This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet, Dickson, Quinn, Skidmore, Keating Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/3106 Message Board Post: Halifax Chronicle-Herald – Thursday, March 29, 1979 – Mrs. Blanche Hilda Sweet – 85, of New Glasgow and formerly Grosse Isle died Wednesday in Glen Haven Manor. Born in Grosse Isle she was the daughter of the late William and Hilda (Dickson) Quinn. She was a member of the Anglican Church. Surviving are three daughters; Dorothy (Mrs. Arnold Skidmore) – Stellarton; Melinda (Mrs. Gerard Dickson) and Mrs. Phoebe Sweet both of the Magdalen Islands; three sons; Elliot - Meagher’s Grant; Curtis – England; Robert – Merigomish; an adopted son, Chester Quinn – Westville; sister, Beatrice (Mrs. George Keating) – Magdalen Islands; several grandchildren and great-granchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward. The body is at R.H. Porter Funeral Home, New Glasgow. The body will be transferred to the Magdalen Islands for burial today.