You can view Junior's funeral live by following this link:
A slide show featuring songs by Junior's daughters Pauline and Tracey and a poem by his daughter, Lorna, can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/THSbW-AFXiU
Ash, James Patrick "Junior", age 85, of Antigonish passed away in the QEII Health Sciences Centre (New Infirmary), Halifax, on February 21, 2021.
Born in Rear Monastery, he was a son of the late Patrick James and Rebecca (Ash) Ash.
Though he lived in Toronto for a few years, Junior always knew he wanted to move back home. He worked at StFX for a number of years, and most recently was the property manager for the co-op housing in Antigonish. Junior was a good family man with an easy-going personality. He loved to tease, and he loved woods, riding his tractor and four-wheeler, and going back to the homestead.
He is survived by sons, James "Jimmy" Ash, Antigonish; Stephen Ash, Halifax; and Allen Gero, Ontario; daughters, Pauline, Roxanne, Lorna, and Tracey Ash, all of Ontario; and Donna Gero, Antigonish; 13 grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Girard, Rear Monastery; brothers, Kevin MacDougall, Monastery; and Robert Joshua, London, ON; and several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his wife, Ida (Phee), siblings, Dorothy Daye, Sarah Irving, Charles, Leonard, Alberta Izzard, and Shirley and Bertha in infancy; and step-mother, Effie Desmond Lawrence.
Visitation will be held Friday from 4 to 7pm in C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish. Social distancing protocols must be followed, and masks are mandatory. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday at 11:00am in St. Ninian Cathedral, Antigonish, Reverend Donald MacGillivray presiding. The service will be livestreamed with a link available on the funeral home’s website. Burial in the parish cemetery at a later date.
In Memoriam, donations to the Alzheimer’s Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation appreciated. Online condolences: www.clcurry.com