Parents Father: WILLIGAR, Stephen Sherman Mother: ANDERSON, Harriet Birth Born on May 04, 1901 in Parrsboro Rds, Cumberland Co., NS Death Died on January 05, 1999 in Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS Buried in St. George's Anglican Cemetery in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., NS Marriages BENNETT, Reta May Married on February 24, 1925 in Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., NS Children WILLIGAR, Trueman Morris WILLIGAR, Carl WILLIGAR, Douglas WILLIGAR, Roy WILLIGAR, Judy WILLIGAR, Lloyd Banford: 1926 - November 19, 2004 WILLIGAR, Bertha Madeline: August 26, 1927 - March 17, 1929 WILLIGAR, Viola L.: 1929 - January 29, 2017 WILLIGAR, James Melvin: February 14, 1931 - March 11, 1931 WILLIGAR, Leonard: February 29, 1932 - February 29, 1932 WILLIGAR, Maisie L.: 1933 - March 06, 2021 WILLIGAR, Alice J.: June 16, 1939 WILLIGAR, Girl: 1946 - 1946 Notes Obituary: "OBITUARY: Melvin J. Willigar, 97, Parrsboro, died Tuesday, January 5, 1999 in Highland View Regional Hospital, Amherst. Born in Parrsboro Roads, he was a son of the late Stephen & Harriet (Anderson) Willigar. He was a retired lumberman and fisherman, who operated a fish weir at Partridge Island for 30 years. He is survived by daughters: Viola (widow of Floyd) Davis; Maisie (widow of John) Skidmore, both of Parrsboro; Alice, Mrs. Jerry Boss of Attleboro, Mass., Judy, Mrs. Ted Durning of Economy; sons: Lloyd (Roberta) of Parrsboro; Trueman (Mary), Carl (Sue), both of Moose River; Douglas (Sharon) of Medicine Hat, Alta., Roy (Cora) Surrey, B.C.; sisters: Mrs. Irene Gruber of Margate, Florida; 27 grand & 54 ggrand & 25 gggrandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Reta Mae Bennett; two daughters; two sons; two grandchildren, all in infancy; sisters: Alice, Myrtle, Madeline, Violet; brothers: Elois, Trueman, Reginald, Stephen. Smith's Funeral Home, Parrsboro with burial in St. George's Anglican Church Cemetery." From the Halifax Herald, 7 Jan 1999 Occupation: Fisherman/ Lumberman Sources Halifax Chronicle Herald: Obituary January 7,1999 Images Melvin & Reta (Bennett) &Bertha,James,Leonard,Christina (MacNeil), Mary & Girl Willigar