This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacNeil, MacPherson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/2771 Message Board Post: The New Glasgow Evening News, Saturday, January 10, 1987 - SYDNEY - William Joseph MacNeil, 79, 30 Harrison Ave., Sydney, died Friday in Sydney City Hospital. Born in Sydney, he was a son of the late late John and Jessie (MacPherson) MacNeil. He was a member of St. Anthony Daniel Parish, Sydney. He was section foreman with Canadian National Railways, retiring in 1968 after 48 years of service. He is survived locally by a son Malcolm, Antigonish. He was predeceased by two infant children; two brothers, Joe and Jerry; a sister, Mary. The remains are resting in T.W. Curry Parkview Chapel, Sydney. Funeral mass will be at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Anthony Daniel Church. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.