Hanging in the sanctuary of St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Ecum Secum is a marble and granite plaque made of grey streaked white marble on a black granite background. Erected by his wife and family, the plaque is dedicated in the memory of Auldon Veinotte and two of his children, daughter Muriel Elizabeth Posalie, who died of diphtheria at the age of seven, and his son Charles Frederick, who drowned in Quoddy at the age of 21.
The church, surrounded by its cemetery, is in an essentially rural area along Highway 7 on the south shore of Nova Scotia, about 150 kilometres east of Dartmouth. Auldon and Muriel are buried in the church cemetery.
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
AULDON VEINOTTE
BORN AT ECUM SECUM, GUYSBORO Co. N.S.
ENTERED INTO REST JUNE 2, 1922
IN THE 52ND YEAR OF HIS AGE.
ALSO MY DEAR CHILDREN
MURIEL ELIZABETH ROSALIE
DIED OF DIPHTHERIA JUNE 16, 1916 AGED 7 YEARS
CHARLES FREDERICK
DROWNED IN QUODDY HALIFAX Co. N.S.
OCT. 15, 1919. AGED 21 YEARS
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. UNTIL THE DAY DAWN.
ERECTED BY HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.