A resident of Simcoe for
three-quarters of a century and the oldest printer in Norfolk County,
Angus M. Munro, secretary-treasurer of the Board of Education and
public-spirited citizen with a long period of useful service to his
credit, passed away early Saturday morning, Sept. 1st, in his 82nd year.
Born in Charlotteville township,
Angus Munro attended public school in Simcoe and worked for a time with
the old mercantile firm of Ritchie, Ford and Company.
On February 21st, 1867, nearly six
months before Confederation, he presented himself at the door of the
British Canadian newspaper office at the corner or Argyle and Norfolk
streets. There he remained following the trade of printer for nearly sixty
years, until the British Canadian was amalgamated with the Reformer in
1926, and then he continued in the employ of the Wallace & Co.
bookstore for several years more.
Angus Munro was a man of sterling
character and a model of faithfulness and loyalty. During his sixty years
in the printing trade he never took a holiday and was never away from work
except for an occasional day due to illness. "Never absent, never
late" was a motto to which he adhered with unfailing
regularity.
He also served in several spheres
of public life, having been a member of the Simcoe Board of Education for
28 years and secretary-treasurer for the last 13 years; he was a member of
the Oakwood Cemetery Board for 32 years and financial secretary of the
I.O.F. for 44 years. To these tasks he gave the same patient, untiring
devotion as to his daily work.
Besides his widow he leaves one
daughter, Mrs. George T. Brown of Dundas. A son, William Lornie Munro,
passed away in 1923, and two daughters, Jessie and Louise, also predeceased
him.
The funeral service was held at
his late home, 89 Talbot St. South, on Monday afternoon, in charge of Rev.
A. R. Ferguson, pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian church, of which the
deceased as a faithful member. The bearers were: Messrs. W. C. Everett,
David Gilbertson,
T. E. Langford, Peter McGachie, Col. A. A. Winter, K.C.,
and Dr. A. T. Sihler. Interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery.
