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