On Saturday, February 13, 2016 Jim MacKay of Paisley passed away after a brave battle with aplastic anemia (which simply means his bone marrow was not making enough blood to keep him going at the speed he wanted to go). He would have been 82 in April. He was a...

January 16, 1922 – January 29, 2016 Leslie Pitt was born on January 16, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario. He was the oldest of his siblings who included Harry, Irene, and Bert. He lived near Eugenia in his early years, but the family eventually settled on a farm in the...

Alice “Irene” (Jelly) Smith of Chesley, formerly of New Liskeard and Hamilton, passed away at Elgin Abbey, Chesley on Thursday, January 28, 2016 in her 101st year. Beloved mother of Brucie (Jelly) and her husband Bruno DeLazzer of Bramalea, Ellen (Smith) and her...

Eva "Dorothy" MacDonald of Chesley, passed away at South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Chesley, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 in her 86th year. Beloved wife and best friend of Ken. Loving mother of Gary, Linda and Barbara MacDonald, all of Hanover and Murray of Port Elgin....

Zoals het klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens “The clock ticks at home, as it ticks nowhere else.” or ‘There’s no place like home.” Meaning: There’s nowhere quite as cosy or comfortable as your own home. Dingena’s favourite place to be was beside Durk and her...

“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade.” Rudyard Kipling Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Mills knew the definition of hard work and also knew the joy of vegetable gardens and farming. Betty was born in Walkerton on December 9, 1937 in...

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Clarence was happiest when he was busy farming. In fact, farming was both a...

“To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.” Julia Child Creative could very well have been Carol Heard’s middle name. Whether it was baking homemade bread for sale, cooking impressive and extensive buffets at...

November 19, 1924 - December 29, 2015 Jean Evelyn Pitt was born November 19, 1924 to Willard Francis and Ethyl Jane (Leslie) Wilson, and was raised on a farm in the Markdale area. She was the youngest of four children; Harold (Rusty), Dorothy and Ina. Jean’s...