Abigail "Gail" Durnford

1924 - 2006  (82 years)

• Name	Abigail "Gail" Durnford
  Born	1924	Newfoundland
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176906045
  Name	Abigail "Gail" Ferguson
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-415096
  Died	20 May 2006	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	24 May 2006	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I415096	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Esau Durnford,   b. 17 Aug 1890,   d. 30 Sep 1963  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Edith Dollimount,   b. 14 Jun 1892,   d. 20 Apr 1965  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F58592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter R. Ferguson,   b. 10 Mar 1922,   d. 24 May 2007  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F269354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FERGUSON, Abigail (Gail) (nee Durnford) Passed away peacefully, at Sunnyside Home, on Saturday, May 20, 2006, at the age of 82. Loving wife of Walter Ferguson for 63 years. Beloved mother of James, Walter (Judy), Barbara Thomson (Alex) of Cambridge and Eric (Holly) of Caledonia. Loving grandmother of ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Gail was the youngest of six children of Esau and Edith Durnford, who came to Hespeler from Francois, Newfoundland, in 1928. Gail was predeceased by her parents; daughter-in-law, Sylvia; brothers, Bob, George and John and sister, Dora Burdett. Survived by her brother, Cecil (Reta). Gail worked at Dominion Woolens during the Second World War, after that she was content to stay at home and raise her family. She worked with handicapped children, at a nursery school and taught them swimming at the YMCA. She later volunteered at St. Luke's Place. Resting at the Corbett Funeral Home, 95 Dundas Street, Cambridge, where the family will receive friends today (Tuesday), 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held at St. James Anglican Church, 520 Ellis Road, Cambridge, on Wednesday, May 24, at 11 a.m. Visitation at the church will take place from, 10-11 a.m., before the service. Interment at Mount View Cemetery. The Record 23 May 2006 pg B7

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (2020). Abigail “Gail” Durnford Ferguson (Unknown-2006) -... Retrieved 23 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176906045/abigail-ferguson.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1924 - Newfoundland Died - 20 May 2006 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 24 May 2006 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth