East, Jack Haddon
Birth Year:
1893
Death Year:
1963
Spouse(s):
Mona Favouretta (Macdonald) East (1891-1976)
Children:
Warrent Officer Michael George King East
Jack East was born on July 28, 1893 in Rosedale, MB. He married Mona Macdonald. He was an orchardist in Keremeos, BC, and died in Penticton, BC, on March 2, 1963.
He was living in Keremeos in 1920 and had a new cement block house built there, 1920-1921. In March 1921, his wife, Mona East, recovered from a bout of diptheria. In May 1943, his eldest son, Warrant Officer Michael George King East (aged 20) was “lost over Dusseldorf” and presumed dead.
References:
Similkameen Star, July 30, 1920, page 4; march 4, 1921, page 3; February 3, 1944, page 1