Irene Marion Stewart MacGregor

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MRS. ERNEST GILES
The death of Irene Marion Stewart MacGregor, beloved wife of Mr. Ernest C. Giles of Hope street, Almonte, occurred at the Almonte General Hospital, on Monday evening, August 20th, after an illness of several years' duration. She was in her 68th year. Mrs. Giles was a member of the Almonte Presbyterian Church and of the Ladies' Orange Benevolent Association, having joined in Renfrew, and later joined No. 1209, Almonte. She was devoted to her family and her home. Born in Horton Township, Renfrew County, on December 8, 1905, she was a daughter of the late William Hart MacGregor and his late wife, Mary Elizabeth Wilson. She received her education at Horton Township public school. She was married to Mr. Giles on April 24, 1929, at Arnprior, by the late Rev. E. J. Kerr. Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Menzie M. of Ottawa, R. Elford and Ivan W. C., of Almonte; a daughter, Irene Mrs. Clare Rath) of Richmond, and one brother, Lawrence H. MacGregor, at home. A brother, William D. MacGregor, predeceased her in 1936. The funeral was held from the Comba Funeral Home, Church street, on Thursday afternoon, August 23, to Almonte Presbyterian Church for service at 2.30 o'clock, with burial at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. Douglas C. McQuaig and Rev. Raymond Brown of Almonte Baptist Church. The L.O.B.A. held a funeral home service on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. for their late sister. Pallbearers were a nephew, William Charles MacGregor, Delmer Paterson, Felix Obrey, Edwin Lowry, Edward Scott and Wilbert E. Paterson.
--1973, August, Obituary

Irene married Ernest Clarence Giles on 24 Apr 1929 in Arnprior, Ontario, Canada. Ernest (son of Robert William Giles and Jean Edith McArthur) was born on 10 Jun 1907 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Aug 1993 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mervin Menzie Giles was born on 14 Jul 1930; died on 9 Jun 2004 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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3. William Clarence Ivan Giles was born on 21 Feb 1936 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Dec 1988 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
4. E.E. Irene Giles was born in 1935; died on 29 Oct 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St George's Anglican Cemetery, Union Hall, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.