Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2228
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002228
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Annapolis If in City or Town Annapolis Royal
If death occured in a hospital or institution Annapolis General Hospital, Annapolis Royal
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Kearns, Hilda
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Irish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Annapolis Royal
9. DATE OF BIRTH 1 26, 1900
10. AGE in Years71 Months1 Days17 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Housewife
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 3 yrs 14. Total years 32 yrs
15. If married name of spouse James Kearns
16. NAME of Father Samuel Rippey
17. BIRTHPLACE Annapolis Royal
18. NAME of Mother Hollie Edwards
19. BIRTHPLACE Falmouth, Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant J.A. Kearns
address Annapolis Royal
Relationship to deceased Husband
21. Place of burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Annapolis Royal
Date of burial March 18, 1971
22. Undertaker Chisholm Funeral Home, Granville Ferry
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Adrenal failure with Acute Circulatory Collapse
(b) Generalized debility
(c) Cushinoid Syndrome
other Severe osteoporosis, Secondary to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis & Steroid Therapy
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