Richard Baxter
Lieu de naissance : Canada
Date de naissance : 1er septembre 1926
Lieu de décès : Hammonds Plains, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada
Date de décès : 18 mai 2009
Richard Gibb Baxter, 82, of Hammonds Plains, N.S., formerly of Sydney, N.S., passed away peacefully in the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, N.S. on Monday May 18, 2009.
The son of Richard and Isabella Baxter, he was born in Motherwell, Scotland on September 1, 1926 and immigrated to Canada as an infant. He was raised in Sydney Mines, N.S., where he became a Worshipful Master of the Grand Masonic Lodge. He worked as a stationary engineer in Sydney, N.S., with the Sydney School Board and the Sydney City Hospital until his retirement in 1994. He was an active elder in Bethel Presbyterian Church in Sydney and served as an interim moderator of the Cape Breton Presbytery. In 1996 he moved to Bedford, N.S., to be close to his children.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Anne (Forrest) Baxter; his children, D. Lynn (Terry) MacPherson and R. Daren (Jocelyne) Baxter; his grandchildren, Aaron MacPherson, Kyle MacPherson, Isabella Baxter and Callum Baxter and his sisters-in-law, Katherine Taylor, Lake Wales, Florida and Ethel Forrest, Sydney Mines, N.S.
He was predeceased by his sisters, Etta and Nina and his brothers, Alex, Bill and James.
A memorial service will be held at Grace Chapel Church, 255 Ross St., Halifax, 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2009 and a committal will be held at Brookside Cemetery in Sydney Mines at a later date.
Special thanks to Dr. Kathy Gallagher, the VON, Northwood home care workers, Palliative Care Home Team, Home Care Nova Scotia, and the staff of 5A Victoria General Hospital.
Donations in memory can be made to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.
