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Alfred Percival “Percy” Greig

Birth	:	21 Apr 1878 Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	5 Aug 1962 Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Burial	:	Connors Cemetery, Estill, Floyd County, USA
Plot	:	Range B, Plot 24
Description	:	Thursday August 9 1962, The Almonte Gazette front page Sudden Death of P.A. Greig QC at Almonte Home Death came suddenly to a well-known citizen of Almonte, Sunday evening at his home on Clyde Street when Percy Alfred Grieg, Q.C., was stricken with a heart seizure as dinner was being prepared. While he had been ailing a little for the past 2 years, Mr Greig, who was 84 years of age went about as usual to the last and attended to his law practice. The late Mr Greig was a son of Judge Alfred M. Greig & his wife... Read More	Thursday August 9 1962, The Almonte Gazette front page Sudden Death of P.A. Greig QC at Almonte Home Death came suddenly to a well-known citizen of Almonte, Sunday evening at his home on Clyde Street when Percy Alfred Grieg, Q.C., was stricken with a heart seizure as dinner was being prepared. While he had been ailing a little for the past 2 years, Mr Greig, who was 84 years of age went about as usual to the last and attended to his law practice. The late Mr Greig was a son of Judge Alfred M. Greig & his wife Margaret Ann Neilson. He married the former Constance G. Rowed of Campbellford who survives together with a son Rowed who is a mining engineer in Puerto Ordez, Venezuela; Anne (Mrs C.H. Read) Iowa City, Iowa; Margaret Emily (Mrs Arthur Lormer) Terrace B.C. There are also 9 grandchildren. Practised Long Time Mr Greig attended the public & high schools here, after which he entered Toronto University from which he graduated with a B.A. in Literature & Law. Followed the usual course at Osgoode Hall he was called to the bar & practised in partnership with his father in Almonte until the latter was appointed county judge of Bruce. After that he carried on alone & for 59 years he was actively engaged in his profession. Within the last year he found the steep steps to his upstairs office too much for him & he moved his desk & equipment to his pleasant home on Clyde Street facing on the Mississippi River. In 1945 he was created a Q.C. For 35 years Mr Greig was the meticulous treasurer of this town. While he did not hold public office latterly he was a public school trustee when a young man. Outstanding Athlete No account of Mr Greig's life would be complete without a reference to his early days as an athlete. In this field he was outstanding in several branches. He was a member of the old Almonte lacrosse team in its great days & he played for Toronto University when it won the Inter- Collegiate Championship of the world. Golf & tennis were popular with him in his younger days and, as in the other lines of sport, he was exceptional & many middle aged people will remember some of his achievements on the ice. Whether it was his devotion to athletics in his early days of for some other reason. Mr Greig was one of the best preserved men in Almonte for his age. It was only a couple of years ago that his step began to slow up perceptibly & it is wonderful to think that he was on the street with his brief case the day before he died. Mr Grieg was a member of St John's Presbyterian Church & after Church Union of Bethany United Church (latterly Almonte United Church.) A private funeral service was held at the family residence on Tuesday afternoon by Rev H.W. Giffin of Carleton Place in the absence of the regular pastor of Almonte United Church. Interment was in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs Murray Neilson, D.M. Campbell, W.A. Jamieson, R.A. Jamieson, Q.C., J.B. Illingworth & W.E. Colburne. courtesy of Gary Byron

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Alfred Percival “Percy” Greig death on 5 Aug 1962 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada