Etc. -- Frank Slaght's 1928 obituary
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A transcription of a page 1 article from 2 Aug 1928 Waterford Star.

Frank Slaght

The death took place in Edmonton on 19 Jul 1928 of Frank Slaght of Galahad, Alberta. Mr. and Mrs. Slaght were in the city attending the exhibition, and they were sitting in a cafeteria awaiting their dinner, the end came suddenly and quietly.

The funeral services from his late residence, Galahad, on Sunday afternoon, were conducted by Rev. J. R. Geeson, and were largely attended. The floral tributes and many thoughtful acts of kindness show to the family at this time testified to the esteem and friendship which Mr. and Mrs. Slaght had won for themselves in the community.

The deceased was born near Waterford, Ont., on 10 Mar 1867, and was married to Sarah Goold of the same place, 30 May 1888. Besides his widow he is survived by three sons, Lorne of Winnipeg; Stanley of Vancouver; Delmar on the home farm; four grandchildren, two brothers, Andrew of Scotland, Ont., Will of Buffalo, N.Y., and one sister, Mrs. A. R. Ewing, Waterford, Ont. 

When a young man he united with the Methodist Church at Wilsonville, and with his wife remained a member there until he moved to Alberta. He attended the first church service held in Merna and became actively associated with what is now the United Church there.

In 1926 [sic] he came to Alberta and settled on an unbroken prairie farm which he still owned at the time of his death, though he himself moved to Galahad some eight years ago.

The pallbearers representing the districts of Merna and Galahad and the municipal council on which he served for six years, were: A. Peacock, W. R. Stewart, E. Ehier, T. J. Elliott, A. Wright and George Laings.

The body was laid to rest in the Merna cemetery, near to those of many of his neighbors of the earlier days.

And so passed another of the pioneers.

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