{"id":111751,"date":"2026-07-03T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=111751"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:25:01","slug":"irwin-melvin-age-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2026\/07\/irwin-melvin-age-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Irwin, Melvin (Age 72)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2026\/07\/8adad906-mirwinphoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111752\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Melvin Irwin, passed away at the University Hospital, London on Wednesday July 1st at the age of 72.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Son of the late \u201cSadie\u201d and \u201cJack\u201d Irwin. Greatly missed by son Mac Irwin, sisters Jean Thompson, and Nancy &amp; Paul Fox. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Predeceased by brother Jack Jr. and brother-in-law Ron Thompson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Mel\u2019s wishes, cremation has taken place and a private graveside service and interment will take place at Greenhill Cemetery, Lucknow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melvin Irwin arrangements entrusted to the MacKenzie &amp; McCreath Funeral Home, Lucknow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mackenzieandmccreath.com\/obituary.php?id=1338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click HERE to read full obituary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melvin Irwin, passed away at the University Hospital, London on Wednesday July 1st at the age of 72.\u00a0 Son of the late \u201cSadie\u201d and \u201cJack\u201d Irwin. Greatly missed by son Mac Irwin, sisters Jean Thompson, and Nancy &amp; Paul Fox. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.&nbsp; Predeceased by brother Jack Jr. and brother-in-law Ron","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3933,77,20],"class_list":["post-111751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-irwin","tag-lucknow","tag-mackenzie-mccreath-funeral-home"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 03:00:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2026\/07\/irwin-melvin-age-72\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111753,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111751\/revisions\/111753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}