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Posted on November 27, 2008 @ 09:48:00 PM by Paul Meagher
I subscribe to The Chronicle Herald news paper. It is the primary daily news source for Nova Scotia where I reside. One of the sections I often skim/read through is the "Obituaries". I often find interesting tidbits in this section.
Today I ready about Bill Silber 1918-2008. One thing that struck me when I read his obituary was his love of nature. Here is an excerpt from his obituary:
Bill and Kaye moved to the Dave Withrow farm in Avondale and continued about the business of farming as he had been raised to do on the neighbouring Will Withrow farm. Compelled to serve his country in the Second World War, he went to basic training in Yarmouth, but along with the other farmers, he was sent home. The farm where they lived and worked and raised their four children, Douglas, Brenda, Carl and Sharon, was a dairy farm. Bill also maintained several orchards, and grew apples, plums, pears, peaches and cherries. Bill loved his farm and toiled long and hard for it to flourish. He was an "old-time" businessman, whose handshake was his word, and he staunchly supported Farmer's Dairy, The Co-op and Avonian Motors. He was also fascinated with many other aspects of country life and enjoyed grafting trees, growing pumpkins, hunting, wood cutting, tapping maple trees, pressing apples for cider, and raising bees for their contribution to his crops and, of course, the honey. The farm bordered the Avon River and Bill owned several boats and spent many hours fishing, coming home with lots of "fish tales".
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