Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2593
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002593
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Halifax Infirmary, Halifax
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Ritcey, Dorothy
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Dartmouth
9. DATE OF BIRTH 11 18, 1924
10. AGE in Years46 Months4 Days13 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Housewife
12. Kind of industry Secretary
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Norman Ritcey
16. NAME of Father William Blank
17. BIRTHPLACE Dartmouth
18. NAME of Mother Loretta MacNeil
19. BIRTHPLACE PEI
20. Signature of Informant Norman Ritcey
address Lake Echo, Hfx Co.
Relationship to deceased husband
21. Place of burial Musquodoboit
Date of burial April 2, 1971
22. Undertaker Mattatal Funeral Home
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Cardio-Respiratory Failure
(b) Renal Failure, Carcinoma Cervix
(c) Widespread Carcinoma with Bowel Obstructions & pelvic absesses
other
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