{"id":68325,"date":"2019-09-09T09:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=68325"},"modified":"2019-09-09T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:37:22","slug":"mckellar-laurie-age-78-seaforth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2019\/09\/mckellar-laurie-age-78-seaforth\/","title":{"rendered":"McKellar, Laurie (Age 78, Seaforth)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-68326\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/09\/a0f05b48-mckellar-laurie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Laurie Carlyle McKELLAR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of Seaforth peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Thursday, September 5, 2019, at the age of 78. Laurie was owner\/operator of McKellar Barn Painting, based in Cromarty, and later Seaforth, for over 40 years. His final job was completed just 3 years ago when Laurie finally decided to retire his painter\u2019s brush. Born in Seaforth, Laurie will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 56 years Helen (n\u00e9e Nigh) and their children Mark and Heather, Kathy and Blaine, Grant and Tammy and Susy. Fond memories of a special grandpa remain with grandchildren Alyson, Jessica, Tyler, Austin, Dylan, Megan, Madison, Emma and Gavin. Left to reminisce days gone by are siblings-in-law, Alva McKellar and Gwen McKellar, along with a large circle of nieces and nephews. Laurie is the last surviving member of his immediate family. Laurie is predeceased by his parents Lindsay and Gladys (n\u00e9e Miller) McKellar and siblings Ross, Malcolm, Donald, Fergus, Douglas, Robert, Bernice and Jeanette and many family members who have gone on before us.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nArrangements are entrusted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcglynnfamilyfuneralhome.com\/\"><b>McGlynn Family Funeral Home<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 87 Goderich Street West, Seaforth. Honouring Laurie\u2019s wishes, cremation has taken place. A come and go Celebration of Life will be held at the Mitchell Legion, Branch 128, 175 St. Andrew Street, Mitchell, on Sunday, September 15, 2019, from 1 until 4 PM. A private family graveside service will be held in Staffa Cemetery at a later date.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAs expressions of sympathy memorial donations to Seaforth Community Hospital Foundation or Ronald McDonald House would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences can be made by visiting Laurie\u2019s memorial at www.mcglynnfamilyfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laurie Carlyle McKELLAR of Seaforth peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Thursday, September 5, 2019, at the age of 78. Laurie was owner\/operator of McKellar Barn Painting, based in Cromarty, and later Seaforth, for over 40 years. His final job was completed just 3 years ago when Laurie finally decided to retire his painter\u2019s brush.","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":[1938,70,71],"class_list":["post-68325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-laurie-mckellar","tag-mcglynn-family-funeral-home","tag-seaforth"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 13:25:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2019\/09\/mckellar-laurie-age-78-seaforth\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68325","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=68325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68341,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68325\/revisions\/68341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}