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Earl Frederick Hines
March 20, 1919 - September 26, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">HINES...... <br /> <br />Earl Frederick Hines &ndash; age 96, Newport Station, Hants County. Earl passed from this life to the next on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Halifax Infirmary Site, QEII, surrounded by his loving family. <br /> <br />Born March 20, 1919, in Newport Station, Hants County, Nova Scotia, he was the son of the late Robie and Eva (Brown) Hines. <br /> <br />Earl was a friend to all and was known for his kind and gentle ways. Earl worked most of his adult life at the Gypsum Quarry and with Municipal Group of Companies operating a crusher. He married Lola &ldquo;Dodie&rdquo; Parker on June 11, 1942, and from that marriage grew a strong close knit family that included 2 children, 3 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Retiring in 1984, Earl turned his focus to what he loved most: to his family, gardening, lawn mowing, playing cards, coffee with friends and in later years a vast Christmas display that people from the Windsor area came to view year after year. <br /> <br />Earl is survived by his wife of 73 years, Lola, Newport Station; daughter, Donna (David) Barkhouse, Scotch Village; son, William (Marlene) Hines, Newport Station; grandchildren, Katrina (Steven) Burgess, Petawawa, ON; Michael (Shannon) Barkhouse, Ottawa, ON; Andrea (Jeremy) Parker, Upper Burlington; great grandchildren, Mikayla Burgess; Logan and Reece Barkhouse; Elijah and Braelynne Parker; several nieces and nephews. <br /> <br />Besides his parents, Robie and Eva (Brown) Hines; Earl was predeceased by his twin brother, William; a sister, Eileen in childhood; and later his brother, Charles and sister, Muriel Parker. <br /> <br />A special thank you to all who cared for Earl during the last 3 years of his life while he resided at Dykeland Lodge in Windsor. <br /> <br />Visitation will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, at Lindsay&rsquo;s Windsor Funeral Home (902-798-2232), 194 King Street, P.O. Box 2218, Windsor, B0N 2T0. <br /> <br />A celebration of Earl&rsquo;s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 1, 2015, in the Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Garnet Parker officiating. A private family committal will be held at the Ste. Croix Cemetery, St. Croix. <br /> <br />Family flowers only. Donations in his memory may be made to the Friends of Dykeland Lodge or to a charity of choice. <br /> <br />To add your condolences, click on Contribute. <br /> <br />His was a love without ending, Amen. <br /></div>