SHREENAN, John James

At Peterborough Regional Health Centre on Sunday, July 15, 2018, John Shreenan of Havelock, in his 76th year. Beloved husband of Blanche (nee Walsh) for 52 years. Dear father of Lynn BlaisJoris (Rick) of Bowmanville and Dwayne (Lori) of Havelock. Papa will be missed by Kayla, Nathan, Kennedy and Jayden. Brother of Maureen Gole of Kitchener, Raymond (Heather) of Cookstown, Ivan (Mary) of P.E.I., Frank (Cathy) of P.E.I. and the late Gerard, Leo and Brenda McQuaid. John will be missed by the entire Walsh family and many nieces and nephews. Friends and family may visit at BRETT FUNERAL CHAPEL, HAVELOCK on Saturday, July 21, 2018 from 11a.m. until time of Memorial Service at 12 p.m., Reverend Don McLean officiating. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Online condolences at www.brettfuneralchapels.com

Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.

Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her web page said she died at 6:02 p.m. but didn’t indicate where she died.

“She was a blessing and the light of my life,” her daughter said.

Nancy and Frank Sinatra had been dating as teenagers and married at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Feb. 4, 1939, just as Frank’s singing career was about to take off. Three years before marrying the former Nancy Barbato, he had landed a 15-minute radio show on local station WAAT.

During the marriage’s early years, the Sinatras lived in a modest apartment in Jersey City, where their two eldest children were born. For a time she was employed as a secretary while her husband worked as a singing waiter.

After Sinatra became a popmusic sensation in the 1940s, the couple moved to Los Angeles, where the singer would also become a movie star, raconteur, man about town and notorious womanizer.

That latter accomplishment led Sinatra to leave him after an affair with actress Ava Gardner became public knowledge. Weeks after the pair’s divorce became final in 1951, Sinatra’s ex-husband married Gardner, while Sinatra went on to raise the couple’s three children.