Buried
at Middleton
The late Mrs. Fry of Dunnville
laid to rest in Bethel Cemetery
Dunnville Chronicle
Elizabeth, wife of J. Fry,
V.S., passed away at their home, Lock Street, on Saturday afternoon
last, 18 May 1918.
She was 72 years of age on 10 Feb 1918. Death was the result of a
two-year illness from heart trouble and dropsy.
Deceased was a daughter of
the late Jacob Honsberger and Ann Culp, who were married in Clinton
Township and settled in Moulton. Here was born the subject of this
sketch. The family later moved to South Cayuga, and from there to
Middleton Township, near Courtland,
in Norfolk County. It was while they resided at South Cayuga that
she married Dr. Fry, and they have resided
in Dunnville many years.
She was a charter member of
Dunnville Baptist Church.
She leaves besides her
husband, three children:
H. W. Fry of Sarnia, W. A. Fry of Dunnville, and
Mrs. R. F. [Havarmeyer] (Myrtle) of Scraton, Pa.
She was the oldest of 10
children, all of the others surviving, namely,
Mrs. David F. Moyer, Mrs. Sarah Culp,
John, Jacob and Frank Honsberger of Middleton;
Mrs. Mary Stewart of South Yarmouth Township;
Isaac and Alfred Honsberger of Brownsvivlle, and
Mrs. Annie Rively of Hamilton.
The youngest of the 10 children is over 50 years of age.
Service was held at the home
of her son here on Sunday evening at 8.45 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
O. N. Dewey, pastor of the Baptist Church, assisted by
Rev. W. J. H. Petter, rector of St. Paul's.
The remains were taken on
Monday by G.T.R. to Courtland, thence to the old homestead.
After a service at 3 o'clock
in Bethel Methodist Church, near there, conducted by Rev. H. Adams
of Courtland, interment took place in the family plot in the
adjoining cemetery. The bearers were her two sons, three brothers,
Isaac, Alfred and Jacob, and a nephew, Levi Moyer.
Her memory will be cherished
as a devoted and self-sacrificing Christian mother. Her husband and
all her children, brothers and sisters were present at the
funeral.
