Waterloo Region Generations
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Olive May Lindsay

Female 1928 - 2015  (87 years)


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  • Name Olive May Lindsay 
    Born 7 Nov 1928  Dauphin, Manitoba Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Olive May Pumfrey 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-415929 
    Died 7 Dec 2015  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 8 Dec 2015  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I415929  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father John James "Jack" Lindsay,   b. 1893, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1991, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Mother Ethelmae Carr,   b. 1893, Shelburne, Dufferin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1973, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F271481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William James "Bill" Pumfrey,   b. 2 Jun 1928, Thamesville, Kent Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 2008, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 1950 
    Children 
     1. Susan Pumfrey
     2. Janice Pumfrey
     3. Diane Pumfrey
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F269686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • PUMFREY, Olive May (nee Lindsay)

      November 7, 1928 - December 7, 2015. Beloved mother to Susan Cottrell, Janice Wilson and Diane (Gary) Arnburg. Adored grandmother to Shannon, Micol and Jessica Cottrell, Nicholas and Rebecca Arnburg. Loving "sister"-in-law to Elizabeth Carson and Alice Pumfrey. Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, moved as a child to Shelburne, ON, then Paris, ON where she met her loving husband William "Bill" Pumfrey, while working as a telephone operator. After marrying in 1950, they lived in Windsor, then settled in Galt. They owned North End Confectionary on Norfolk Ave. for 10 years. Olive also worked for Mac's Milk, Elko and Windsor Wafers. Olive is predeceased by her husband Bill, parents John and Ethel Lindsay; brother and sister-in-law, Clarence and Laurene Lindsay; son-in-law, Jim Wilson, brother-in-law, Dave Carson and her Pumfrey inlaws: Robert and Amelia, Charles and Helen, Ted and Mary, Bob, Frank, Marie, June and Jack. Her priority was her family and we deeply appreciate her sacrifices for us. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer's Society - Let's stop this thief of personal quality of life and dignity. Thank you to the staff of St. Luke's and Comfort Keepers, especially Julie. Thank you mom for everything - I love you more. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at Coutts Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, from 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held the following day, on Thursday, December 8, 2015, at 11 a.m., from the funeral home chapel. Interment to follow, at Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge.

      Cambridge Times 10 Dec 2015

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Nov 1928 - Dauphin, Manitoba Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Dec 2015 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 8 Dec 2015 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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