Mrs.
J. Butler, who died in Port Dover on 2 Oct 1918
in her 90th year, was born in the County of Welland, Ontario, 8 Apr
1829. She was of Scotch parentage, her maiden name being Jannet [sic]
Sowersby.
In 1859 she was united in
Matrimony with James Butler of Norfolk County. For some 25 years
their home was on a farm near Marburg. Retiring from the farm, they
came to Port Dover, where Mr. Butler died in 1891.
Mrs. Butler was of a kindly,
gentle, retiring nature, a good neighbour, and a noble wife and
mother, who loved her home and home duties, and like many others of
the sterling pioneers of this province, contributed in her home her
enduring contribution of service to her country.
Of her six children -- five
sons and one daughter -- Allan predeased her. Left to mourn her loss
are:
Robert of Inlay City, Levington of Detroit,
Silas Lakkie and Effie (Mrs. H. Cook [sic]) of Port
Dover,
and William of Hamilton.
All the surviving children
were present at the funeral, which took place on 5 Oct 1918. The
interment was made in the Port Dover cemetery, and the sons
performed the tender ministry of conveying the beloved form to its
resting place in God's acre.
