London,
Ont., Feb. 7 -- Jeffrey Hale, one of London's most prominent
citizens, and formerly manager of
the London branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, died suddenly at
his home, 718 Waterloo Street, Tuesday night.
On Saturday Mr. Hale was
taken ill with bronchitis. Pneumonia developed on Monday morning.
Owing to his illness it was
decided Monday night to telegraph the only daughter, Mrs. Hensley,
wife of
the manager of the Bank of Montreal in Edmonton.
She wired back that she was leaving for the east at
noon on Wednesday.
The only son, Major George
Hale, went overseas in 1915 with the 18th Battalion as medical
officer, and is at present attached to the Kitchener Hospital at
Brighton.
In 1916, owing to the fact
that their son was overseas,
Mr. and Mrs. Hale went to England, where three sisters of Mr. Hale
are living, the Misses Hale in London, Eng., and Mrs. Tennant, wife
of the vicar of Acombe, Suffolk. While there for several months they
both took an active part in Canadian war relief work in London.
Jeffrey Hale was a member of
a prominent English family, who came to Quebec many years ago, where
he was born. His boyhood days were spent in Kingston and his
education received there, after which he entered the services of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Before coming to London he
was manager of the Brantford branch, and before that was stationed
in Ottawa.
Mrs. Hale, previous to her
marriage, was Louisa Campbell, daughter of the late Duncan Campbell
of Simcoe, Ont., and a sister of Mrs. H. C. R. Becher of "Thorawood."
Genial and possessed of
exceptional ability, he proved
a favorite with those who were privileged to know him,
and to work with him.
An active member of St.
Paul's Cathedral, he was keenly interested in Church and welfare
movements. He was president of the London Hunt Club and a member of
the Board of Health.
