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- From H. M. GiCal, correspondent, note of November 4, 2011
Her obituary was published on 28 Feb 1969.
Mrs. Georgina Bentley - UPPER STEWIACKE, Feb 28 - Mrs. Georgina Bentley, widow of George T. Bentley of Upper Stewiakce, passed away in the Colchester Hospital on Sunday morning, February 23. She was 77. Daughter of the late James and Martha (Steele) Dunlap, she was born in Otter Brook and grew up there. Outside of a few years during her early life in the United States, she resided in Upper Stewiacke and other neighbouring Truro communities. The last few years she made her home in Hilden with her niece, Mrs. Laurie Bowman. She leaves to mourn an adopted son, the Rev. Morley Bentley, Dartmouth; two sisters, (Margaret) Mrs. Harry O'Connell of Otter Brook; Miss Marianna Dunlap, R.N. of Miami, Fla., who came home for the last few days of her sister's illness; one brother Hugh Dunlap, Rhode Island, several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband George Bentley, a daughter Rachel, in infancy, and two brothers Sedley and Donald. Always a great church worker, Mrs. Bentley was of member of the United Church and taught Sunday school in Middle Stewiacke and Upper Stewiacke, also an active member in Woman's Church Groups Mrs. Bentley will be long remembered for her visits to the sick and shut-ins. Her minister, the Rev. Allison MacLean, conducted the funeral services at the Mattatall Funeral Home on Tuesday at 2 pm. The Upper Stewiacke choir, with Morris Blaikie as organist, led the singing of two hymns, "Unto the Hills" and "The Sands of Time are Sinking". Pallbearers were Frank Cox, Putman Fulton, Archie Bentley, John Gammell, Laurie Bowman and Donald O'Connell. Friends and relatives attended the funeral from Port Hawkesbury, Dartmouth, Amherst, Moncton and the Truro area. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. (OB4 p28 Lawrence Henry Collection held and the Colchester Historical Society and Museum Archives in Truro, Nova Scotia). [1]
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