RACK, LETTER

Description: COPPER COLOURED STEEL. WIRE COIL IN THE CENTRE (BETWEEN THE TWO END STANDS). EMBOSSED ON EACH END OF STAND "K DIAMOND".

History: DONOR SERVED 26 1/2 YEARS IN CANADIAN ARMY. BORN PEMBINA HILLS, MANITOBA. HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A MERCHANT IN THE AREA (HAT PINS, COLLAR STUDS, TOILET PINS, CORK SCREW, BILL RACK). HIS FATHER WAS A POSTAL INSPECTOR. THE DONOR SETTLED IN COALDALE UPON RETIREMENT (WIFE IS FROM BROXBORN). ABOVE ITEMS WERE ACQUIRED FROM THE GRANDFATHERS ESTATE (SOMERSET, MAN., 1889). REFER TO P19780047000-GA *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES. LEONARD TIMOTHY DECOSSE WAS BORN 18 NOVEMBER 1923. HE MARRIED MOLLY MARIKAO DECOSSE (NEE NISHIMAZURU), WHO WAS BORN IN BROXBURN, ALBERTA IN MAY 1931. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE GALT BUSINESS COLLEGE. LEONARD DECOSSE PASSED AWAY ON 23 FEBRUARY 2015. MOLLY DECOSSE PASSED AWAY IN COMOX, B.C. ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2006. HER OBITUARY STATES SHE LIVED IN THE COMOX VALLY FOR 25 YEARS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE FURTHER INFORMATION OR THE NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING OBITUARIES.