3 Apr 1979 – Joseph MacEachern
Funeral services for the late Joseph MacEachern, 90, of St. Andrews, were held last Friday in St. Andrew’s Church with Rev. Bernard Chisholm officiating. Mr. MacEachern died on April 9 in Edward Mortimer Place, Pictou. Pallbearers for the funeral were his grandsons Lloyd Sears, Leo Sears, Leroy MacEachern, William MacEachern, Brian MacEachern and Paul LeBlanc. Burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Cape George, he was a son of the late John and Jeannette (MacDonald) MacEachern. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by six sons; Colin, Bernard, Vincent and John A., all of St. Andrews; Alexander, Hamilton, Ontario; and Donald, Windsor, Ont.; two daughters; Isabel (Mrs. Tom Sears), St. Andrews; and Colleen (Mrs. Victor LeBlanc), Lower Sackville, a brother Hugh, Cape George; and two sisters; Mrs. Annie Kaiser, Cape George; and Penelope MacEachern, New Glasgow. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Annie MacGillivray; three brothers and a sister.