OBIT # 5158 - EASTERN CHRONICLE - 4 MARCH 1948 MACKAY, MARGARET JANE - Friends and acquaintances from all sections of Pictou County gathered at the home of DONALD A. MacKAY, Riverton, on Sunday afternoon, February 29, to pay final tribute to MRS.R.H.MacKAY, widow of R.H.MacKAY, former Deputy Minister of Labor for the Province of Nova Scotia, and widely known and esteemed resident of the county for many years. The former MARGARET JANE FRASER, daughter of the late DANIEL FRASER and JESSIE BARCLAY FRASER, Mrs.MacKay was born in River John, Pictou County, 79 years ago. Following her marriage to R.H.MacKay, the deceased resided in New Glasgow for over 30 years and was closely associated with the affairs of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of which she was a staunch member. Active in community work while her health permitted and a gracious hostess, Mrs.MacKay will be missed by a wide circle of friends. Two years ago she received a broken hip from a fall in her home on Maple Ave., New Glasgow, and was confined to her bed from that time until her passing on Friday, February 27, at an early hour of the morning. Following her accident she was a patient for some months in Aberdeen Hospital, later removed to her New Glasgow home, and finally to the home of her son, DONALD A.MacKAY, of Riverton. She is survived by one daughter, HELEN,at home; one son, DONALD A., Riverton; three grandchildren; three nieces, Mrs,GEORGE IRVING, New Glasgow; Mrs.MURRAY CAMPBELL, Westville; Miss JESSIE CONN, Lethbridge, Alta; and one nephew, THOMAS D. FRASER of Westville. Two brothers predeceased her; J.D.B.FRASER of Westville in 1946 and JAMES W.FRASER in Alberta some years previously. The largely attended funeral was held from the home of her son, Donald A. MacKay, Riverton, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev.Murray Y. Fraser, First Presbyterian Church, Stellarton officiating at the service. The choirs of First Presbyterian Church, Stellarton and Westminster Presbyterian Church, New Glasgow were in attendance and assisted in the singing of : "The Lord's My Shepherd" and "Lead Kindly Light", favorite hymns of the deceased. The many floral tributes bore silent testimony to the esteem in which Mrs. MacKay was held. Pall bearers were Dr.Weldon Fraser, Barclay Fraser, Aubrey MacKay, Robert MacKay, George Irving and Thomas E.Fraser. Interment was made at Riverton cemetery.