100 - John Victor Butterworth - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
N 45° 20.361 W 075° 46.949
18T E 438693 N 5020946
This monument is in section 4, plot 250-1.
Waymark Code: WMQQ1V
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/16/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member woolsox
Views: 6

JOHN VICTOR BUTTERWORTH
1897-1998
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARJORIE KNOX HENDERSON
1896-1980
THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER
BARBARA M.E. BUTTERWORTH
1932-2008

According to the Nova Scotia birth registration (#594686), John Victor Butterworth, son of John Wrigley Butterworth and Eva Judson Rogers, was born in Yarmouth, 24 May 1897.

According to the Ontario marriage registration (1925 #007662), John Victor Butterworth (topographical engineer) married Marjorie Knox Henderson in Ottawa.

The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 25 February 1998, page B8.

Peacefully at home on February 22, 1998 in his 101st year. Predeceased by his dear wife Marjorie (Henderson) in 1980. He is much loved and will be missed by son William and wife Joan of Ottawa; daughter Barbara of Toronto; son Robert and wife Joan and the grandchildren Steven and David of Burlington. Thanks for your life Dad, Grampa. Also survived by cousins Iris Hebb and Paul Rogers of Nova Scotia and Chester Rogers of Sarnia.

Victor served W.W. 1, joining the Signal Corp 1916, Overseas 1917 to 1919. Class of '21 Acadia University [WM91EM] and Class of '23 Nova Scotia Technical College. He joined the Topographical Survey of Canada and came to Ottawa in 1923. His work took him across Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. He was an active member of First Baptist Church [WMNPJ], Ottawa since 1925. He sang in the church choir and Ottawa Choral Society and enjoyed the cottage, his tree farms and Florida for many years. Special thanks to the doctors of the Civic Hospital Family Medicine Centre and to his caregivers for their thoughtfulness and comfort. Friends may visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 315 McLeod Street, on Wednesday February 25 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Thursday, February 26 at 1 p.m. Interment Pinecrest Cemetery. Donations in Victor's memory to First Baptist Church, Ottawa, Operation Eyesight or World Vision would be appreciated.

"Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah".

Location of Headstone: Pinecrest Cemetery

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