Death
of Mrs. John L. Davis
The funeral took place here
on Sunday afternoon of Mrs. John L. Davis of Toronto.
She was formerly Miss Ethel
Evans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Evans of Tillsonburg. who,
about 10 years ago, came to Simcoe with their family from Haldimand
County.
Only a few years ago she was
married to John L. Davis and for a time they lived in Simcoe, moving
to Toronto about two years ago.
Always during her life she
had suffered from a weakness of the heart, and when she became ill a
few months ago went to the home of her parents, who now reside in
Tillsonburg, where she died on Friday.
A private service was held
in Tillsonburg on Saturday, at which Rev. Dr. Benson officiated.
The services here were
conducted by
Rev. H. C. Newcombe and Rev. J. H. McBain,
at the residence of her father-in-law, Wm. Davis
on Maple Street, and the funeral took place to
the family plot at Oakwood Cemetery.
The pall-bearers were
Messrs. Frank Cardiff,
Garton Holmes, H. A. Johnson, Perry Sowden,
Roy Van Patter and Ward Butcher.
Deceased is survived by her
husband and parents, and one brother, Harvey Evans of the Molsons
Bank staff, who came from Ottawa to see his sister before she died.
A younger sister, Miss
Persie Evans, died of a serious attack of pneumonia in the spring of
1916 when she
was visiting her sister in Toronto.
