Birth: December 24, 1914 in Quebec City, Quebec
Death: July 1, 2007 in Nanaimo, B.C.
Plot: South Zone – Plot 56
Inscription:
FITCH
Beulah Claire
(nee Balinsky)
Beloved wife, mother,
grandmother
great-grandmother,
sister, friend
13 January 1915 – 31 may 2005
Burton
Beloved husband, father
grandfather, uncle,
soldier, fisherman,
brother, friend
25 December 1914 – 1 July 2007
Married 24 December 1939
“they met when they were six years old”
Biography:
Burton and Beula married at Congregation Shar Zion on December 24, 1939 in Montreal, Quebec.
Burton was an insurance broker. He also had a military career. He did his training in St Jerome, Brockville and Valcartier and served in the Canadian Infintry Crops. During WWII, Burton was a member of the Infantry Rifle Platoon Commander. He took part in battles in Boulogne, Cap Gri Nez, including 25 harrowing days in the Sheldt (Holland and Belgium),
By 1984 he and Beula were living in Nanaimo
Parents:
Clara Mintz Fitch born 1890
Jacob Feiczewicz (Fitch)
Siblings
Meyer Maxwell Fitch born 1917
Phyllis Labow
Spouse:
Beulah Claire Balinsky Fitch (1915-2005)
Children:
Michael
Ed
Linda Silverberg
Jack
Additional images:
The Jewish Cemetery of Victoria, British Columbia 