Chronicle Herald - May 19, 1971 - Pg. 38

Contributed by Diana Gregory

Percy Stanley Zwicker, 83, of 137 Coronation Avenue, Halifax, died Tuesday at the Halifax Infirmary. Born in Halifax, he was a son of the late Austin and Eliza Zwicker. He is survived by two daughters, Major Edna Zwicker; Bermuda; Thelma, at home; two sons, Reginald, Upper Tantallon; Leonard, Hamilton, Ontario; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. The body is at Cruickshank's Funeral Home, Robie Street, where funeral service will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m., Captain David Peck officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Note: Percy's 1st wife -Eleanor Isabell (Young) Zwicker died on Oct 12, 1955. 2nd wife - Susannah (Hann) McAvoy, Zwicker died October 03, 1963.

Laverne Margaret Murphy

Halifax Herald 3/15/2003

MURPHY, Laverne Margaret - 50, Murphy Cove, Halifax Co., passed away peacefully on March 13, 2003, in the VG Site, QEII. Born October 6, 1952, in Musquodoboit Harbour, she was a daughter of Maurice and the late Florence (Mason) Zwicker. She is survived by her husband, James; son, Audie; daughter, Trina (James); grandchildren, Cotten and Jordan; brothers, Keith (Debbie), Ken (Donna), Wendell (Debbie), Darrell (Diana); sister-in-law, Hattie "Gloria". Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Sunday in D.S. Crowell and Sons Funeral Home, 22558 Main St., Sheet Harbour. Funeral service 3 p.m. Monday in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Tangier, Rev. Katherine Tait officiating. Interment in Shoal Bay, St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery. Special thanks to the doctors and amazing nursing staff on 5A. She will be missed by all. Donations to Canadian Cancer Society. On-line condolences to: crowells@dunmac.com

Gail Evelyn Degaust
Glace Bay

With broken hearts we announce that Gail Evelyn (Dillon) Degaust was called home to be with her Lord and Saviour in her 67 th year surrounded by her loving family. In those years she made the world a more beautiful place for all who knew and loved her. Born in Glace Bay, she was the youngest daughter, of the late John and Evelyn (Peach) Dillon. Gail was employed by the Nova Scotia assessors and appraisers for 31 years until retirement.
A dedicated member of the Glace Bay Baptist Church, where she held several offices. She was a beautiful and talented rug hooker. Her favorite pastime was spending time with her family.
Left to grieve are her loving husband of 45 years, Gary, with whom she had an extraordinary relationship built on mutual respect and deep unending love. Her two adoring children, Andre (Brittany) and Stefanie (Stephen) White and her three wonderful grandsons, whom she loved deeply Matthew, Reece and Jesse.
Also left to remember her much love are her four brothers, Gary (Elsie) Dillon, Daryl Degaust, Brian (Dyan) Degaust, Andre (Brenda) Degaust, and three sisters, Ruth (Garry) Smith, Ronda Degaust (Bob Clarke) and Denise (Derek) Walker as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins all of whom she loved.
Besides her parents, Gail was predeceased by her mother and father -in-law, Marie and Ronald Degaust who thought of her as one of their own.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of T.J. Tracey Cremation and Burial Specialists, 370 Reserve St., Glace Bay, NS 902-849-4199.
A private family memorial will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2018 with Pastor Gary Dillon officiating, followed by an open reception for family and friends of Gail held at the Glace Bay Baptist Church, 229 York St., Glace Bay, from 2-4 pm.
“When you left, a piece of us went too, you are forever loved and will be greatly missed more than we could ever imagine.”
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.tjtracey.com

Patrick J. Walsh - Halifax Herald -  Edition from June 26, 1945, page 5

Contributed by Diana Gregory

There passed away in hospital last night at the age of 58 years Patrick J. Walsh, 31 Sebastian Place.  A member of St. Joseph's Church, he was employed at Moirs Limited as an assistant shipper.
Surviving are his wife, Annie; five daughters, Elizabeth, (Mrs Jack, Simmons) of Rockingham; Mrs Margaret Osborne; Jacqueline (Mrs. Donald Young), Spryfield; Lillian (Mrs Archibald Mogeach); Edith, Halifax and one son Private P.J. Walsh serving overseas with the Canadian Army.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning in time for 8 o'clock Mass at St. Joseph's Church.  Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Donald Raymond Burke
February 28, 1939 - March 17, 2019
Don Burke

Donald Burke (known as Don Burke) was born on February 28, 1939 in Halifax , (English-speaking province of Nova Scotia, Canada) to a large family (14 brothers and sisters), passed away March 17, 2019 at the Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston Nova Scotia, a Singer, guitar and banjo player, he was in two folk groups, The Townsmen Trio (1963-1964) and The Don Burke Four, with whom he was regularly invited to sing on the television show Singalong Jubilee for Canadian television ( CBC).

In 1965, for his studies (he worked as a Latin teacher at the same time), he left Canada and moved to the Parisian suburbs (Draveil). Frequenting the American Centre of Paris (Boulevard Raspail), he rubbed shoulders with many English-speaking artists living in Paris and participated in folk nights (Hootenannies) and open stages. It was during one of these evenings that the young Breton harpist Alan Stivell noticed Don and his "picking" technique on the guitar, and finally inspired him by applying his method of playing the harp.

In 1966, Don joined the folk group Les Troubadours by definitively replacing the tenor Bob Smart (American singer who had recorded the first two 45T of the band), alongside Pierre Urban, Jean-Claude Briodin and Franca di Rienzo. His passion for folk music and his talents as a guitarist and banjoist were a major asset for the group.Franca remembers her first encounter with Don: "We had to find a new tenor to replace Bob Smart, and we talked to my husband (the arranger Christian Chevallier) about a Canadian singer and guitarist who was playing folk nights at the American Centre of Paris, It was Don. We had him come for an audition. When the doorbell rang, I opened the door and my eyes did not meet anyone. I looked down and I came across a little man with blond hair in battle, with big blue eyes, a lumberjack shirt, white socks in the sandals, who said "Hi!" with a big smile, as if we already knew each other. Being a very aesthetic idea of ​​the band, I was stunned (laughs). Christian had him auditioned in a separate room, singing louder and louder and I heard his beautiful voice. Don had to leave to accompany Joe Dassin at L'Ancienne Belgique (Brussels), so we gave him our ten songs on a cassette, and when he came back, while he was not yet speaking french, he knew them all by heart.”

On October 11, 1966, about ten days before the release of the movie “Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? by William Klein”, Don records the song of the credits (music by Michel Legrand) with his Les Troubadours friends.Michel Legrand spotted Don and offered him to record the sung voice of Gene Kelly in “Les Demoiselles de Rochefort”. All the other roles had already been recorded (March-April 66), filming was done during the summer of 66 (Michel Legrand himself served as "voice witness" to Gene Kelly / Andy for filming, and a few of his "scats" were kept in the final mix), but (according to Don) for reasons of musical complexity (difficulties in making the intervals that Legrand's music required), Gene Kelly could not post-synchronize over the songs. Don recorded the French songs of the “Demoiselles de Rochefort (under a rather "difficult" direction of Michel Legrand), then a week after the English version ("without being paid" he told me).The choice of doubling Gene Kelly on the songs (while he spoke very good French) was criticized by the purists, but went unnoticed by the general public, proof that this recording was successful.

Without being "stars", Les Troubadours, inspired by both the American folk movement (Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, etc.) and the European folk repertoire, had a great career, for more than nineteen years : many records including some "tubes" (like the magnificent "Le vent et la Jeunesse” composed by Christian Chevallier and lyrics by Jean-Michel Rivat and Frank Thomas) mostly arranged by Christian Chevallier, many tours, collaborations and first parts (for Jean Ferrat, Graeme Allwright, Georges Moustaki, etc.) and television programs (including a regular participation in Guy Béart's "Bienvenue"). Don felt that these "Troubadours" years would be the most beautiful of his life.

Alongside the Troubadours, Don composed songs (among others "L’auto stop" for Maxime Le Forestier”, and played in the discs of friends: Graeme Allwright (first Mercury albums), Hugues Aufray (five strings banjo in "Des Jonquilles aux Drenieres Lila’s”. In 1970 and 1971, for the animated film “ Lucky Luke: Daisy Town” he recorded for Claude Bolling the model of "I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy”, the song "Stamp your feet" (English version of "Voilà le Quadrille", unpublished in the film but present in the disc with credit (Don Burke) and the chorus of the final soundtrack of the film (mix of usual studio singers (Anne and Claude Germain, etc.) and English-speaking singers and musicians living in Paris, with Pat Woods as soloist).

In the late 1980s, Don returned to his hometown of Halifax. In 2000, he released his first solo CD, recorded with local musicians. From time to time, he made a small trip to France to visit his friends in Draveil (especially his tennis buddies) and his companions Les Troubadours. Franca remembers: “Don had a lot of humour, a very British humour. When we sang together, our voices were in tune and we shared the same feeling. Even during his last trip to France two years ago, when he came to see me, he found his guitar, faithful to the past, and we both sang with the same empathy.”

Thanks to Philippe Crabbe and Betty Burke, Franca Chevallier, Jean-Claude Briodin and Rémi Carémel (biographer and blogger). French blog translated by Jeannine Thériault.

Don is survived by his siblings, Earl (Gerry), Marion Burke-Crabbe (Philippe),Mary Lucas, Robie (Lucy), Allan, and Betty( nee Elizabeth) and many nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by Pacific Sr.( Father), Elizabeth Campbell( mother) and siblings Viola, Jim, Doug, William, Selina, Joseph, Infant Brother, Pacific Jr.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Green’s Funeral Home, Port Hawkesbury.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Lorna Langille (Aspen, Nova Scotia), who passed away on October 24, 2019, at the age of 78, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Lorna Langille to pay them a last tribute. You may also light a candle in honor of Lorna Langille.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Robert Malloy and Kathleen Weir Malloy (Mitchell); her husband Charles; her son Charley; and her siblings, Walter Francis (Dupsey), Edmund Archibald (Eddie), Arthur Harold (Boodie), Lester Clyde, Elmer Graham, Margaret Eileen Cumminger, Audrey Mildred Beaton and Elaine Elizabeth. She is survived by : her children, Robert (Anouk), Darlene Smith (Mike) and Teresa Langille (Patrick); her grandchildren, Adam Smith (Hannah), Amy Smith (Eamonn), Megan Langille (Shannon), Arietta Smith (Travis), Brynn Budden (Colin), Lower Sackville, Aaron Reddick and Alexander Langille; her great grandchildren, Cody Rossong, Avery Smith, Jacob and Ethan McDonald; her sisters, Norma Phyllis Weir MacDonald and Natalie Kathleen "Kay" Grech; and her daughter-in-law Shauna Langille of Moncton, N. B.. She is also survived by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to Cathy's Place Resource Room, Antigonish, The Canadian Cancer Society or The Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Helen May Morrow

Chronicle Herald 9/16/1989

Morrow, Helen May - 64, Upper Lawrencetown, Halifax County, died Thursday in Dartmouth General Hospital. Born in Halifax, she was a daughter of the late John and Margaret (Slaunwhite) Roache. She was a foster mother to many children over the years. She is survived by her husband Reg; four sons, Robert Bellefontaine, Roy Patriquin, Gerald and Richard Robinson, all of Upper Lawrencetown; stepmother Mary (Jenkins) Roache, Bedford; five brothers, John Jr. and Gordon, both of Halifax; Charles, Beaverbank; Donald and Gary, both of Bedford; two sisters, Ruth (Mrs. George Adams), Lakeside; Susan (Mrs. Neil Logan), Spryfield. The body has been cremated. Memorial mass will be Monday 10 a.m. in Pope John XXlll Church, Colby Village, Rev. Owen Connolly officiating. Private family burial. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society

JOAN M. DESCOTEAUX (NÉE SALKUS) 29-Aug-2022

Obituary Overview quot;Proud ambassador of Nova Scotia"

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Diana Young Gregory

A message from Diana
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If you are reading this, well...I am no longer here. I was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Diana Theresa Young, Jan 27, 1958 and died July 14, 2023; only child/daughter of the late Donald W. Young and Marian Jacqueline (Walsh). I leave behind my loving husband and best friend of 45 years, Robert K. Gregory; my daughters Jennifer (Jenn) Lynn Gregory (Raymond Younes) and Sarah Marie Gregory (Maggie Selley). My fur babies Leia and Ellie.
Survived by cousins Calene Alexander, Julie Godwin, Louise Morash, Robert Walter, Beverly Walter Green; Judith Ritcey; Sharon Feetham; Louise Wolstenholme. Predeceased by cousin Stewart Hogg.
Predeceased by my grandparents Patrick Joseph Walsh and Annie Charlotte Armstrong Walsh (Austin) and Robert Stewart Young and Beatrice Hilda (Tanner). Great grandparents: Edward Wilbur Young and Samantha Elizbeth Vaughan; Charles Willam Tanner and Mary Ann Shubley; Patrick Walsh and Mary Anne Pitman; William Thomas Austin and Margaret Ellen Kehoe
Those that knew me, knew my passions for genealogy so I would be remiss if I didn't mention these people my ancestors my Great great grandparents: William W. Young and Hannah Drusilla Finck; Simon Vaughan and Eliza Jane Marryatt; George Thomas Tanner and Martha Higgs; James William Shubley and Mary Elizabeth; Rody Walsh and Mary Ryan; Joseph Pittman and Jane; Edward Austin and Charlotte Ann Sidders/Scissors and finally Lawrence Kehoe and Caroline Brewer.
Having no siblings, I was surrounded by Bob's family who I have always considered my sisters and brothers: Janet, Rose, Ernie, Ron, and Marlene and Ray; deceased Donna, deceased Pat, Gerry, Carol, and Ken and Sandra.
I had such a great life I married the boy next door, on Oct 1, 1977 how much closer could you get. I worked a few jobs over my career, namely Sears and retiring from Statistics Canada where I met so many wonderful people. My passions were my garden, which I finally finished after all these years; the cottage at Mattatall Lake and my genealogy. I was forever scouring for my latest obituary/ ancestor, whether it be Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Rhode Island, somewhere in Essex County, Ontario, or the Oak Island Treasure. I sort of cracked my brick wall for my "Patrick Walsh".
I attended Saint Catherine's School and Westmount Junior High; graduated from Queen Elizabeth High in 1976 and 1977.
I will miss my two long-time friends deeply: Glenn Martin and Shirley Jollymore and my 'other son' Justin Hannam; without you all I wouldn't have gotten this far. And to you "Joanne Martin" my bestie in Heaven. We will meet again soon.
Raise a glass and toast to the good old days; "Here for a good time, not a long Time"
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A Time to Remember service will be held Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 2-4pm at the Atlantic Funeral Home, 6552 Bayers Rd, Halifax. Please come by and share your memories with family and friends.
Donations may be made Hope for Wildlife https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/m/1015/donation