Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4140
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004140
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Point Edward
If death occured in a hospital or institution Kaiser Strontium Products Plant
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Keck, Walter
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
American
6. Racial Origin
German
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE California, USA
9. DATE OF BIRTH 12 21, 1927
10. AGE in Years43 Months6 Days3 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Consultant
12. Kind of industry Kaiser Strontium Production Plant
13. Date last worked June 24/71 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Theresa (Schmitz) Keck
16. NAME of Father John W. Keck
17. BIRTHPLACE United States
18. NAME of Mother
19. BIRTHPLACE
20. Signature of Informant S. Dean Shopher
address 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California
Relationship to deceased
21. Place of burial Hanford, California,
Date of burial June 29, 1971
22. Undertaker T.W. Curry Limited, Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Electrocution
(b)
(c)
other Industrial Accident: touched high-voltage wire
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