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Beatrice Maude <I>Slade</I> Leckie

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Beatrice Maude Slade Leckie

Birth
Port Perry, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
5 Jun 1954 (aged 84)
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial
Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada GPS-Latitude: 49.2213694, Longitude: -123.013925
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From The Vancouver Sun, 7 Jun 1954, pg 17:

Pioneer Resident Dies at 84

Beatrice Maude Leckie, 84, widow of a pioneer Vancouver shoe merchant, will be buried Wednesday.

Mrs. Leckie, who was born in Parry Sound, Ont., and lived in Vancouver since 1896, died Saturday.

Her husband, shoe merchant W.H. Leckie, predeceased her in 1930.

Her funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Mary's Anglican Church, Thirty-seventh and Larch.

An early member of the Women's Musical Club in Vancouver, Mrs. Leckie was president of the group from 1912 to 1915 and later became a life member.

She was president of the Vancouver YWCA for five years until 1922 and was also a member of the Georgian Club, to which she belonged until the time of her death.

During the First World War she was active in the work of the Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire.

Mrs. Leckie is survived by three sons, C.P. (Dick), W. Keith and Walter A., all of Vancouver; one daughter, Mrs. W.H. Beacham of San Fernando, Cal.; and 10 grandchildren.

Two other sons, Harold S. and G. Duncan, predeceased her.

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BC Death Registration: 1954-09-005990
Name: Beatrice Maude Leckie
Age: 84 yrs
Racial origin: English
Birth: 2 Jun 1870, Ontario
Death: 5 Jun 1954, Kerrisdale Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Status: Widowed
Father: George Slade, England
Mother: Selina Guy, England
Husband: William Henry Leckie
Occupation: At Home
Residence: West 29th Ave, Vancouver, BC
In Vancouver: 58 yrs
In BC: 58 yrs, In Canada: Life
Informant: Walter A. Leckie, son, W. 46th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Burial: 8 Jun 1954, Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC

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Husband's information {interment location not available}:

BC Death Registration: 1930-09-438158
Name: William Henry Leckie
Age: 56 yrs
Birth: 3 Mar 1874, Ontario
Death: 2 Apr 1930, Vancouver, BC
Status: Married
Father: John Leckie
Mother: Jane Perring

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From The Vancouver Sun, 7 Jun 1954, pg 17:

Pioneer Resident Dies at 84

Beatrice Maude Leckie, 84, widow of a pioneer Vancouver shoe merchant, will be buried Wednesday.

Mrs. Leckie, who was born in Parry Sound, Ont., and lived in Vancouver since 1896, died Saturday.

Her husband, shoe merchant W.H. Leckie, predeceased her in 1930.

Her funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Mary's Anglican Church, Thirty-seventh and Larch.

An early member of the Women's Musical Club in Vancouver, Mrs. Leckie was president of the group from 1912 to 1915 and later became a life member.

She was president of the Vancouver YWCA for five years until 1922 and was also a member of the Georgian Club, to which she belonged until the time of her death.

During the First World War she was active in the work of the Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire.

Mrs. Leckie is survived by three sons, C.P. (Dick), W. Keith and Walter A., all of Vancouver; one daughter, Mrs. W.H. Beacham of San Fernando, Cal.; and 10 grandchildren.

Two other sons, Harold S. and G. Duncan, predeceased her.

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BC Death Registration: 1954-09-005990
Name: Beatrice Maude Leckie
Age: 84 yrs
Racial origin: English
Birth: 2 Jun 1870, Ontario
Death: 5 Jun 1954, Kerrisdale Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Status: Widowed
Father: George Slade, England
Mother: Selina Guy, England
Husband: William Henry Leckie
Occupation: At Home
Residence: West 29th Ave, Vancouver, BC
In Vancouver: 58 yrs
In BC: 58 yrs, In Canada: Life
Informant: Walter A. Leckie, son, W. 46th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Burial: 8 Jun 1954, Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC

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Husband's information {interment location not available}:

BC Death Registration: 1930-09-438158
Name: William Henry Leckie
Age: 56 yrs
Birth: 3 Mar 1874, Ontario
Death: 2 Apr 1930, Vancouver, BC
Status: Married
Father: John Leckie
Mother: Jane Perring

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  • Created by: dianthus120
  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187359040/beatrice_maude-leckie: accessed ), memorial page for Beatrice Maude Slade Leckie (2 Jun 1870–5 Jun 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187359040, citing Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by dianthus120 (contributor 48483556).