Obituary of Muirhead, John William

John Muirhead 1945 - 2019 The death occurred peacefully at his summer residence in Cape Egmont on July 26th, 2019 of John (William) Muirhead of Mont-Carmel, PEI at the age of 74 years. John was born in Sussex, New Brunswick to his late parents, Compton and Evelyn (Stewart) Muirhead. He retired after serving 20 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. Beloved husband of Eva (née Gallant) Muirhead, and loving father to Kim (Randy) Gallant and Sharon (Marcel Arsenault) Muirhead. John is survived by his sister Evelyn (Marshall - deceased) Thompson, sisters-in-law Enid MacDonald, Nora (Edward) Arsenault, Maria (Floyd) O'Brien, Linda (Yvon) Desrasp, Thelma - deceased (Charlie Arsenault) and brothers-in-law Clarence (Nicole) Gallant and Gerard (Lucie) Gallant. Also lovingly remembered by his grandchildren Jared Arsenault, Jessica Gallant, Brent Arsenault, Chelsea Gallant and several nieces and nephews. Beside his grandparents, his parents Compton and Evelyn Muirhead and his in-laws Amand and Marie-Anne Gallant, John was predeceased by his brother Allan MacDonald, his sister Ethel MacKay and nephew Shane O'Brien. At the request of the family there will be no visitation or funeral service. A celebration of John's life for family, relatives and friends will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion, Br. No. 17 Wellington on Thursday, August 29th, at 7 p.m. Interment will take place at the Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Valley, PEI on Friday, August 30th, at 11 a.m. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in John's memory can be sent to Evangeline Funeral Home. If you would like to send a message of condolences to his family, please send an email to: evangelinefuneralcoop @pei.aibn.ca or follow the link.