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Sophie Decoste death at New Glasgow, Pictou County on May 6, 1970

Female Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 3527

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 003527

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Pictou If in City or Town New Glasgow
If death occured in a hospital or institution 739 East River Road, New Glasgow

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Decoste, Sophie

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

French

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

9. DATE OF BIRTH 10  17, 1880

10. AGE in  Years89  Months6  Days20 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Housewife

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse Peter Simon DeCoste

16. NAME of Father William Munroe

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Christina King

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Mrs George Darroch

      address Ballard St., Westville

      Relationship to deceased Daughter

21. Place of burial Holy Name Cemetery, Westville

      Date of burial May 9, 1970

22. Undertaker Eagles Funeral Home, Westville

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Hypostatic pneumonia

(b) Cardiac failure

(c) Generalized arteriosclerosis

other

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