{"id":84543,"date":"2022-01-03T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=84543"},"modified":"2022-01-03T10:51:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:51:31","slug":"leith-william-age-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2022\/01\/leith-william-age-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Leith, William (Age 80)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84544 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/01\/9c6d1346-leith-alex-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>William Gordon Alexander Leith passed away peacefully at Grey Gables, Markdale with his family by his side on Wednesday, December 29<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in his 81<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> year. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Linda. Dear father of Scott Leith and Shawna, Jason Leith and Nikki, and Melissa Leith and Cody. Stepfather of Duane, Pamela, and Connie and Brian. Cherished grandfather of three, nine step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandsons. Also survived by his sisters Alles Fairclough, and Margaret Matthews and Barry, and his nieces and nephew. Alex is predeceased by his infant son David, parents Gordon and Ethel Leith, brothers-in-law David Coles and Joe Fairclough. Visitation will be held at the McCulloch-Watson Funeral Home, Durham today from 2 &#8211; 4 and 7 \u2013 9 p.m.\u00a0 We encourage you to book a visitation time. A funeral service will be held at Amos Presbyterian Church, Dromore on Tuesday, January 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at 1 p.m. Proof of full vaccination is MANDATORY. If you wish to attend the funeral service you MUST reserve a seat. Reservations for the visitation and\/or funeral service can be made by visiting the death notice on the Funeral Home website and click \u201cmake a reservation\u201d to confirm your attendance or by calling. Due to Covid-19 protocols masks are required, social distancing must be respected on Funeral Home and Church property. Friends and extended family are welcome to view a recording of the service on Wednesday, January 5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at 10 a.m. by visiting the home page of McCulloch-Watson Funeral Home website or the McCulloch-Watson Facebook page.\u00a0 The video will remain posted for viewing afterwards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccullochwatsonfuneralhome.ca\/notices_display_new.php?recid=830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE to read full obituary.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Gordon Alexander Leith passed away peacefully at Grey Gables, Markdale with his family by his side on Wednesday, December 29th, in his 81st year. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Linda. Dear father of Scott Leith and Shawna, Jason Leith and Nikki, and Melissa Leith and Cody. Stepfather of Duane, Pamela,","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6169,41],"class_list":["post-84543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-leith","tag-mcculloch-watson-funeral-home"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 13:13:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2022\/01\/leith-william-age-80\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84543","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84545,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84543\/revisions\/84545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}