HARRY ALFRED SAMPSON

Funeral service for the late Harry Alfred Sampson, 87, Gracieville, Lower L’Ardoise, was held December 30 in Holy Guardian Angels Parish with Father John Yake officiating. Private burial will be held at a later date.

Mr. Sampson died December 22, 2019, in St. Martha’s Regional Hospital, Antigonish.

Born February 27, 1932, he was a son of the late Eva May Masters (Sampson). At the age of 19, he left home and headed for Petawawa, Ontario, to enlist in the Canadian Armed Forces. He was a member of Royal Canadian Regiment’s 1st Battalion and was deployed to Korea in 1952, where he was a machine gunner. He would later become a member of the L’Ardoise Legion Branch 110. In 1954, he returned home to Gracieville and began his carpentry career. Over the years, he left his mark on his community and the surrounding areas with the many homes and businesses he built and renovated, including the home he built and shared with his wife of more than 60 years. Although he made a living at carpentry, it was the sea that called to him and for two months of the year, when he fished lobster on the waters off Point Michaud and continued to do so until he retired at the age of 80.

 He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Rita May (Mombourquette); six children, Paula (Rick), Calgary; Howard (Jeannie), Stellarton; Stanley (Sherry), Point Michaud; Jacqueline (Blair), Cole Harbour; Basil (Darlene), Point Michaud, Alana (Dan), Dartmouth; nine grandchildren, Derrick, Nathan, Stewart, Lindsay, Justin, Shane, Shauna, Devin, Brendan; five great-grandchildren, Haley, Gabrielle, Landon, Luke, Lennon; two brothers, Alfred Masters (Rosemarie), Wayne Masters (Linda); sister, Mary Fougere (Peter); sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law; many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by three great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Bob Bruner.

Memorial donations may be made to the L’Ardoise Fire Department, the Dr. Kingston Memorial Clinic or a charity of choice.

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