The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada published the obituary on 28 September 1973:
PEACE - Passed away suddenly on September 26, 1972, at Royal Columbian Hospital, John Kenney Peace, aged 81 years, late of Suite 124-9288 Cameron St., Burnaby 3 and formerly of Huntington, B. C. Survived by his loving wife Thelma; 3 sons, Melvin. Nanaimo; Lorne, Port Townsend, Wash. and Kenneth, Powell River; 1 daughter W. E. (Gladys) Engelland, Abbotsford; 6 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Mrs. Lillian Priess, Reno, Nevada and Mrs. Mabel Jouwstra, Paradies, Calif. Funeral service Saturday, September 29 at 4 p. m. chapel of Henderson's Funeral Home, Abbotsford. Rev. Norman Calland officiating. Cremation at Victory Memorial Park Crematorium. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to the B. C. Heart Foundation c/o Henderson's

John Kenney Peace was born in Hindsville, Madison Cty, Arkansas, USA on 29 January 1892. His parents were Ewell and Margaret Catherine Peace, nee Ferguson. He emigrated to Canada in 1909. He was married to Alta Eldora Rowe (1915 - 1994) in Coronation, Alberta, Canada on 23 July 1913 and to Thelma Irene Whitlam (1915 - 1994) in May 1947. He died on 26 September 1973 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.