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Grace Marie Rafuse death at Bridgewater, Lunenburg County on October 14, 1970

Female Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 6070

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 006070

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Lunenburg If in City or Town Bridgewater
If death occured in a hospital or institution Dawson Memorial Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Rafuse, Grace Marie

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

German

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Bridgewater

9. DATE OF BIRTH 7  23, 1929

10. AGE in  Years41  Months2  Days22 | 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 Douglas Rafuse

16. NAME of Father Charles Tompkins

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Annie Nauss

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Mr. Douglas Rafuse

      address Bridgewater

      Relationship to deceased Husband

21. Place of burial Bridgewater

      Date of burial Oct 17, 1970

22. Undertaker Charles Sweeney

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Multiple secondaries

(b) Cancer of Breast

(c)

other agranulocytosis due to cytotoxic drugs

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