John Laing

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(Research):?i?Joan (Laing) Evans to James C. Anderson of Kelowna, B.C. ?/i?
"Dad had a trucking business in Winfield, hauling vegetables and fruit into Kelowna packing houses. I remember "Long Bow", a Chinese vegetable grower who loved to tease us. He would say to dad " How much you want for the girls? " and chase us with a potato sack. Dad would say "25 cents if you can catch them". Boy, were we scared. We worked very long hours in the summer picking onions and carrots in his
field, being paid 25 cents an hour. We bought our first pair of red high heeled shoes while working there. Dave Hill, a cowboy friend of dad, used to deliver the mail by horseback from Vernon to Kelowna. We were in awe of him and his horse. He lived in our pickers shack for several years on and off. During the depression years, we raised chickens, pigs, and a cow for milk and butter. Fall time was butchering time for the pigs. Mom would salt bacon, make head cheese and can meat for the winter. The cow was bred every year for a calf which would be butchered also. The eggs would be stored in a big crock with water glass for the winter and kept in a dirt cellar. Grandma and Grandpa Laing lived with
us and shared half the house (in Winfield) until they died. Grandpa worked the 10 acre orchard on which we lived. After he died, mom was the one who worked and ran the orchard with the help of us kids. From time to time we were six years old, we had to pick up pruning limbs and pick apples on the lower branches. At 10 years old I was driving the tractor and that seemed to become my job. Christmas Eve was exciting when Gilbert Arnold, our cousin, would harness up "Lassie", their dog to a sleigh and bring over our Christmas gifts. Donald Arnold, the son of May and Nels Arnold won many medals for rowing in the Olympics and British Empire Games, and has his name in the Sports Hall of Fame. "


Died:
[Alexander Dodds Jan 2003.ged]
Death Certificate, John Laing,
Registration # 1973-09-00336 6, B.C. Archives film # B13323
Died Feb 24, 1973, age 78, Winfield, B.C. buried Feb 27, 1973
born Nov 10, 1894, Calder, Scotland, resided in Canada 52 years
name of father Robert Laing, name of mother, Catherine Patterson, both born Scotland ( note: Catherine's name actually was Catherine Louisa
Henderson Fraser.. (note by jca)

Obituary,
John Laing LAING Mr. John Laing of R.R. 1 Winfield, passed away at his residence on February 24, 1973 at the age of 78 years. Mr. Laing was born in Scotland November 1894 and came to Canada in 1920 direct to Winfield district where he has resided ever since. Mr. Laing operated an orchard until his retirement in 1965. He was predeceased by his loving wife Clara in 1968 and a son Robert in 1965, and is now survived by three daughters, Mrs. Jeanne Roisum and (Joan) Mrs. C . Evans both of Nanaimo, B.C. (Eva) Mrs. A. Anderson of Calgary, one sister Mrs. Nels Arnold of Winfield, and eight grand children. Funeral services for the late Mr. John Laing were held from the Garden Chapel, 1134 Bernard Ave. on Tu esday, February 27th at 11:00 A.M. with the Rev. E.S. Fleming officiating. Interment was at the Lakeview Memorial Park cemetery. The Garden Chapel Funeral Directors were entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

John married Clara Mae Cripps about Nov 1933 in Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Clara (daughter of William "Will" Cripps and Annie "Marie" Townsley) was born on 28 Dec 1907 in Avonlea, RM of Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 16 Mar 1968 in Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 20 Mar 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Laing died about 1965.
2. Jean Laing
3. Joan Laing
4. Eva Laing

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Robert married Catherine Louisa Henderson Fraser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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