Robert Delmer Raycroft

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The community was saddened recently at the news that Delmer Raycroft had passed away suddenly at his home Clayton, Ontario, on Sunday, November 25th, 1973. He was in his 59th year. Robert Delmer Raycroft was born on January 1st, 1913, in a Darling Township community then known as Raycroft, Ontario, a son of the late Robert Raycroft and his wife, the late Anna Miller. He received his education at S.S. No. 6, Darling, and later turned to farming, a vocation he perused all his life. More recently he had been a school bus operator as well. On October 18, 1939, he married the former Maud McKay at Carleton Place and resided in the Clayton area where he attended St Peter's United Church at Tatlock. Surviving besides his wife are three sons, Harvey, R.R. 1, Carp; Laurie, Lanark and Bryan of Toronto and two daughters, Dorothy (Mrs. Phillip Borrowman), Arnprior and Wenda at home. Also surviving are brothers George, R.R. 2, Clayton and Melville of Clayton and a sister, Mrs. Laura Boggis of Carleton Place. Funeral services for Mr. Raycroft were held from the Comba Funeral Home, Church St., Almonte, on Wednesday, November 28th, at 2 p.m. with interment at Clayton United Cemetery. Rev. Gordon C. Smyth conducted the services. Pallbearers were Welly Ray- (no more).

Robert married Ann Maud McKay on 18 Oct 1939 in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. Ann (daughter of Arthur McKay and Clara Vina Craig) was born in 1921 in Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Jan 2000 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Clayton United Cemetery, Clayton, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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