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MUNROE, Douglas
William
MUNROE, Douglas William - 92, Dartmouth, died February 2, 2004, at his
nieces home in Waverley. Born October 12, 1911, in Whitehead, Guysborough
Co., he was a son of the late Wesley and Eliza Munroe. During the early
thirties he managed a lobster canning factory in Whitehead. He joined
Imperial Oil, Marine Division in 1937 and remained with the company
throughout the Second World War, until 1947. He was on the run from
South America to Canada, the United States and Great Lakes. He was on
the shuttle run to Newfoundland carrying high test gasoline for the
war effort. He lived several years after the war in Van- couver, where
he operated a cabinet business and worked as a stationary engineer.
He was the co-owner of Value Sales Ltd. in Burnside. Surviving are sisters,
Louise (Mrs. Evan Langille), Halifax; Vera (Mrs. Cranswick Munroe),
Dartmouth; Lena (Mrs. Farnham Demmings), Saint John, N.B.; many nieces,
nephews. He was predeceased by brothers, Osborne, Winslow, Ward; sister,
Aleta in childhood. Visiting will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Thursday in Dartmouth
Funeral Home, 29 Queen St., Dartmouth. Funeral mass will be held 12
noon Friday in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Maple Street, Dartmouth,
Rev. Owen Connolly officiating. A reception will follow in the church
hall. Burial will be Saturday in Whitehead.
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