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Lionel Purcell
December 7, 1920 - May 12, 2016
IT IS WITH ENORMOUS SADNESS WE ANNOUNCE THAT LIONEL R. PURCELL
PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY MAY 12, 2016 IN HIS 96TH YEAR.
AT HOME ON THE FARM, THE PLACE THAT HE LIVED, LOVED AND PUT HIS WHOLE
HEART INTO WITH HIS FAMILY SURROUNDING HIM.
SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE RITA OF 59 YEARS, HIS FOUR CARING CHILDREN;
CARRIE, MARK, BLAIR, HOLLY(MIKE) HIS ADORED GRANDCHILDREN; BLAKE,
KATHRYN, ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER. HIS BROTHER VERNON AND THE LATE RITA.
FONDLY REMEMBERED BY HIS NEPHEWS AND NIECE AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL
AS MANY EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS
LIONEL & RITA STARTED THEIR FAMILY BUSINESS, LIONELS FARM, OVER 55 YEARS
AGO IN SCARBOROUGH . THEY OPENED THEIR FARM TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TO ENJOY.
LIONEL SERVED HIS COUNTRY, CANADA IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
HIS VOLUNTEERISM INCLUDED MANY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS; THE LIONS CLUB
OF AGINCOURT, SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SCARBOROUGH PLANNING
BOARD, ROUGE VALLEY FOUNDATION, MARKHAM FAIR, CANADIAN PONY
SOCIETY, CANADIAN NATIONAL LIVESTOCK RECORDS & PAST DIRECTOR OF THE
ROYAL WINTER FAIR.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE HIGHLAND HILLS FUNERAL HOME IN
GORMLEY. MONDAY MAY 16TH FROM 5-8PM, TUESDAY MAY 17TH FROM 5-8PM
WEDNESDAY MAY 18TH FROM 1-2PM WITH SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 2PM.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO; THE LIONS CLUB OF
AGINCOURT, THE SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OR LIONELS FARM.
PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY MAY 12, 2016 IN HIS 96TH YEAR.
AT HOME ON THE FARM, THE PLACE THAT HE LIVED, LOVED AND PUT HIS WHOLE
HEART INTO WITH HIS FAMILY SURROUNDING HIM.
SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE RITA OF 59 YEARS, HIS FOUR CARING CHILDREN;
CARRIE, MARK, BLAIR, HOLLY(MIKE) HIS ADORED GRANDCHILDREN; BLAKE,
KATHRYN, ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER. HIS BROTHER VERNON AND THE LATE RITA.
FONDLY REMEMBERED BY HIS NEPHEWS AND NIECE AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL
AS MANY EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS
LIONEL & RITA STARTED THEIR FAMILY BUSINESS, LIONELS FARM, OVER 55 YEARS
AGO IN SCARBOROUGH . THEY OPENED THEIR FARM TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TO ENJOY.
LIONEL SERVED HIS COUNTRY, CANADA IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
HIS VOLUNTEERISM INCLUDED MANY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS; THE LIONS CLUB
OF AGINCOURT, SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SCARBOROUGH PLANNING
BOARD, ROUGE VALLEY FOUNDATION, MARKHAM FAIR, CANADIAN PONY
SOCIETY, CANADIAN NATIONAL LIVESTOCK RECORDS & PAST DIRECTOR OF THE
ROYAL WINTER FAIR.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE HIGHLAND HILLS FUNERAL HOME IN
GORMLEY. MONDAY MAY 16TH FROM 5-8PM, TUESDAY MAY 17TH FROM 5-8PM
WEDNESDAY MAY 18TH FROM 1-2PM WITH SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 2PM.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO; THE LIONS CLUB OF
AGINCOURT, THE SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OR LIONELS FARM.