev.J.W. Bretton of Sherbrooke Presbyterian Church >conducted the service and brought a comforting message to the bereaved. His >text was from Psalm 116: "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of >his saints." The choirs of the Glenelg United and Presbyterian Churches sang >three favorite selections, "The Lord's My Shepherd", :Looking This Way" and >"Does Jesus Care." > The floral offerings were beautiful tributes of love to the deceased. The >family also received many cards and letters of sympathy. > The pall bearers were Messers. Elmer Fraser, Edwin I. Smith, Sidney >MacIntosh,Eddie Demmons, John A. Smith, Issac Smith, and Wilfred Fraser. > Interment was made in the family plot in Evergreen cemetery, Aspen.