David William Ross

1922 - 2001  (78 years)

• Name	David William Ross
  Birth	24 Dec 1922	Queen Mary's Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jul 2001	Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	7 Jul 2001	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I10640	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	George William Ross,   b. 1 Jun 1890, Mount Forest, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Sep 1955, Orillia Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Martha Mowat Thomson,   b. 21 Feb 1887, South Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Dec 1956, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1914	Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Joan Clayton,   b. 23 Nov 1930, London, England
  Marriage	30 Nov 1946	Christ Church, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
  Children	1. Dale Margaret Ross
  Family ID	F4256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Was baptized on 24 October 1940 by Rev. J.A. MacInnis in Orillia St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. His father was listed as a resident of 53 Penetang Street. (Orillia Library microfilm 539). Attended West Ward School and Orillia Collegiate Institute, Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Served in WWII, in the Army in the Argyle Sutherland Regiment. Worked for Canadian Pacific Express, Terminal Manager and as a Court Services Officer in the Court House in Barrie, Ontario. Buried in Section Q (R33-41) in Orillia. Was living in Orillia in 1956 when his mother died and in 1993 when his brother George Marr Ross Sr. died. The Packet and Times, Friday, 6 July 2001, page B17 ROSS, David William (WWII Veteran, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) - The death occurred suddenly at the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, July 4th, of David William Ross, in his 79th year. He leaves his wife of 54 years, Margaret Joan Clayton, his only daughter, Dale, his friend and son-in-law John McDonald and his dear grand-daughter Chloe McDonald. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Mowat Ross and his brother Marr Ross. He is survived by his brother Grant (Gander) Ross, his sister-in-law Celine (Teri) Ross and his sister Jean (Ross) Cobbold of Paris, Ontario. He leaves behind many nieces and nephews in Orillia and England and a sister-in-law, Rhoda Clayton, of Bedfordshire, England. The funeral service will take place at the Orillia Presbyterian St. Andrew's Church, corner of Peter and Neywash Streets, Orillia, on Saturday morning, July 7th, at 10 o'clock and will be immediately preceded by a Royal Canadian Legion Service in the church at 9:45 a.m. The family will receive friends and relatives at a reception to be hosted in the church immediately following interment services at St. Andrew's - St. James' Cemetery, Orillia. If desired, memorial donations to the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Building Campaign would be sincerely appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to the Mundell Funeral Home, 79 West St., N., Orillia, PH. 325-2231.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2002. date of birth for David William Ross (place from Margaret Joan (Clayton) Ross) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2002. date of death for David William Ross (place from Margaret Joan (Clayton) Ross) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2002. place of burial of David William Ross (date from Margaret Joan (Clayron) Ross)