Halifax: Public Funeral

Ruth Goldbloom Dept: Ruth Goldbloom, the warm, loving family matriarch, was remembered Friday with oratorical hugs and humour by her children and grandchildren during her public funeral in Halifax, according to The Chronicle Herald. There were people from all walks of life. Attendees came from the Halifax region, Cape Breton, elsewhere in Nova Scotia and other provinces and uPDATED 8:18 p.m. Friday Hundreds of people gathered at the Cunard Centre to honour the memory of the New Waterford native and pay their respects to her family. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.