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Richard Sheppard death at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County on December 27, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 7625

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 007625

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Sheppard, Richard

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

9. DATE OF BIRTH 8  23, 1905

10. AGE in  Years66  Months4  Days4 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Retired miner

12. Kind of industry Dominion Coal Co.

13. Date last worked 1968       14. Total years 45

15. If married name of spouse Hazel Sheppard

16. NAME of Father Alfred Sheppard

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Phoebe Rasks

19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Hazel Sheppard

      address 79 Brookland St. Glace Bay

      Relationship to deceased Wife

21. Place of burial Forest Haven, Grand Lake Rd.

      Date of burial December 30, 1971

22. Undertaker Currys Funeral Home, Glace Bay

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Coronary Heart Disease

(b) Congestive Heart Failure

(c) Cardiac Arrest

other

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