Joan, Thank you very much. David Reed ([email protected]) Toronto, Ontario, Canada On 11 Apr 2010 4:28 PM, Joan Boyd wrote: > David Reed wrote: >> I'm looking for an obituary for Cyril Davies, born in Wales, >> died in Kentville in 1999 and buried in Willowbank Cemetery in Wolfville >> > DAVIES, Cyril - Died peacefully at Valley Regional Hospital, > Kentville, Saturday, July 10, 1999, at age 94. Born in Aberkenfig, > Wales, a son of Thomas and Lillian (Ponting) Davies, he was educated > in schools in Tondu, Wales, and at Cardiff Radio College. While > employed as a wireless operator by the Marconi Company, he sailed the > world for many years on mercantile marine and passenger ships, > arriving in Canada in 1930 where he served alternately on the "Lady" > boats to the West Indies and on cruise ships to the Caribbean and > South America. He joined the Federal Department of Transport in 1939, > holding various postings over the years, including Sable Island, > Nottingham Island, Pennfield, Halifax, Sydney and Moncton. He was the > last surviving member of a group of skilled DOT radio operators who > were commended by the British Admiralty during the Second World War > for secretly tracking the German warship, the "Bismarck", from a > station at Hartlen Point outside Dartmouth. He retired in 1970 as > Atlantic Regional Supervisor of Operations in the Telecommunications > and Electronic Branch of the Federal Department of Transport and in > 1967 received the Centennial Medal for "valuable service to the > nation". He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Wilhelmina "Mimi", > formerly of Paris, France, and Saint John, N.B.; son, Dr. Thomas > Davies (and Bonnie), Farmville, Va.; daughter, Dr. Gwendolyn Davies, > English Department, Acadia University, Wolfville; sister-in-law, Helen > Dempsey, Kentville; and her family, Daniel, Ian; sister, Winifred > Davies, Irchester, England. He was predeceased by two sisters and two > brothers in the United Kingdom. Cremation has taken place. Funeral 2 > p.m. today, July 12, in St. John's Anglican Church, Wolfville, Canon > S.J.P. Davies officiating. Family burial in Willowbank Cemetery, > Wolfville. No flowers. Memorial donations to the Victorian Order of > Nurses (Kings County), 15 Chipman Dr., RR # 1, Kentville, NS B4N 3V7. > Arrangements are entrusted to W. C. Hiltz Funeral Parlour, Kentville. >