Velma Jane McCague ^792,793

  General Notes:

20146-23 Roy Fleming McRITCHIE, 26, farmer, Brant twp., same, s/o Peter Bartholomew McRITCHIE (b. Brant twp) & Margaret Ann HARRISON, married Velma Jane McCAGUE, 26, telephone operator, Mono twp., Beeton, d/o William Joseph McCAGUE (b. Markham twp) & Margaret Jane DERMOTT, witn: Andy & Mrs. R. A. McCAGUE of Bradford, 25 April 1923 at St. Pauls Rectory, Beeton (data from Ontario Vital Statistics web site)

August 15, p.6:Velma Jane (McCague) McRitchie - Mrs. Roy McRitichie, a well-known and esteemed Maple Hill resident (R.R. 2, Walkerton), passed away at Hanover Memorial Hospital on Thursday, July 11th, 1963, following two month's illness. Deceased was in her sixty-seventh year.

The late Ms. McRitchie was born in Mono Township, Dufferin County, on February 1st, 1897. She was a daughter, Velma Jane, of the late William McCague and Margaret Jane Dermott McCague.

On April 25th, 1923, she married Mr. Roy McRitchie at Beeeton, Ont., who survives with two sons and two daughters, Bruce McRitchie of R.R. 2, Walkerton, Oliver at home, (Fern) Mrs. Chesley Strickland of Toronto and Miss Muriel McRitchie at home.

Five grandchildren and three sister also survive, Mrs. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Mrs. John Fines and Mrs. Harry Service of Shelburne. Two brothers and three sister are predeceased.

The late Mrs. Ritchie was a member of the General Assembly and Church of The First Born.

The remains rested at the Richardson Funeral Home until Sunday, where funeral services were conducted by Mr. Carson Cowan and Mrs. Andrew Blair, both of Toronto.

Messrs. Alex Schwartz of Hanover, Howard Richardson of R.R. 1 Walkerton, Fred Keller of Durham, Peter Witzke, Joseph Straba and Albert Zimmerman, all of Chesley, acted as casket bearers, and Brian and Ivan Richardson and Herman Ahrens carrried the floral tributes.

Interment took place in Hanover Cemetery.

Friends and relatives attended the funeral from Toronto, Shelburne, Clinton, Kincardine, Tiverton, Detroit, Dutton, Windsor, Owen Sound, Kitchener, Breslau, Guelph,London, Sarnia and the surrounding area. (Orangeville Banner)


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Velma married Roy Fleming McRitchie on 25 Apr 1923 in Beeton, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. (Roy Fleming McRitchie was born in Sep 1896 in Bruce, Ontario, Canada, died in 1975 and was buried in Crispin Cemetery, Brockton, Ontario, Canada.)

  Marriage Notes:

MARR: _UID A40BC7A3-FFEA-4F34-A77F-290609D0EF47
MARR: RIN MH:FF1026