Leo Paul O'Halloran
1927 - 2015
Leo Paul O'Halloran
Visitation Information
Visitation
July 23, 2015
Visitation Time
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
Visitation Location
C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish, NS
Service Information
Service Date
Friday July 24, 2015
Service Time
1:00 pm
Service Location
St. Ninian Cathedral, Antigonish, NS
Burial Information
Burial Date
July 24, 2015
Burial Location
St. Ninian Cemetery
Requested Charity
Recreation Department of Milford Haven Home
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 Dad quietly passed away at the Milford Haven Home for Special Care, Guysborough, NS on July 19, 2015 at the age of 88, within a few hours of the passing of his beloved wife of 61 years, Betty. 

Born June 29, 1927 in Truro to the late Thompkins and Olive (Anstey) O’Halloran, he graduated from Antigonish High School and was a proud graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, earning both a Commerce degree (1952) and a Bachelor of Education (1956). As a young man, he worked for his father driving the delivery truck for the family-owned business , Home Bakery, delivering to institutions and businesses in Antigonish and Guysborough counties. He taught and served as a school principal in Antigonish County at Lakevale and Maryvale schools and at the former Antigonish High. He also worked as an employment counsellor with Canada Manpower in both the Antigonish and Port Hawkesbury offices, and later, he owned and operated the Valley View Motel in Antigonish.

Dad was a very active volunteer in a variety of organizations, serving as president of the Antigonish Chamber of Commerce and the Antigonish Golf and Country Club. He was a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus and was an active member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He also served as Antigonish Town Councillor and Deputy Mayor and on the Antigonish District School Board.

Highly competitive, Dad was always up for a game of bridge or shooting a game of pool. He attributed his skill at the pool table to ‘my misspent youth’. Dad loved books - sometimes reading two or three at the same time, choosing books that taught rather than entertained. When he enjoyed good health , his children loved to watch him guide and glide Mom around the dance floor. He once wrote about himself ‘My only claim to fame is I married a Cape Bretoner’.

Paul leaves behind his children, Maureen (John Halstead), Dartmouth; Kathleen, Dartmouth; Bill (Kathy Gillis), Dartmouth; Michael (Sheila) Antigonish; Mary Beth (David Floyd), Kentville; Cabrini (Mark Gavin), St. Andrews; Leone, Dartmouth; and Robert, Dartmouth; grandchildren Bridget & Liam O’Halloran, Dartmouth; Corinne and Michaela O’Halloran, Antigonish; Patrick O’Halloran, Halifax; Olivia Floyd, Kentville and James Floyd, Halifax; as well as his most loyal supporter and best friend, his sister Clare.

He was predeceased by his parents; his brothers, Bill and Earle; his sister, Marion Mullaley; and parents-in-law, Frank and Clara Turner.

Paul’s family wishes to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at the Milford Haven Home for Special Care. Their kind and gentle treatment of both our parents was such a comfort to us all.

Cremation has taken place.  Visitation will be held Thursday in C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm.  Funeral Mass will be held Friday at 1:00pm in St. Ninian Cathedral, with Reverend Donald MacGillivray presiding.  Burial in the parish cemetery.

In Memoriam, donations may be made to the Recreation Department of the Milford Haven Home.

 

 

Leo Paul O'Halloran