HomeMy WebLinkAbout1322Article copied from the Pickering News, December 1, 1944, page 1.Former Pickering Resident
PassesA member of one of Pickering Township's pioneer families, Daniel J. Gormley, passed
away at his residence, 35 Woodville Ave., Toronto, last Friday morning. He had been ill for a
number of years.The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Gormley, he spent his early days on his
father's farm at the Lake Shore, and attended the Base Line school. Following his schooling, he
worked for a time on the farm, and went through the township with his threshing outfit. He carried
on the carpenter trade for a number of years prior to going to Oshawa with General Motors.
Moving to Toronto, he married the former Louise Foston, a Dunbarton girl. He was a member of
the former Methodist Church and the I.O.O.F.He is survived by his wife; two sons, James and
William, a brother Joseph of Dunbarton.The funeral service was held on Monday from the chapel
of the McDoughall and Brown, Directors, with interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.