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Otto Echt death at Halifax, Halifax County on July 7, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4348

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 004348

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Fairview Villa Nursing Home

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Echt, Otto

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Jewish

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Germany

9. DATE OF BIRTH 4  14, 1897

10. AGE in  Years74  Months2  Days23 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Retired Businessman

12. Kind of industry Grocery Store

13. Date last worked 1956       14. Total years 10 yrs

15. If married name of spouse Meta Echt

16. NAME of Father Hyman Echt

17. BIRTHPLACE Lithuania

18. NAME of Mother Lena Kaplan

19. BIRTHPLACE Lithuania

20. Signature of Informant Marianne Ferguson

      address 1650 Robie St., Halifax, NS

      Relationship to deceased Daughter

21. Place of burial Jewish Cemetery, Hfx. NS

      Date of burial July 9, 1971

22. Undertaker Cruikshank's Funeral Home Limited

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Acute myocardial infarction

(b) Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease

(c) Pulmonary edema

other Cerebral Ischemia Chronic Arterio- sclerotic Disease

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