{"id":65849,"date":"2019-06-28T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=65849"},"modified":"2019-06-28T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:44:00","slug":"thomson-merv-age-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2019\/06\/thomson-merv-age-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomson, Mervin (Age 89)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mervin Thomson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, known to everyone as Merv, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in his 90<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> year. Predeceased by Eleada (nee Britton), his dear wife of 58 years. Beloved father of Tamra Thomson and Linda L\u2019Heureux of Ottawa, Wayne Thomson and Michelle Culver of Chesley, and Kerri Thomson and Eric McPherson of Hamilton. Treasured grandfather of Jesse Thomson and Sebastian McPherson. Remembered fondly by siblings Donald Thomson, Joyce Diamond and Carol Graham, family members, and his many friends in the Acton, Chesley, and Tara areas. Predeceased by his parents Charles and Lillian (nee Merritt) Thomson and siblings Roy Thomson, Douglas Thomson and Barbara Wilson.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nVisitation will be held at <a href=\"https:\/\/rhodyfamily.com\"><b>Rhody Family Funeral Home<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Chesley on Monday from 7 to 9 PM, then to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mackinnonfamilyfuneralhome.com\/\"><b>MacKinnon Family Funeral Home<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Acton for visitation on Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM. A funeral service celebrating Mervin\u2019s life will be held at Ebenezer United Church, 12274 Guelph Line, Route 1, Campbellville on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at 1 PM. Interment in Ebenezer Cemetery.<\/span><br \/>\nThose wishing to make a donation as an expression of sympathy may consider the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Cancer Society, or Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Tara.<br \/>\nSpecial thanks to the nursing staff at Chesley, Owen Sound, St Mary\u2019s, Kitchener and Walkerton hospitals for their kind care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mervin Thomson, known to everyone as Merv, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in his 90th year. Predeceased by Eleada (nee Britton), his dear wife of 58 years. Beloved father of Tamra Thomson and Linda L\u2019Heureux of Ottawa, Wayne Thomson and Michelle Culver of Chesley, and Kerri Thomson and Eric McPherson of Hamilton. Treasured grandfather of","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1205,16,1204,1203,1202,18],"class_list":["post-65849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-action","tag-chesley","tag-mackinnon-family-funeral-home","tag-merv-thomson","tag-mervin-thomson","tag-rhody-family-funeral-home"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 22:17:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2019\/06\/thomson-merv-age-89\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65849","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\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65861,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65849\/revisions\/65861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}