This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matheson, Fraser, Swantee, Henderson, MacArthur, Salter, MacKinnon Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/2831 Message Board Post: The Pictou Advocate, Wednesday, April 20, 1988 - Roland Clyde Matheson, 83, Haliburton Road, Pictou, died Monday, Apr. 11 in Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital, Pictou. Born in Poplar Hill, he was a son of the late James and Christine (Fraser) Matheson. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. He was a retired carpenter and joiner with Ferguson Industries. He is survived by his wife, the former Mildred Swantee; three sons, Barry and Vernon, both of Pictou; Gerald, Stewiacke; two brothers, Gordon, Poplar Hill; George, Onslow; four sisters, Mrs Catherine Henderson, Three Brooks; Mrs Jean MacArthur, New Glasgow; Mrs Ethel Salter, Pictou; Mrs Mildred MacKinnon, Oshawa, Ont.; two grandchildren. He was predeceased by three brothers, Earl, Clifford, Alvin. Funeral service was held Thursday, Apr. 14 at McLaren's Funeral Home, Pictou, Rev. Fred Douwsma officiating. Burial was in Heatherdale Memorial Gardens.