sc4 wednesday october 19 1983 was a hydro transformer a quiet person he markham markham he put wilfred burkholder his skills to excel- a former oneman lent use with the ml- wascontinually allan he could re- engineering depart- 1 lage water works helping those who pair anything he ment in the village i department it is needed help most said i looked on knew blm best was markhamsstu of markham died said he could trace whether it wasjbx- him as a good suddenly friday underground mains ing refrigerators or friendv mr allan while sitting down to and hookups with- cutting grass his delivered the eulogy out the aid of maps assistance was at the service oct and often assisted greatly appreciated town employees by at wilsons mill in telling them these whitevale rest after cutting a neighbors lawn it was the way he would have wanted to go mr burkholder a gemus to those who knew him best was born at locust hill even as a resident there his abilities were recognized he constructed the first buck rake in the area and built one of the first milk coolers after moving to water street in locations wilf burkholder was a selftaught man anything he didnt know hed find out mainly through books he was an expert on diesel engines and his knowledge of things electrical was uncanny one one occasion he built his own elec tric welder from a for years hedug the majority of graves in the area and later con structed his own backhoe machine for uus purpose he often helped out at the markham museum and assisted when needed at the dixon- garland funeral home one of those who 10 with interment zion united church cemetery cedar grove stewart recalled wilf burkholders closeness with na ture how the birds squirrels and rac coons would congre gate in his backyard and even eat from his hand many he would call by name and he looked on each as having its own personalty 5 4 ft i surviving are two sons douglas of stouff ville and reg inald in edmonton two daughters bet- ty mrs metro terentiuk rr 2 markham and bar- baramrs johna clark main street markham two brothers stanley west hill and leonard in british columbia one sis- j ter mabel mathe0 son vancouver and is ten grandchildren serving as pall- bearers were robert and david burkholder bruce mclaren brian carter- bob john son and jim black 0 embroidery skill muriel mccann of rr 1 cedar val ley is an expert when it comes to japanese embroidery or bunka as its called samples of her handiwork were admired at the in praise of hands craft show and sale hosted by wesle united church vandorf saturday muriel is an instructor in the art operat ing an embroidery studio known as the threadpainters jim thomas hurricane taught us a lesson c0langel0 bros nurseries spreading junipers gold star blue danube savin green pfitzer golden pfitzer mint julep from 7 00 a m thursday october 14 to midnight on friday october 15 1954 an estimated 322000000 tons of rain fell on the watersheds of the don and humber rivers and the eto- bicoke and mimico creeks the 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