Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 5093
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 005093
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Halifax Infirmary
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Colter, Ernest Howard
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Dartmouth
9. DATE OF BIRTH 8 4, 1908
10. AGE in Years63 Months0 Days22 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired
12. Kind of industry Mar. Tel. & Tel.
13. Date last worked 1964 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Olive Colter
16. NAME of Father Frederick H. Colter
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Mildred B. Gay
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Olive Colter
address 97 Prince Albert Rd, Dartmouth
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Christ Church Cemetery, Dartmouth
Date of burial August 28, 1971
22. Undertaker Mattatall Funeral Service Ltd, Dartmouth
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Malabsorption with malnutrition & multiple vitamin deficiencies
(b)
(c)
other
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