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Albert Gordon Avis

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Albert Gordon Avis

Birth
Cockburn Island, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada
Death
22 Feb 1986 (aged 90)
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada GPS-Latitude: 51.0240972, Longitude: -114.0564583
Plot
Section D, Block 5, Lot 10
Memorial ID
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WWI Regt. #3208537
Enlisted May 6, 1918 at Calgary in the First Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment.
Next-of-kin: Mrs. Annie Avis, mother, at Calgary
Trade: Asst. Manager, Continental Oil Co.

A. GORDON AVIS OBITUARY
Calgary Herald – February 25 1986
AVIS – Mr. A. Gordon Avis, formerly of 830 18 Avenue S.W., passed away at the Holy Cross Hospital on February 22, 1986 at the age of 90 years. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Frances Avis, Calgary; two nephews, Donald Avis, Calgary and Walter Avis, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., a niece Audrey Avis, Calgary and by two grand-nephews, Andrew and Michael Avis, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.; friends, Henry Rondeau, Drayton Valley, Alberta and Alvin Wood, Calgary. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Annie Avis; six brothers: John, George, Frank, Walter, Alfred and Harold Avis and by three sisters, Caroline Hall, Ethel and Esther Avis. He was born in Cockburn Island, Algoma, Ontario and came west in 1911 to Calgary and resided at Calgary since. Mr. Avis was employed with United Grain Growers for many years until his retirement. Funeral Services will be held at Leyden’s “Chapel of Remembrance” (18 Avenue and 2 Street S.W.) Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. C. Gordon Ashdown officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot at Burnsland Cemetery.
Contributor: Joanne Robb (47655504)
WWI Regt. #3208537
Enlisted May 6, 1918 at Calgary in the First Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment.
Next-of-kin: Mrs. Annie Avis, mother, at Calgary
Trade: Asst. Manager, Continental Oil Co.

A. GORDON AVIS OBITUARY
Calgary Herald – February 25 1986
AVIS – Mr. A. Gordon Avis, formerly of 830 18 Avenue S.W., passed away at the Holy Cross Hospital on February 22, 1986 at the age of 90 years. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Frances Avis, Calgary; two nephews, Donald Avis, Calgary and Walter Avis, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., a niece Audrey Avis, Calgary and by two grand-nephews, Andrew and Michael Avis, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.; friends, Henry Rondeau, Drayton Valley, Alberta and Alvin Wood, Calgary. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Annie Avis; six brothers: John, George, Frank, Walter, Alfred and Harold Avis and by three sisters, Caroline Hall, Ethel and Esther Avis. He was born in Cockburn Island, Algoma, Ontario and came west in 1911 to Calgary and resided at Calgary since. Mr. Avis was employed with United Grain Growers for many years until his retirement. Funeral Services will be held at Leyden’s “Chapel of Remembrance” (18 Avenue and 2 Street S.W.) Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. C. Gordon Ashdown officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot at Burnsland Cemetery.
Contributor: Joanne Robb (47655504)

Inscription

(tall headstone)
ANNIE McANULTY
AVIS
JAN 5 1852-MAR 2 1929

AVIS

(second headstone)
AVIS
SISTER
M. ESTHER L
1897-1984

BROTHER
A GORDON
1895-1986

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE



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  • Created by: Deb
  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137456300/albert_gordon-avis: accessed ), memorial page for Albert Gordon Avis (27 Jun 1895–22 Feb 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137456300, citing Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269).