William Raymond McClay
Family will receive condolences at:
BROME-MISSIQUOI
Funeral Complex
402, rue de la Rivière
Cowansville, QC, J2K 1N3
450 266.6061
Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. followed by a short Masonic service, and by the memorial service led by the Reverend David Lambie.
Reception to follow at the Odd Fellows hall in Knowlton.
A private interment ceremony at Union cemetery in Cowansville with close friends and family will be around 4pm.
Passed away peacefully from pneumonia at the BMP Hospital, at 11:53 pm on February 23rd, 2019, in his 100th year with his friend Danny Foster at his side.
He was a well known member of the community being the Principal clock and watchmaker in the area for over 65 years, somewhat of an icon in the local beekeeping business, and in his spare time a member of the Brome Lake Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his daughter, Barbara A. McClay, his grandson Robert B. Rooney of Niagara Falls Ontario , his niece Lynne McClay of Truro, Nova Scotia and his nephew Larry McClay of Woodstock, Ontario.
He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
“NOTHING CAN TAKE AWAY THE MEMORIES A HEART HOLDS DEAR”