- Armour -
The community suffered a severe loss in the death at the Armour homesteaad, township of North Burgess, sunday morning, August 23, of Andrew Armour, one of its oldest and most respected citizens, son of the late John Armour, native of Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland and the late Mary McFarlane of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The late Mre. Armour was born on November 25th, 1852 on the farm on which he lived ...late. He was a Presbyterian, being a member of St. Andrew's Church, Perth, and a staunch Liberal.
Deceased is survived by his widow, three daughters and one son Mrs. J H MacLennan, Saskatoon, Sask., the Misses Marjorie and Margaret, at home, and Dr. John of the surgical staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, one sister Miss Beatrice Armour, and one brother Mr. James Armour, both of Perth, three sisteres, Martha, Mary and Margaret and three brothers, John, Robert and Ephraim having predeceased him some years previous.
The funeral was held on August 26th at 2pm privately from his late residence to Elmwood Cemetery, Perth. Service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Davies, Westminster Church, Smiths Falls in the absence of Rev. Dr. Bunyan McLeod. The pallbearers were the Armour nephews of deceased. The honorary pallbearers were Messrs J Cuthbertson, W Findlay, D McLean, WW Walker, HA O'Donnell, Dr AW Dwyre, Dr JO Allan and Lt Col JA Hope.
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