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McCREA MEMORIAL CHAPEL
1940
EMILY TOWNSHIP

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McCREA MEMORIAL CHAPEL

A McCrea Memorial Chapel was opened on September 3, 1929 at the Emily Cemetery, lying on the North side of Highway 7 a short distance East of Omemee. It was donated by Lady Eaton as a memorial to her family and included a new set of cemetery gates. The chapel was constructed by stone masons and has British Columbia fir and oak used in the interior. In the chapel are 6 marble headstones embedded in the walls. These headstones are for the early members of the McNeely and McCrea families and include a headstone in memory of John McCrea and his wife, Rebecca Harper, who died shortly after landing in Canada in 1846 and were buried at Montreal. "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in death they were not divided".
In recent years, the chapel has been restored and is now in use as setting for funerals and memorial services.