Death
of Roy Victor Carter
Fell a Victim To
Appendicitis In the Far West
Friday morning last Mr. H. A.
Carter received a telegram from Medicine Hat to the effect that his
brother, Roy V. Carter, had died suddenly at a hospital in that city.
Later information explained the circumstances surrounding the very
unexpected and sudden demise of one who apparently had everything in his
favor against disease.
Mr. Carter was superintendent of
agencies for the Nordheimer Piano Co., with headquarters at Toronto, and
was on his regular coast trip. On Tuesday while at Medicine Hat, Alta., he
was taken ill and advised to go to the hospital where his case was
diagnosed as appendicitis. An operation was performed on Wednesday but it
did not prove successful as it was found that gangrene had already set in.
Mr. Carter passed away on Thursday. His brother, Ernest, of Saskatoon,
was able to reach the hospital before the end came.
The remains were brought to Simcoe
for burial, arriving here Monday evening in charge of Mr. Ernest Carter.
The funeral was held from the
residence of Mr. H. A. Carter, Colborne street, on Tuesday afternoon at
2'30 o'clock, conducted by Mr. Smith, of Trinity Church, interment being
made in Oakwood cemetery. The pall-bearers were:
Messrs. H. S. Falls, H.
B. Donly, H. P. Innes, K.C., G. N. Counter, F. A. Chadwick and Dr. A. T.
Sihler.
Some of those in attendance at the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Copeland of Windsor; Mrs. Diamond, an aunt
of the deceased, and her daughter, of Toronto; and Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Williamson, of Detroit.
The late Mr. Carter leaves a wife,
who was formerly Miss Georgina Copeland of Windsor, and a 12 year-old
boy, besides his brothers and sisters. The brothers are Harry A. of
Simcoe; Ernest T., of Saskatoon; and Frank A., of Cayuga. The sisters are
Mrs. Thomas Williamson of Detroit; Mrs. E. E. Newman of Kingston; Mrs. C.
E. Burtis of Toronto and Miss Eliza Carter of Simcoe.
The deceased Mr. Carter was in his
40th year and was born in Simcoe. As a young man he was popular here in
musical circles and spent three years in Germany under one of the noted
instructors. A man of splendid physique and temperate habits his early
demise came as a severe shock to his relatives and many friends.
