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Shirley Laura FAIRN

Female 1924 - 2003  (78 years)


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  • Name Shirley Laura FAIRN 
    Born 7 Mar 1924  Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Feb 2003  Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfvill, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I17907  bmds
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2020 

    Father Leslie Raymond FAIRN,   b. 25 Jun 1875, Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1971, Halifax, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Ethel Elizabeth HUTCHINSON,   b. 1900, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1982, Menlo Park, San Mateo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F3837  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Avard Woodman FOSHAY,   b. 18 Oct 1918, Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1993, New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Dr. Gary M. FOSHAY
     2. Judith Gail FOSHAY,   b. 22 Jun 1948, Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 2014, New Minas, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     3. Toby Avard FOSHAY,   b. 1950  (Age 75 years)
     4. Fairn Otto FOSHAY,   b. Abt 1956  (Age 69 years)
     5. Laird Gordon FOSHAY,   b. Abt 1959  (Age 66 years)
     6. Stephanie E. FOSHAY
    Family ID F7177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Kenneth Stephen BENEDICT,   b. 9 Nov 1908, Alameda, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1985, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1968  El Paso, El Paso, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Edgar Kitchener ASTON,   b. 1917,   d. 14 Feb 2005  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F7179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Mar 1924 - Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Jun 1968 - El Paso, El Paso, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Feb 2003 - Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfvill, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      ASTON, Shirley Fairn – 78, Wolfville, passed away suddenly and peacefully in her home, on February 26, 2003. Born in Aylesford, she was a daughter of Leslie R. and Ethel E. (Hutchinson) Fairn.
       She lived her early years in Wolfville and was educated at Kings Edgehill. Following marriage, she lived in Liverpool and Halifax before moving in 1967 to Palo Alto, California, where she enjoyed a successful career in interior design. In 1989, Shirley returned “home” to Wolfville, where she resided until her passing.
       Shirley is survived by her loving husband, Edgar “Ed” Aston, Tideways, Wolfville; sons, Gary Foshay, Halifax; Toby Foshay, United Kingdom; Fairn Foshay, California; Laird Foshay, California; daughters, Judy Foshay, New Minas; Stephanie (Foshay) Atkinson, New Minas; grandchildren, Colin, Garrett, Holland, Sam, Jackson, and Angeline, California; Aaron and Cole, New Minas; brothers, Laird Fairn, Albany, Annapolis Co.; Hugh Fairn, Wolfville; sister, Sylvia Cornish, Napa, California.
       She was predeceased by husbands, Avard Woodman Foshay and Kenneth S. Benedict; sisters, Alice Fairn Friberg and Ardath Fairn Jones.
       There will be no visitation by request. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, in H.C. Lindsay Funeral Home Chapel, 568 Main St., Wolfville, Rev. Dr. Neil G. Price and Canon Russell Elliott officiating. Burial will take place in Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfville. In lieu of flowers, donations in Shirley’s memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

    2. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 161978637.