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Obituary: WORCESTER - Joseph Goyetche, 86, of Christopher House, 10 Mary Scano Drive, a fishing-boat crewman for many years, died Saturday in The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts - Memorial after an illness.
He leaves a brother, Arthur Goyetche in Nova Scotia: nephews and nieces. He was born in Cape Arquet, Nova Scotia, son of Jeff Arthur and Melinda E. (Decoste) Goyetche, and lived here several years.
Mr. Goyetche was a crew worker on fishing boats for many years in Nova Scotia before he retired.
After cremation, a graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family in Nova Scotia. There are no calling hours. Morin Funeral Home, 298 Grafton St., is directing arrangements.
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Halifax Herald, Sept. 30, 1988
Jodrey, Mary-Louise - 74, Berwick, formerly of Gaspereau, died Thursday in Western Kings Memorial hosptial, Berwick. Born in Arichat, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Emily-Anne Goyetche. She was a resident of Grandview Manor in Berwick for a number of years. She is survived by two brothers, Arthur, West Bay; Godfrey, Worcester, Mass.; a sister, Ada Stone, Arichat; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Roy; two brothers, Wilfred and Delore. The body will be in H.C. Lindsay Memorial Chapel, Wolfville after noon Friday, where visiting will be 2-4 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Friday, and where funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Lic. Kirby Smart officiating. Burial in Gaspereau Cemetery. Donations in memory may be made to the Canadian Kidney Foundation or the Valley Regional Hospital Foundation.
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GOYETCHE, Marie Clariesse- 86, Halifax. A loving mother, grandmother, and
great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at the Halifax Infirmary, QEII
Hospital, November 12, 2004, after suffering a stroke on her birthday, five
days earlier. Born in Poulamon, NS, and baptized in D'Escousse, she was
the daughter of Alvina Stone and James Etienne Fougere. She is survived,
and will be greatly missed, by her four children, Faye MacAvoy, Glenn
(Sharon Lawrence), Annette Allen (Lance), Denyse Bagnell (Peter). She
adored and doted on her 10 grandchildren, Billy (Natasha Fletcher),
Christopher (Kara Beckles) and Amy (Donald Gilkie) MacAvoy; Mark and
Bradley Goyetche; Jill, Justin, and Jonathan Allen; and William and Ross
Bagnell. She was able to meet her first great grandchild, Molly MacAvoy.
She was predeceased by her husband Delore Joseph, and her siblings,
William, Carl, Melvin, Bernice, Kathleen, Dorothy, Alvina, and Estelle.
She had a wonderful laugh and was a friend and neighbor to all. In her
youth, she enjoyed skating and movies. An avid bingo player, she also
enjoyed playing cards, and was a Toronto Maple leafs fan, watching hockey
on television regularly. A magnetic personality, who had a steady stream
of visitors, she was a wonderful listener- always interested, but never
judgmental. She was able to remain in her home, where she resided for 58
years, without assistance, until the time of her passing. Visitation
will be held Sunday from 2-4 at Atlantic Funeral Home on Bayers Road, with
the funeral service at her parish of St. Agnes Church on Monday, November
15 at 10 AM. Donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the
Canadian Diabetes Association.
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From St. Peters weekly newspaper, August 13, 1980:
In earlier times every small community had its local characters and one of the fondest in St. Peters memories was the last village constable, Billy Goyetche.
Billy's main occupation was the hauling of freight in his horse-drawn freight wagon from the railway station to the local merchants, moving household goods from one house to another, and so on.
He was also the driver of the village hearse, which he referred to as the Thingamajig. This old hearse, which is still in the possession of Alex and Ruth Morrison, had several secret compartments known to Billy as the for'ard hatch and the after hatch. Originally designed to carry necessary gear, Billy was in the habit of using them as hidden storages for his wine.
As village constable, Billy had a paddy wagon which was actually a small dump cart. And as a drinking man, he sometimes tended to become more exuberant in the exercise of his duties after a glass or two. On one occasion, while carting Bill Kelly to the local lock-up, Billy was less than gentle with his prisoner. He more or less tossed Kelly into the paddy wagon so that Kelly's head was hanging over one side and bumping against the wheel. But each time Kelly would try to sit up, Billy pushed him back down. So that by the time Kelly arrived at the lock-up, there was a patch of hair worn right off his head.
One of Billy's jobs as constable was to keep people lined up and orderly while waiting for the distribution of the local mail. Some say his job was made more difficult because the sorting and handing out of the mail took such a long time, supposedly because the staff felt obliged to read each and every letter before handing it on.
Billy was well liked by the local youngsters but Halloween is Halloween. Billy was assigned to guard the fence near the Cosy Corner when he had the urge to quench his thirst. When he returned from his visit to the for'ard hatch what was blocking his way but the very fence he was supposed to be guarding.
In exasperation at one year's collection of pranksters, Billy fired several rounds into the air from his .38 revolver. Rumour had it that he was just using blanks but according to one of the pranksters several bullets were later found in the shingles of the show house.
Near the end of his reign, as the horse was beginning to give way to the automobile, a large car was seen speeding toward the centre of the village. Billy, dressed in his working clothes, spotted the car and was waiting in the middle of the village when it arrived.
Billy waived the car down and proceeded to lecture the driver on the necessity of driving at a safe and reasonable speed through St. Peters.
"And who are you?" the well-dressed woman behind the wheel asked saucily. Billy reached up to the strap of his overalls, turned it outward so that the driver could see his badge, and warned: "Beware of the man in the overhauls."