23 Apr 1992
Funeral services for the late Leonard Albert MacPhie, 39, of Halifax, and formerly of Ballantynes Cove, Antigonish County, took place April 25 in Holy Rosary Church, Ballantynes Cove, with Rev. Allan MacPhie officiating, with Rev. John Hugh MacDonald also in the sanctuary. Burial was in the parish cemetery. Mr. MacPhie died on April 23 in the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax. Readers for the Mass were the deceased’s niece, Donna MacPhie and Rev. A.R. Ralph Webber, while the deceased’s sister, Janet Murphy, read the intentions. Active pallbearers for the service were nephews James MacEachern, Carol MacGillivray, Donald MacDonald and Stuart MacPhie and Larry Roberts and Tommy MacEachern. Honorary pallbearers were Donald Haskett, Sara and Gerard Brown, Daniel and Lorraine MacEachern, Martha MacInnis, Mary A. Mackinnon and Richard Barker. Born in Antigonish, he was a son of Harold and Louise (MacInnis) MacPhie, Antigonish. He was a former employee at Pine Haven Rest Home, Halifax. He was a member of the A.A. Association and the Canadian Diabetes Association. He is survived by a daughter, Peggy Ann, Purcells Cove Road; five sisters, Joan (Mrs. Malcolm) MacEachern, Antigonish; Janet Murphy, Middleton; Doris Anne (Mrs. Ron) Fox, Chicago; Anne (Mrs. Ray) MacDonald, Arisaig; and Gladys (Mrs. James) MacGillivray, Williams Point; two brothers, Harold, Cape George; and John M., Antigonish. He was predeceased by a brother, Donald William, Antigonish.