Marion Gilmer (nee Shaver)

 

Dr. Charles Miller, FRCS, Edinburgh, FRCS, England and FRCS, Canada, passed away on February 23, 2015, at the Cornwall Community Hospital, with his family at his side.  

Dr. Miller was the beloved husband of Cheryl Miller (Prosser) and much loved father of daughter Kristine Boulerice (Claude) of Kanata and son Trent (Debbi) of Toronto. 

He will be sadly missed by his two grandchildren Matthew and Michael of Kanata. He was predeceased by his father James, mother, Elizabeth (Wight), and his brother Ian.  

Dr. Miller was born in Kelso, Scotland, on February 7, 1927.  He immigrated to Canada in 1964, and worked in Saskatchewan and Manitoba until moving to Ontario in 1967.  

In May, 1967, he helped establish the branch of the St. Lawrence Medical Clinic in Ingleside, and performed surgery at Winchester District Memorial Hospital.

He opened his surgical office in Cornwall, in October, 1969, and worked at both the General and Hotel Dieu Hospitals performing General, Thoracic and Vascular surgery plus Permanent Transvenous Pacemakers.  

To meet the needs of his patients and the community, Dr. Miller started the Pacemaker Clinic in Cornwall in 1971.

He wrote multiple publications and was working on a publication for Vascular Surgery when he retired in July, 1994. 

An informal memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 31, 2015, at the Parker Funeral Home, 28 Sir James Morris Drive, Morrisburg, between 1-3  p.m.  Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery, Mariatown. 

Memorial donations to The War Amps would be gratefully acknowledged by his family.  Condolences may be made at www.parkerofmorrisburg.com

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A lifetime resident of the Chesterville area, Donnie Irven passed away at the Ottawa General Hospital on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. He was 74.

Donnie was born in Finch Township, on February 16, 1940, to his parents Lorne and Helen Irven (nee Armstrong).

He worked at Nestle’s in Chesterville, for many years before going to work at Rohm and Haas in Morrisburg, until he retired. 

Donnie was an exceptional person – caring, loving, kind-hearted, honest to a fault and his life revolved around his work, his family and the community.   He was a man of love, strength, integrity and courage.  

Donnie loved sports – especially hockey and broomball. He loved fishing and hunting, and he was a crack shot. He loved growing flowers and vegetables, and he was an outstanding cook.   

His all-time specialty was barbecue chicken – people would come from all around for that particular meal at the Irven household.

According to his children, Donnie was the best father ever.His strength was palpable, and so reassuring. He was patient and kind, even when Billy shot all of Donnie’s hunting arrows into the barn roof or left Donnie’s tools strewn all over the property. 

There was no problem Donnie couldn’t find a solution to. He was such a good listener, and gave such sound advice to his children and grandchildren, always. There was also nothing he couldn’t fix. 

Donnie was also the best grandfather, ever.  He would get up at 5 a.m. on camping trips to spend special alone time with his grandchildren. He had the patience of Job when it came to explaining anything and everything to them.

He always advised his children to take the time to talk every day to their own children, and to never raise their voices.

He was the grampa who would pull bushes down (even though his fingers might get pricked way too often) so his grandchildren could pick berries more easily. He was the grampa who was always waiting at home to hear and celebrate any and all of his grandchildren’s accomplishments – at school, in sports, in hunting or fishing.

Donnie was fortunate to have found love twice in his life, for 50 years with his dear wife Marlene who passed away in 2009, and then again later in life with Millie. Their life together was not for very long, but it was a wonderful love story filled with joy, contentment and fulfillment.

Donnie is survived by his wife Mildred Stewart, his children Lisa Irven (Glenn Brousseau) of Dunbar and Bill (Tammy) of R.R.# 1 Chesterville and his grandchildren Kaitlin and Natalie, Matthew and Haylee.  

Donnie will be fondly remembered by Mildred’s children Robby, Sharon and Roger.  

He was a dear brother to Dorothy (Oscar) Godard of Brockville, Greta (Ken) Harrison of Stittsville, Marie Kinnear of Russell, Lorna (Bob) Lobb of Ottawa and David (Kim) of Chesterville and a dear brother-in-law of Betty Irven of Ottawa. 

He was predeceased by his wife Marlene Barkley, his infant brother Dalton and his brothers Harold and John.  He is also survived by nieces and nephews.   

Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Chesterville, on Friday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service was held at Christ Church United, Chesterville, on Saturday, April 19th, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Debbie Poirier officiating.  

Interment followed at Morewood Cemetery.  

Pallbearers were Gordon Elliott, Garry Elliott, Brian Waddell, Mike Barkley, Mark Barkley and Ralph Merkley.  

Donations to the Ottawa General Hospital Palliative Care Unit would be gratefully acknowledged by the family.  Online condolences may be made at marsdenmclaughlin.com. 

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A lifetime resident of the Williamsburg area, Graham Garlough passed away at Kingston General Hospital on Thursday, July 19, 2012. He was 87.

Graham was born in Williamsburg Township on January 13, 1925, to his parents Henry and Ruby Garlough (nee Merkley).

Graham spent most of his life doing what he enjoyed most – working.  

As a young lad he started out as a wheelchair boy for Dr. Locke.  He then went on to farming and caring for race horses for Dr. Locke’s son Parker. 

Graham then entered the business world in the egg grading business with Raymond McIntosh and Bert McIntosh under the name of Williamsburg Egg Grading Station – after fire destroyed the business they moved to Glen Becker still in partnership with Bert and a new partner Willard Steinberg. Graham also had a joint ownership in hen houses.

After his retirement from the business, Graham went to work for Cornwall Gravel – where he operated heavy construction equipment, which he thoroughly enjoyed. He then retired from there and went to work for Schneider’s at Parmalat Cheese. 

When he decided to retire from there – Graham still was not content to just sit, so he spent spring and fall helping to work the fields at his two nephews’ farms.  

In his leisure time, Graham enjoyed fishing in his early years but then took up golf and spent many happy hours at Cedar Glen Golf Course.

Graham was a lifetime member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Williamsburg, and a member of the Masonic Lodge for almost 63 years.  He joined the Williamsburg Masonic Lodge in December of 1949, and after the Williamsburg Lodge closed he joined Henderson Lodge in Winchester.  

He was a member of the Karnak Shriners and the A & A.S.R. Valley of Ottawa Murray Chapter of Rose Croix.  He was a life member of the S.D.& G. Shrine Club of Cornwall and a life member of the Moore Sovereign Consistory of Hamilton.  

Graham is survived by his daughter Susan (Dan) Keyes of Howe Island and his granddaughters Kristen and Jennifer Keyes.

He was predeceased by sisters Jennie Johnston and Gladys Beckstead and brothers Cecil, Harry and Garnet Garlough.  He is also survived by nieces and nephews.   

Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Williamsburg, on Sunday from 2-4 p.m.  A Masonic Memorial Service was held on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.  Funeral service was held at the funeral home on Monday, July 23rd at 11 a.m., with Rev. Norine Gullons officiating.  

Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery, Morrisburg. Pallbearers were Kristen Keyes, Jennifer Keyes, Russel Garlough, Donald Garlough, Gordon Garlough, Bert McIntosh and John Byvelds.  

 Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or Winchester Hospital would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences may be made at marsdenmclaughlin.com.

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