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10/31/2002
TANTON, MARJORIE
Marjorie Tanton of Fredericton, NB, formerly of Woodstock, NB, passed away at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital on Tuesday, October 29, 2002. Survived by daughters Nancy Nicholson (David) of Saint John and Ruth Holmes (Stephen) of Fredericton, grandchildren Thomas Sutton (Rasha), Deah Sutton, Marjorie Holmes, Charles Holmes, one great grandchild, Soraya Ruth Sutton. Predeceased by brother Wallace Matheson. Resting at The Culberson Funeral Home, 188 Connell Street, Woodstock, NB with visiting on Saturday, November 2, 2002 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service to be held on Sunday, November 3, 2002 at 2 p.m. from St. Luke's Anglican Church, Woodstock, NB. Reception to follow at Parish Hall. Interment to follow at the Christ Church Cemetery. If so desired donations may be made to the Carleton County Animal Shelter or the donor's choice.

09/18/2002
TAYLOR, VERNA AMY
Verna Amy Taylor of Woodstock, passed away at her home, September 16, 2002. Survived by children Nancy Herrick, Sharon Chase, Susan Welch, Jack Taylor. Sisters, Ella Ellis, Gertrude MacMullin, brothers Dalton, Wendell and Earl Hallett. 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her husband Russell Taylor, sisters Millicent, Pauline, brothers Donald, Dean, Kenneth and Owen Hallett. Resting at The Culberson Funeral Home, 188 Connell Street, Woodstock, NB, E7M 1L8, (506) 325-1130 with visiting hours on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. from Woodstock United Baptist Church, Main Street, Woodstock.

07/15/2002
THOMAS, INEZ MADELINE -
On July 12, 2002 at the Carleton Memorial Hospital, Woodstock, NB, Inez Madeline Thomas, age 81, of Centreville, NB. She was born in Gregg Settlement, NB. She is survived by three daughters, Lucille Thomas of Centreville, Marlene Thomas of Toronto and Ann (Ivan) Sobocan of Surrey, BC; two sons Allison (Elva) of Fredericton and Harrison (Debra) of Woodstock; four grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband Harold Thomas. Resting at Kilcollins Chapel, Florenceville, with visitation Monday, 7-9 p.m. The service will be held at Kilcollins Chapel, Florenceville on Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. with Ray Anderson officiating. Interment at the Centreville United Baptist Church Cemetery. Donations to the NB Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

10/31/2002
Thomas, A. Pauline
With her loving family at her side, A. Pauline Thomas passed away at her daughter's home in Woodstock, N.B. on October 29 2002, after a courageous battle with cancer. Polly, as she was known to her many friends, was born in Kirkland, N.B. She was the daughter of the late J. Leslie Kennedy and Jenny (Anderson) Kennedy. Polly was a graduate of Woodstock High School and the Provincial Normal School, after which she worked in Edmundston, Brownsburg, Quebec and Ottawa. She proudly served her country in WW II as a leading W.R.E.N. in the Navy. It was during the war that she met her husband, the late Charles H. Thomas, Member of Parliament for Moncton from 1968 to 1974. Polly lived for over 50 years in Moncton where she lovingly raised her three children, assisted her husband in his business and political life and later conducted a successful real estate sales career for several years. She was an active member of the community and was involved in several local service and volunteer groups. A member of the Moncton Curlers Association for many years, Polly was an active competitive curler, winning two provincial championships and playing at the national level in the Diamond"D" championships. An avid golfer, she was very proud of the hole- in-one she shot in Myrtle Beach at the age of 80. She also competed at the national level in lawn bowling. Polly loved to travel and play bridge with her dear friends. She will be sadly missed by her daughter Maggy Thomas Nadeau (J.P.) of Woodstock; sons Terry (Wendy) of Woodstock and Tim (Patricia) of Riverview; grandchildren, Michelle, Alison (Mario), Jennifer, Adam, Matthew, Gilliane, Nathalie; sister-in-law, Joan Kennedy of Saint John and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Charles; brothers, Donald, Richard and Thomas; sister, Mildred; and nephews, James and Leslie. Following cremation, visitation will be held at Fair Haven Funeral Home (852-3530) 1177 Salisbury Road, Moncton on Friday November 1 from 7 to 9 pm. Funeral service will be held in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Park Street, Moncton on Saturday November 2 at 11 am with a reception to follow in the Church hall. Interment will follow in Fairhaven Memorial Gardens Saturday at 1:30 pm. Donations may be made to the memorial of the donor's choice.
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09/16/2003
THORNTON, RONALD BENJAMIN
Of Woodstock passed away at Carleton Memorial Hospital in Woodstock on Sunday, September 14, 2003, at the age of 70. Ronald is survived by his wife Audrey; three sons, Stephen and his wife Mardi; Gregory and his wife Ren\'e9e; Mark and his fianc\'e9e Amy; grandchildren, Jessica; Adam; William; Benjamin and Adrienne all of Woodstock, NB. He is also survived by one brother John Vinel Thornton and his wife Hildred of Bobcaygeon, ON; several nieces and nephews. Resting at The Scott Funeral Home, 815 Main Street, Woodstock, NB, with visiting on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. from St. Luke's Anglican Church. The Venerable Walter Williams will be officiating, assisted by Rev. Merrill Slipp, with interment in the Woodstock Rural Cemetery. If desired donations may be made to Carleton Memorial Hospital Foundation.
www.scottfh.com

Thrailkill, McGrath, Kay
Kay McGrath Thrailkill, 82, of Hamilton and Missoula, passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2001, in Missoula at the Hillside Manor.
Kay was born on Jan. 25, 1919, in Waterville, New Brunswick, Canada, the
daughter of Clyde and Catherine Shaw. Kay received her education in Canada, and graduated from Normal College with her teaching certificate. She taught in a one-room school in Canada, before serving two years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Following her military duty, she moved to Seattle, Wash., where she met and later married Edward H. McGrath on June 12, 1946, in Seattle. The couple lived in Corvallis, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Colo., before returning to Montana and settling in Hamilton. They owned and operated the Ravalli Motel, retiring in 1971. Kay was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, was active with the Hamilton Eagles Auxiliary, Golden Agers, and played in the Kitchen Band. She was also a member of the Hamilton Senior Center and the Hamilton Garden Club. She enjoyed her flower garden, doing needle point, quilting and walking.
Ed preceded her in death on March 15, 1995, and she later married William Thrailkill on Aug. 19, 1995. William preceded her in death on Aug. 2, 1997. For the past three years she has resided in Missoula in order to be near her family.
Survivors include her children, Tom and his wife Elizabeth McGrath and sons Brian and Patrick all of Missoula, Rosemary and her husband Bob Mannino and daughter Angela , all of Coral Springs, Fla., and step-daughter, Dorothy and her husband George Mangas of Billings.
A memorial mass will be celebrated, Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Hamilton with Father John Darragh as presider. Urn placement will follow at the Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton.
The family suggests memorials to St. Francis Catholic Church, the Golden Age Center, or Hamilton Senior Center. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton.
The Ravalli Republic, MT, 29 Oct 2001
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TILESTON, Pauline E.
ABBOT, Pauline E. Tileston, 67, died May 31, 2000 at a Dover-Foxcroft hospital. She was born January 10, 1933 in Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada,
daughter of Ralph and Sarah (Shanks) Grant. She worked for many years for Guilford of Maine and also loved selling Avon products. She enjoyed knitting and taking care of her family.
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Robert W. Tileston of Abbot; a son and his wife James and Elizabeth Morin Sr. of Parkman; a daughter and her husband, Patricia and Russell Todd of Guilford; 6 grandchildren, Petie Morin, Linda Todd, Robert Todd, Don Tibbetts, James Morin Jr. and Joshua Morin; 12 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, LeRoy Grant and a sister, Beatrice Daggett.
Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 PM Friday at the Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 21 Oak St., Guilford. Graveside services will be held 2:30 PM Saturday at the Pingree Center Cemetery in Parkman with Pastor Daryl Witmer officiating.
The Daily Me
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12/21/2002
TINGLEY, HAROLD O.
Harold O. Tingley Jr. of Riceville, Carleton County, N.B., on December 19, 2002. Resting at The Culberson Funeral Home, 188 Connell Street, Woodstock, N.B., (325-1130) E7M 1L8. Visitation on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Funeral will be held on Monday at 11:00 am from The Culberson Funeral Chapel.

07/28/2003
TOMAH, LISA DAWN -
Of the Woodstock First Nation passed away at Carleton Memorial Hospital on Saturday, July 26, 2003 at the age of 37. Lisa is survived by her Husband Matthew Tomah, one daughter Courtney, three sons Dakota, Matthew Jr. and Dallas. Her parents Rainnie and Gloria (Wood) Smith. Three sisters Kim Smith of Oromocto, NB; Lesley (Nathan) Ogden of Lansdowne, NB and Shelly (Dean) Lawrence of Wicklow, NB. Mother and Father-in-law Raymond and Dianne Tomah. Several nieces and nephews. Resting at The Scott Funeral Home, 815 Main Street, Woodstock, NB, with visiting on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday at 11 am from The Woodstock United Baptist Church. Rev. Leonard Cousins will be officiating, with interment in the Lindsay Cemetery.
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TOMPKINS, F. Carvel
F. Carvel Tompkins, 89, passed away Sept 4, 1998, at the Lang Lodge, Upper Woodstock.   A funeral service was held Sept. 6.  from the Carleton Co-op Funeral Home with Minister Blair Tompkins officiating. Mr. Tompkins was born Dec. 7, 1908, at Lansdowne, son of Winfield Tompkins and Mabel (Foster) Corey.   He was predeceased by his wife, Lillian Greta Tompkins (Action), a brother Alton, Washington D.C. half brothers Warren Corey Jr., Blaine, ME. and John Corey, Presque Isle, Me., a daughter Betty Hughes, a grandson Anthony Troy, and a great-great grand daughter Britny Kaye. He is survived by three daughters, a half sister, 14 grandchildren...
  How Great Thou Art and the Old Rugged Cross were sung during the service by Esther Kaye.  Minister Blair Tompkins sang I Don't Need to Understand, while playing the guitar.  Pallbearers were Blair Avery, Ian MacInnis, Lloyd Bragdon, Paul Williams and Jamie Kitchen.  Burial was in the Woodstock Rural Cemetery on the Houlton Road. The Bugle, Sept 23, 1998

01/21/2002
TOMPKINS, FLORENCE P. -
Florence P. Tompkins of Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick passed away suddenly on January 19, 2002. She was born September 24, 1910 in Maugerville, and was the daughter of the late Walter and Cora Raymond. She is survived by her children, Irene Tompkins of Mount Pleasant, NB, Jeannie MacDonald of Sydney, NS, Elda (Bob) Sinclair of Moncton, NB, Raymond (Marilyn) Tompkins of Mount Pleasant, NB, 8 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren. Visitation was held on Sunday at the funeral home and the funeral service will be held on Monday at 1:00 p.m. from the Britton Funeral Home Chapel, High Street, Hartland with Charles O'Reagan officiating. Interment will be in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery at a later date.

12/27/2003
TOMPKINS, GEORGE HERBERT
On Friday, December 26, 2003 at his residence George Herbert Tompkins of Newbridge, N.B. Survived by his wife Gloria (Milbury) Tompkins; a daughter, Wendy Mooney (Barry), Rusagonis, N.B.; a son, Wayne, Kingston, Ontario; sisters, Heloise Montieth (Oliver), Newbridge, NB., Joan Fowler (Ken) Sussex, N.B.; a brother, Douglas H. Tompkins (Gwen), Minto, N.B.; a grandson Eric Mooney; a granddaughter, Tabatha Tompkins and several nieces and nephews. Resting at the Carleton Funeral Home, 337 Lockhart Mill Road, Jacksonville, N.B., where friends may call on Sunday, December 28th from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Funeral service will be held on Monday, December 29th at 2:00 pm from the Funeral Home with Rev. V. Longstaff officiating. Interment will be at a later date at Grafton Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made to a memorial of the donors choice.


01/14/2002
TRAFFORD, GERALD HORACE -
(1910-2002) Gerald H. Trafford of Tracey Mills, NB passed away at the Northern Carleton Hospital in Bath, NB on Friday, January 11th, 2002 at the age of 91 surrounded by his family. Born in Long Settlement, NB, he was the son of the late Horace and Elizabeth (Broadbent) Trafford and husband of Reva (MacLeod) Trafford of Tracey Mills. Gerald is survived by his wife Reva; four daughters: Darlene DeVoe (Ray) of Princeton, ME, Ruth Dickinson (Dana) of Tracey Mills, Verna MacLeod (John) of Williamstown, NB and Tammy McIntosh (Ross) of Glassville, NB; seven sons: Tom (Joyce) of Mars Hill, ME, Richard (Diane) of Tracey Mills, Donnie MacLeod of Fredericton, NB, Jerry (Jane) of Osgoode, ON, Larry (Holly) of Tracey Mills, Jefforey of Toronto, ON and Anthony of Fredericton; sister Leota Banks of Williamstown; 33 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife Donna (Graham) Trafford; son Troy; sister Ruth Trafford and brother Stanley. The family received visitors at Kilcollins Funeral Chapel, Florenceville, NB on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-9 PM. The Funeral Service will be held from the Tracey Mills United Baptist Church today at 2:00 PM with Pastor Bob Allaby officiating, assisted by Pastor Dan Jamer and Pastor Andrew Drier. Pall Bearers will be: Victor Trafford, Thomas Trafford Jr., Steven Trafford, Todd MacLeod, Cedric MacLeod and Mathew MacLeod. Following the service, interment will take place at the Tracey Mills United Baptist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Tracey Mills United Baptist Church, Shiktehawk Bible Camp or the Canadian Cancer Society.

10/17/2003
TRAIL, FLORENCE GRACE
Passed away at the Carleton Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, on October 16, 2003. She was 84. Florence Trail, of Woodstock, was born in Nortondale to the late Albion and Laura (Sharpe) Hallett. She is survived by her children - Leona Porter (Richard) of Newbridge, NB, Doris Cole (Gary Morgan) of Woodstock, NB, Perely Trail (BernaLee) of Temperancevale, NB, Chester (Virginia) Trail of Nackawic, NB, and Gerald Trail of Temperancevale, NB, one sister - Emma McIntosh (Lorne) of Clarkville, NB, nine grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Trail, two grandsons - Dana and James, two sisters - Luella Prosser and Mary McIntosh, and one brother - Earl. Resting at the Carleton Funeral Home, 337 Lockhart Mill Road, Jacksonville, NB, where friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2003. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2003 to 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Eric MacKinnon officiating. Interment will be in the Temperancevile Baptist Cemetery. For those who wish, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Society or donor's choice.

12/17/2001
TROY, OPAL-
Opal Troy of Woodstock, NB passed away December 14, 2001. Visiting on Sunday 2-4 pm. Funeral Services to be held Monday, December 17, 2001 at 2:00 pm from The Culberson Funeral Chapel, 188 Connell Street, Woodstock, NB (325-1130). Mr. Al Cabrael officiating. Interment to follow at St. Mark\rquote s Cemetery, Jackson Falls. Donations to the WI. Home would be appreciated.

TWEEDIE, Walter
Walter TWEEDIE - Hartland, Jan 11th (1928). Word has been received here of the death at Mars Hill, Maine of Walter TWEEDIE, after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia. The late Mr. TWEEDIE was a former Carleton County man. He leaves a wife and 12 children, three of whom are married and all of Westfield, Maine. Elder F.W. BARTON conducted the services and R.W. WIGHT was funeral director. The burial service was conducted by the Oddfellows. Four brothers, Joseph, Frank, William and Hugh TWEEDIE were pall bearers. Many relatives from out of town were in attendance, among them being George CURRIE of Saint John, who is a brother-in-law. The flowers were beautiful and numerous.
Telegraph Journal - Evening Times Globe

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