McKenna to eulogize Wallace McCain at Friday funeral service
Posted May 15, 2011 1:11 pm.
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TORONTO – Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna will deliver the eulogy for Wallace McCain, who died on Friday at the age of 81.
Funeral services for the mogul and philanthropist will be held this week in Toronto.
Linda Smith, a spokeswoman for Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI), says McCain’s children are also expected to speak at the service.
Smith says the proceedings will be fed by satellite to two churches in Florenceville, New Brunswick McCain’s hometown at the same time.
McCain helped turn a small New Brunswick french fry plant in Florenceville into a multibillion-dollar frozen foods empire.
McCain Foods operates around the world.
Wallace McCain was forced out of the company he helped found after a falling out with his brother Harrison.
He went on to head a faltering Maple Leaf Foods and was credited for putting it on more solid footing.
