BX May 23, 1947

Harry Carey

The death occurred yesterday in the Brantford General Hospital of Harry Carey, at the age of sixty-five.  He resided at 252 Darling Street. Born in England, he came to Canada thirty years ago, and had resided in Brantford since.  During the First World War he enlisted with the Fourth Battalion, C.E.F.  He was a member of the Ex-Imperials and of the local branch of the Canadian Legion. Mr. Carey had also been a steward at the Brantford Club for the past fifteen years. Surviving are his widow, Mary Dunne; one son, John, Paris; one daughter, Mrs. John Croly, (Sarah), Toronto; two brothers, George Carey, Peterborough, and Capt. Ivan Carey, British Columbia, and three sisters, Mrs. Ernest Stanbridge and Mrs. James Hutcheon, Toronto, and Mrs. W. Bingham, Brantford. He is resting at his home until Saturday morning, when funeral services are to be conducted at St. Mary’s Church and in St. Joseph’s Cemetery here.

BX May 26, 1947

Harry Carey

The funeral of Harry Carey was conducted Saturday morning from his home, 252 Darling Street, to St. Mary’s Church, where Right Rev. Monsignor T.L. Ferguson sang requiem high mass.  Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, where Rev. Father C.O. Day officiated.  A large number of friends and relatives attended, and floral tributes were numerous.  Pallbearers, all original members of “The Mad Fourth,” of which Mr. Carey was also a member, were Bob Cross, Peter Whelan, Silas Taylor, Harry Shaw, N. Larin, and G. Pilley.  On Friday afternoon, members of the Holy Name Society recited the rosary at his residence, and in the evening the Knights of Columbus conducted a service there.