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Bertha May Rafuse death at Lunenburg, Lunenburg County on January 17, 1971

Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1269

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 001269

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

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Rafuse, Bertha May

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Gold River

9. DATE OF BIRTH 6  16, 1896

10. AGE in  Years74  Months7  Days | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession House wife

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse Mr. Edward Rafuse

16. NAME of Father Arthur Vaughan

17. BIRTHPLACE Gold River

18. NAME of Mother Millie Kaizer

19. BIRTHPLACE Gold River

20. Signature of Informant Edward W. Rafuse

      address Martins Point

      Relationship to deceased Husband

21. Place of burial Western Shore

      Date of burial 19 June 1971

22. Undertaker Mahone Funeral Home, Mahone Bay

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) CVA

(b) Carcinoma lung

(c)

other

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