Karl Welsford Hayden

Obituary

Funeral Service Held For Karl W. Hayden, 35 Motor Accident Victim

Funeral service was held on Monday, June 21, 1954, for Karl Welsford Hayden, who died on June 19, when he was struck by a car on Highway 90, a short distance from Barrie, near his home. He was in his 36th year.
Born at Pictou, N.S., on October 12, 1918, the deceased was the son of James Henry Hayden and the late Maggie Logan Jollymore. He resided in Pictou until the death of his mother two years ago, when he and the rest of his family moved to Barrie with his sister, Mrs. A. F. McGuire. He was a member of the Anglican Church. The late Mr. Hayden has been a cerebral palsy victim since birth, and was unable to take part in sports, but he was a keen baseball and hockey fan. Besides his father, James. H. Hayden of Barrie, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. A. F. McGuire (Pat) and Dorothy, at 117 Cumberland Street., and two brothers, James and Russell, with whom he resided on a small farm on Highway 90. The funeral service at Jennett Funeral Home at 1.30 p.m. was conducted by Rev. J. W. Newton-Smith of St. George's Church. Pallbearers were Robert Garner, Ellwood MacDonald, C. Brown, Kenneth Davie, George Chisholm and Albert Cowie. Interment was in St. Paul's Cemetery. Among the many floral tributes were those from neighbours on Highway 90, the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion, LOBA No. 551. Allanddale; Beaver Rebekah Lodge No. 190, Co-Operettes Bowling Team and West Flower Club, Ferndale. Relatives and friends from Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines attended the funeral. The late Mr. Hayden was the youngest of six children. A brother, Albert, who served with the Norwegian Merchant Army during the Second World War, and who was decorated by the Norwegian government for bravery in action in the Mediterranean, predeceased him in 1945 in England from the effects of malaria.