Monteith funeral
at St. James Tuesday
Funeral services for J. Waldo Monteith will
be held tomorrow
at 2 p.m., St. James Anglican Church where the former cabinet
minister was a member for many years.
Born in Stratford, he was the son of the
late Dr. Joseph
Dunsmore Monteith and the former Allice Chowen. He was a
lifelong resident of Stratford.
Surviving are his wife the former Mary
Bancroft Strudley;
three daughters, Mrs. John (Sally) Wismer, of Guelph, Mrs.
Laurence (Nancy) Freeman, of Manila, Philippines, and Mrs.
Lorne (Mary) Jardine, of Calgary; one sister Mary Forbes, of
Orillia; and seven grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Heinbuck
funeral home 156
Albert St., today between 2 and 4 p.m. and between 7 and 9 p.m.
Burial will be in Avondale cemetery.
The family has requested any donations be
made to the Vic-
torian Order of Nurses' Bursary Fund, 653 West Gore St.
Honorary pallbearers will include: Charles
W. Leeson, of
Toronto, John V. Killer, of Stratford, W. Howard Hemphill, of
Stratford, John Gordon of Toronto, MP William Jarvis, of Ot-
tawa, William Graham, of St.Marys, Thomas Orr, of Stratford,
A. Brock Monteith, of Stratford, Judge Arthur Mullen, of Strat-
ford, Frank Powell, of Parry Sound, Fred Irwin, of Toronto, Dr.
N.R. Scratch, of Stratford, Charles Monteith, of London, Robert
Mitchell, Of London, James Johnston, of Cobourg, Sam Douglas,
of Stratford and W. Mac Pratt, of Listowel.
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