1972, Thursday June 22, The Almonte Gazette front page
John H. Brydges Dies Suddenly
The sudden death of John Hillard Brydges, foreman of the town work gang, occurred at 10 p.m. on Friday evening, June 16, 1972, at the Almonte General Hospital. Mr Brydges suffered a heavy stroke shortly before being removed to the hospital. An employee of the town for the past ten years, he was busy at his usual work until five o'clock on the day of his passing. He was 72. Born on the 12th line of Ramsay, on January 10, 1900, he was a son of the late Samuel Brydges and his wife, Margaret Young. He was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Almonte. He was married at Almonte on November 16, 1927, to the former Eva Templeman, who predeceased him in May, 1964. Mr Brydges is survived by two sons, Robert S. Brydges, R.R. 1, Carleton Place, and John T. Brydges of Montreal, and one daughter, Mrs Lloyd Reid (Dorothy) of R.R. 3, Almonte. Also surviving are two brothers, Wilbert of R.R. 4, Almonte, and Howard of Arnprior, and three sisters, Mrs William Drynan (Myrtle) of Clayton, Mrs Gilbert Grainger (Ruby), Arnprior, and Mrs Clifford Drynan (Rhoda) of Carleton Place. The funeral was held from the Comba Funeral Home, Church Street, Almonte, to St. Paul's Church for service on Monday, June 19th, at 2 p.m. Burial was at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by the Venerable John A. Salter, rector of St. Paul's Church, assisted by Rev Herbert Horsey. The pallbearers were William Gorden, Rollitt Saunders, Durward Washburn, William Drynan, John Munro and George Lowry.
John H. Brydges Dies Suddenly
The sudden death of John Hillard Brydges, foreman of the town work gang, occurred at 10 p.m. on Friday evening, June 16, 1972, at the Almonte General Hospital. Mr Brydges suffered a heavy stroke shortly before being removed to the hospital. An employee of the town for the past ten years, he was busy at his usual work until five o'clock on the day of his passing. He was 72. Born on the 12th line of Ramsay, on January 10, 1900, he was a son of the late Samuel Brydges and his wife, Margaret Young. He was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Almonte. He was married at Almonte on November 16, 1927, to the former Eva Templeman, who predeceased him in May, 1964. Mr Brydges is survived by two sons, Robert S. Brydges, R.R. 1, Carleton Place, and John T. Brydges of Montreal, and one daughter, Mrs Lloyd Reid (Dorothy) of R.R. 3, Almonte. Also surviving are two brothers, Wilbert of R.R. 4, Almonte, and Howard of Arnprior, and three sisters, Mrs William Drynan (Myrtle) of Clayton, Mrs Gilbert Grainger (Ruby), Arnprior, and Mrs Clifford Drynan (Rhoda) of Carleton Place. The funeral was held from the Comba Funeral Home, Church Street, Almonte, to St. Paul's Church for service on Monday, June 19th, at 2 p.m. Burial was at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by the Venerable John A. Salter, rector of St. Paul's Church, assisted by Rev Herbert Horsey. The pallbearers were William Gorden, Rollitt Saunders, Durward Washburn, William Drynan, John Munro and George Lowry.
1972, Thursday June 22, The Almonte Gazette front page
John H. Brydges Dies Suddenly
The sudden death of John Hillard Brydges, foreman of the town work gang, occurred at 10 p.m. on Friday evening, June 16, 1972, at the Almonte General Hospital. Mr Brydges suffered a heavy stroke shortly before being removed to the hospital. An employee of the town for the past ten years, he was busy at his usual work until five o'clock on the day of his passing. He was 72. Born on the 12th line of Ramsay, on January 10, 1900, he was a son of the late Samuel Brydges and his wife, Margaret Young. He was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Almonte. He was married at Almonte on November 16, 1927, to the former Eva Templeman, who predeceased him in May, 1964. Mr Brydges is survived by two sons, Robert S. Brydges, R.R. 1, Carleton Place, and John T. Brydges of Montreal, and one daughter, Mrs Lloyd Reid (Dorothy) of R.R. 3, Almonte. Also surviving are two brothers, Wilbert of R.R. 4, Almonte, and Howard of Arnprior, and three sisters, Mrs William Drynan (Myrtle) of Clayton, Mrs Gilbert Grainger (Ruby), Arnprior, and Mrs Clifford Drynan (Rhoda) of Carleton Place. The funeral was held from the Comba Funeral Home, Church Street, Almonte, to St. Paul's Church for service on Monday, June 19th, at 2 p.m. Burial was at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by the Venerable John A. Salter, rector of St. Paul's Church, assisted by Rev Herbert Horsey. The pallbearers were William Gorden, Rollitt Saunders, Durward Washburn, William Drynan, John Munro and George Lowry.
John H. Brydges Dies Suddenly
The sudden death of John Hillard Brydges, foreman of the town work gang, occurred at 10 p.m. on Friday evening, June 16, 1972, at the Almonte General Hospital. Mr Brydges suffered a heavy stroke shortly before being removed to the hospital. An employee of the town for the past ten years, he was busy at his usual work until five o'clock on the day of his passing. He was 72. Born on the 12th line of Ramsay, on January 10, 1900, he was a son of the late Samuel Brydges and his wife, Margaret Young. He was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Almonte. He was married at Almonte on November 16, 1927, to the former Eva Templeman, who predeceased him in May, 1964. Mr Brydges is survived by two sons, Robert S. Brydges, R.R. 1, Carleton Place, and John T. Brydges of Montreal, and one daughter, Mrs Lloyd Reid (Dorothy) of R.R. 3, Almonte. Also surviving are two brothers, Wilbert of R.R. 4, Almonte, and Howard of Arnprior, and three sisters, Mrs William Drynan (Myrtle) of Clayton, Mrs Gilbert Grainger (Ruby), Arnprior, and Mrs Clifford Drynan (Rhoda) of Carleton Place. The funeral was held from the Comba Funeral Home, Church Street, Almonte, to St. Paul's Church for service on Monday, June 19th, at 2 p.m. Burial was at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by the Venerable John A. Salter, rector of St. Paul's Church, assisted by Rev Herbert Horsey. The pallbearers were William Gorden, Rollitt Saunders, Durward Washburn, William Drynan, John Munro and George Lowry.
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