Boyce Funeral Home

03/10/2025

03/07/2025

Robert Alfred Nugent February 14, 1927 - March 6, 2025 Bob was born in Thetford Mines, Quebec and spent his early years in the Eastern Townships. He worked at various jobs until settling on the lumber industry and moved to Lennoxville (Sherbrooke). Bob and Truth had an active life in Lennoxville and...

03/06/2025

(nee Campbell) November 8, 1948 – March 4, 2025 With heavy hearts, the family of Betty Ann Arthur announces her sudden passing on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, surrounded by her loving family who were with her in her final moments. Betty Ann of Blakeny, Ontario at the age of 76. Beloved wife of Ray Arth...

03/05/2025

An Essay on Starting the Dialogue for Men who are Grieving

Blog writer, Mark Liebenow, shared a perspective that is gaining traction in his article called, “Grieving men and their ocean of emotions.” His assertion is that men talk less about their emotions because it shows they aren’t in control or are weak. This is used to begin a discussion about tactics that can be used to break the silence experienced by men who grieve.

What is it exactly that goes on inside a grieving male? Are there enough opportunities for them to share their journey through grief? Sometimes it’s simply a matter of asking them how they’re doing and providing an opportunity for them to share what it is they find overwhelming with their experience. Even having a chat over a beer can be an unobtrusive way for them to open up and to not keep everything bottled up inside.

As times change, there seems to be less and less of a framework to deal with individual journeys with grief. Liebenow mentions that: “It doesn’t help that we have forgotten the rites, rituals and observances that used to guide people through their grief.”

Subtlety hidden within his words is the message that friends need to initiate this process.
The link for the entire article can be found at: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/grieving-men-and-their-ocean-of-emotions-s2h/

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03/04/2025

Marian Katherine Ruth Fumerton (Storey) February 19, 1934 - February 27, 2025 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, Marian Katherine Ruth Fumerton. Marian peacefully passed away with family members at her side, at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississ...

02/28/2025

Tips to Help Preplan Your Funeral

The funeral planning process is based on a series of decisions that need to be made. The following is a step-by-step guideline to approach this responsibility.
• The first choice is whether services will be needed for a traditional funeral and burial service with a casket or a memorial service with an urn. Choosing cremation can affect so many subsequent decisions it becomes a starting point.
• Next consider which funeral home you will use for your service. Factors that influence this decision are prior experience with a provider, their reputation in the community and their ability to provide the service you seek.
• Ponder what type of service you would like? Do you have a large social circle? How many would attend your service? Answering these questions starts a dialogue. Do you wish a religious service? What about burial arrangements? It is important not to fully commit to the plan at this stage. Seek the counsel of a funeral director, ensuring that there are no oversights with the plan you envision.
• Meet with a director to discuss your needs. Provide them with details of the service you wish. They will coordinate with you how their services and facilities will accommodate your needs. This way if there are gaps, you will be able to address them proactively. Directors have considerable experience in coordinating and overseeing a wide range of scenarios. Take advantage of their knowledge and their approach as they help you plan your funeral.
• Receive pricing information and consider prefunding your funeral service. Prefunded funerals have the benefit of having a fixed price over time, avoiding the effects of inflation.
• Make a copy of your wishes for next of kin. This way when ‘something happens’ both a family representative and the funeral home will have a plan of your wishes and with these decisions made and instructions set in place, it becomes simply a matter of following your directions.

The above are general tips and guidelines to the process of preplanning. To receive additional information on specific elements of a plan or to discuss funeral preplanning please contact us. We are here to help.

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02/26/2025

Watch our short animated film which explains what happens at a burial and helps answer questions children may have.Child Bereavement UK’s materials must not ...

02/20/2025

Jane Mary Florence White (nee Phelan) Passed away on Tuesday February 18, 2025 with her family be her side. Beloved wife of the late Leonard White (1992). Loving mother of Allan and Judith. Predeceased by infant son Robert Paul. Step-mother to Dennison White and Mary Lynn Jordan (late Terry). Specia...

02/17/2025

The Year 1975 Remembered

Toronto’s skyline was forever changed in 1975 when an enormous Sikorsky helicopter flew into the downtown core to attach the last pieces of the CN Tower’s antenna. This event marked the end of construction of what would be the world’s tallest structure for the next 32 years.

The year also saw the beaver becoming Canada’s official national symbol, denoting its importance to Indigenous People and its prominence during the fur trade. Other noteworthy events included Environment Canada switching from Fahrenheit to Celsius, Ontario becoming the first province to exclusively teach the metric system in school, the birth of government-owned Petro-Canada, the opening of Montreal’s Mirabel Airport, and the awarding of Senate seats to both the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

In world news, after close to 20 years of fighting, the Vietnam War officially ended when North Vietnam conquered Saigon on April 30, 1975. The surrender by the South Vietnamese resulted in the mass exodus of U.S. troops from the region.

In science and technology, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen with the release of the Altair BASIC, Cromemco Cyclops became the first digital commercial camera, and a U.S. patent was awarded for Ethernet local area networking, the predecessor of today’s internet.

In sports, Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in what became known as the “Thrilla in Manila.” Home Box Office, the first pay television network, delivered the broadcast, allowing the boxing match to be viewed by over 100 million people worldwide. In entertainment, Charlie Chaplin was knighted by the Queen and Jaws frightened many as the summer’s blockbuster movie. Its release actually had children too scared to go in the water. Books of the year included Jack Higgins’ The Eagle Has Landed’ and James Clavell’s Shōgun. Toys and gifts of 1975 included Mood Rings, Pong (home version) and Pet Rocks.

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02/16/2025

Margaret Ann Craig (nee Bellman) April 20, 1941 – February 14, 2025 It is with heavy hearts we announce that Margaret passed away at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Friday February 14, 2025 with family by her side. She was 83. Beloved wife of the late Hubert Craig (2019). Loving mot...

02/14/2025

Earl Charles McHugh February 1, 1949-February 12, 2025 With broken hearts we announce that Earl passed away at the Ottawa General Hospital on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 after a courageous battle with cancer. Beloved son of the late Francis and Greta (Kippen) McHugh. Predeceased by sister Brenda. D...

02/12/2025

John Keats Letter

Powerful Last Messages:

Tell him that we shall all bear his memory in the most precious part of our hearts, and that the world shall bow their heads to it, as our loves do. Tell him that the most sceptical of us has faith enough in the high things that nature puts into our heads, to think that all who are of one accord in mind and heart, are journeying to one and the same place, and shall unite somehow or other again face to face, mutually conscious, mutually delighted. Tell him he is only before us on the road, as he was in everything else, and that we are coming after him.

Leigh Hunt, from a letter on the death of John Keats

02/11/2025

October 1, 1952 - February 9, 2025 The family of Donna Lynn Croken, of Arnprior, shares the heartbreaking news of her passing on the morning of Sunday, February 9, 2025, at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. She was 72. Donna’s warmth and strength touched everyone who knew her, and her absence will be dee...

02/11/2025

May 19, 1959-February 3, 2025 Dorothy Russett, 65, passed away on Monday February 3, 2025, at the Ottawa Civic Hospital following complications from surgery. A lifelong resident of the Arnprior area, she is the beloved sister of Sybrand “Syb” Russett and the daughter of the late Robert “Bob”...

02/04/2025

Patrick Denis Muldoon November 29, 1947 - January 29, 2025 (Retired-Environment Canada) It is with great sadness that we announce the gentle passing of Patrick Denis Muldoon at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at the age of 77. Patrick was a dedicated long-...

02/03/2025

Heart and Stroke Month

In Canada, every 5 minutes someone dies from heart disease. Annually, 77,000 of all deaths in Canada are attributable to heart disease, the second leading cause of death nationally. If you were to ask around the room, it will be difficult not to find someone whose family has not been affected in some way by heart disease.

The good news is, there is progress in the fight against heart disease. Since 1952, the death rate from cardiovascular disease has decreased approximately 75 percent and in the last decade alone, a 40 percent decline has occurred. Advances in surgical procedures, drug therapies and prevention strategies have all played vital roles in the lowering of these rates.

The mission of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation is threefold: prevent disease, save lives and promote recovery. Initiatives include:
• Jump Rope for Heart
• Health Information dissemination
• Increasing the availability of automated external defibrillators
• Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
• Funding cutting edge research

February is Heart and Stroke Month. For more information, please visit:
https://www.heartandstroke.ca

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01/29/2025

(nee Douglas) May 5, 1929 – January 27, 2025 Our hearts are saddened to announce that our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister Margaret Stuckey of Fitzroy Harbour passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital, on Monday January ...