⸺ by Charles Iliya Krempeaux

⸺ published 2024-04-22T15:43:31-07:00

Nicolas Jouault ( @NicolasJouault ) on Twitter sent me this. https://twitter.com/NicolasJouault/status/1782540768734810132

It is an obituary in Vancouver for my parental grandmother .

It reads:

KREMPEAUX — ON NOV. 16, 1943
, Helen Elizabeth, beloved wife of
Charles Krempeaux of 1161 Comox
St., aged 46 years. Survived by her
husband, 2 sons, Paul, R.C.A., over-
seas; Charles, R.C.N.; 1 daughter
, Audrey, at home; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Kerr, Herd Lake
, Man.; 1 brother, Robert Kerr, Moose
Jaw, Sask. Funneral Fri., Nov. 19, at
3 o'clock from the T. Edwards Co.
Memorial Chapel, Granville at 10th
, Rev. J. H. Craig officiating. Inter-
ment Ocean View Burial Park. East-
ern Canada papers, please copy.

Without at the shortenings and abbreviations, this would be:

KREMPEAUX — ON NOV. 16, 1943, Helen Elizabeth, beloved wife of Charles Stanislaus Krempeaux of 1161 Comox Street, Vancouver, aged 46 years. Survived by her husband, 2 sons, Paul Douglas Krempeaux, R.C.A., overseas; Charles Robert Krempeaux, Royal Canadian Navy (R.C.N.); 1 daughter, Audrey Jane Krempeaux, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kerr, Herd Lake, Manitoba; 1 brother, Robert Kerr, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Funneral Fri., Nov. 19, at 3 o'clock from the T. Edwards Co. Memorial Chapel, Granville at 10th, Rev. J. H. Craig officiating. Interment Ocean View Burial Park. Eastern Canada papers, please copy.