Final Rites Held for Grande Prairie Community Leader
Thomas Wilson Lawlor, former mayor and crown counsel, who died Saturday in Grande Prairie, Alta., at the age of 68, was buried Wednesday with masonic rites in Grande Prairie Cemetery. Funeral service was held in St. Paul's United Church, Rev. Donald Frame officiated.
Mr. Lawlor was born in Killarney, and went to Edmonton in 1914 where he articled in the law firm of Hineman, Milner and Matheson. During the First World War he served in France with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps and later with the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt.
He opened an office in Spirit River in 1920, and moved to Grande Prairie in 1924. He was crown counsel for the judicial district of Grande Prairie for 28 years, and was named King's Counsellor in 1944.
He served as a town councillor, then was elected mayor in 1939. He was a former chairman of the municipal hospital board and school board, president of the Board of Trade, had served a number of years as president of the Canadian Club and was, at his death, the Grande Prairie representative of the John Howard Society. Mr. Lawlor had also been president of the Grande Prairie Bar Association and of the Peace River Bar Association. He was a charter member of Grande Prairie Masonic Lodge and was worshipful master in 1936.
He was a member of St. Paul's United Church, Great War Veterans' Association and later held offices in the Canadian Legion, Grande Prairie branch. He is survived by his wife Sarah; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Enid and Mrs. Arthur Sovereign; five grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. J. P. Grant.
NOTE: Bio info provided by Don (#47170130)
Final Rites Held for Grande Prairie Community Leader
Thomas Wilson Lawlor, former mayor and crown counsel, who died Saturday in Grande Prairie, Alta., at the age of 68, was buried Wednesday with masonic rites in Grande Prairie Cemetery. Funeral service was held in St. Paul's United Church, Rev. Donald Frame officiated.
Mr. Lawlor was born in Killarney, and went to Edmonton in 1914 where he articled in the law firm of Hineman, Milner and Matheson. During the First World War he served in France with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps and later with the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt.
He opened an office in Spirit River in 1920, and moved to Grande Prairie in 1924. He was crown counsel for the judicial district of Grande Prairie for 28 years, and was named King's Counsellor in 1944.
He served as a town councillor, then was elected mayor in 1939. He was a former chairman of the municipal hospital board and school board, president of the Board of Trade, had served a number of years as president of the Canadian Club and was, at his death, the Grande Prairie representative of the John Howard Society. Mr. Lawlor had also been president of the Grande Prairie Bar Association and of the Peace River Bar Association. He was a charter member of Grande Prairie Masonic Lodge and was worshipful master in 1936.
He was a member of St. Paul's United Church, Great War Veterans' Association and later held offices in the Canadian Legion, Grande Prairie branch. He is survived by his wife Sarah; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Enid and Mrs. Arthur Sovereign; five grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. J. P. Grant.
NOTE: Bio info provided by Don (#47170130)
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