104 - Grace McRuer Clarke - Maple Grove, Kanata, Ontario

Waymark Code: WMPY8W

Maple Grove Cemetery is usually closed from 15 November through Good Friday. However, the marker can be viewed from the fence along the southern edge of the cemetery.

N 45° 18.024 W 075° 54.138

CLARKE
J. ORVILLE, 1897-1991
HIS WIFE
GRACE McRUER 1900-2004
DAUGHTER
EDITH LILLIAN, 1931-1934

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Information about the centenarian is found in the following death notice published in The Ottawa Citizen (17 September 2004). Newspaper headlines at that time include a statement by United Nations Secretary General that US led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a violation of the UN charter.

CLARKE, Grace Ethel (nee McRuer) At Carleton Lodge, on Thursday, September 16, 2004, in her 105th year. Beloved wife of the late Orville Clarke. Dear mother of Dorothy (Arnold Hodgins) and Helen (John Scobie). Survived by 7 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her daughter Edith, her brother Robert McRuer and her sister Margaret Loney. Friends may call at the Westboro Chapel of Tubman Funeral Homes, 403 Richmond Rd., at Roosevelt, on Saturday, September 18, 2004 from 11:00 a.m. until the Funeral Service in the chapel at 1:00 p.m. Interment to follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. A special thank you to the staff at Nepean Village of Carleton Lodge for their loving and compassionate care. In Grace's memory, a donation to Carleton Lodge would be appreciated. Condolences, tributes or donations may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com -

According to the Ontario marriage registration (1924 #008092), Grace Ethel McRuer married John Orville Clarke in Osgoode township, 10 September 1924. In history that week, marines from the US, the UK, Italy and Japan were deployed in Shanghai, China, hoping to protect foreign interests from the imminent outbreak of civil war in China.

According to the Ontario birth registration, Grace Ethel McRuer was born in Carleton county, 11 February 1900. In history that week, Theodore Roosevelt, the governor of New York, stated that under no circumstances would he accept the nomination to be vice-president of the United States.