Reeve Percy Roy McFarlane

1900 - 1969  (68 years)

• Name	Percy Roy McFarlane
  Prefix	Reeve
  Born	17 Dec 1900	Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	MacFarlane Farm Supply, Elmira, Ontario
  	MacFarlane Farm Supply Ltd.
  Elected Office	1947	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Councillor - Elmira
  Elected Office	1948	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Councillor - Waterloo County
  Elected Office	1948	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Reeve - Elmira
  Name	Percy Roy MacFarlane
  Residence	3 Bluejay Road, Elmira, Ontario
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-74415
  Died	19 Sep 1969	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I74415	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George McFarlane,   b. Apr 1876,   d. 1951  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Lovina Capling,   b. 1 Aug 1878, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1898  [3]
  Family ID	F63060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beatrice Fenn,   b. 24 Sep 1901, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1985  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Robert MacFarlane
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F25031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Percy MacFarlane Percy R. MacFarlane, an Elmira businessman and a former reeve, died at his home at 3 Bluejay Road Friday afternoon after being released from K-W Hospital in Kitchener where he had been a patient for three weeks. He was 68. Mr. MacFarlane had suffered a heart attack three weeks ago and was released from hospital at noon Friday. Born in Shakespeare Dec. 27, 1900, he operated a butcher shop in Elmira from 1933 to 1946. He then went into the farm implement business and operated MacFarlane's Farm Supplies until the time of his death. Mr. MacFarlane served as a town councillor for a number of years and for two years as reeve. He also served for several years on the town planning board. He was a member of Glenrose Lodge No. 628. Elmira; the Guelph Valley of the Scottish Rite; the Moore Sovereign Consistory; Mocha Temple Shrine, London; and Wesley United Church of Elmira Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lovina MacFarlane, Plattsville; his wife, the former Beatrice Fenn; one son, Robert of Elmira; six brothers, Wesley and Harold of New Hamburg, Sydney of Kentville, James of Kitchener, John of Listowel, Robert of Plattsville; four sisters Mrs. Lloyd (Veryl) Pogson, Mrs. Edwin (Anne) Fergusson, both of Baden, Mrs. Herma (Fern) Cherry of Sarasota, Florida, Mrs. Ralph (Alice) Pattison of Southfield, Mich. Also surviving is one grandson. Funeral service was conducted at the Dreisinger Funeral Home in Elmira on Monday, Rev. E.W. Shaw officiating. Burial was in Elmira cemetery. New Hamburg Independent, September 24, 1969 ______________

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link. McFarlane/ Percy R./ 1900 - 1969/ Beatrice/ 1901 - 1985 [S1450] Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176337722.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Dec 1900 - Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Business - MacFarlane Farm Supply Ltd. - - MacFarlane Farm Supply, Elmira, Ontario Elected Office - Councillor - Elmira - 1947 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo County - 1948 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve - Elmira - 1948 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 3 Bluejay Road, Elmira, Ontario Died - 19 Sep 1969 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth