A lightly edited transcription of a page 1 article from 25 Apr 1918 Simcoe Reformer newspaper.

Sudden Call

Mr. Daniel Matthews succumbed to an attack of heart failure about 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon. He had 
been in his customary good health during the morning and had been out visiting a near neighbor. 

He returned to his home complaining of a fluttering sensation in the region of the heart. His daughter, 
Miss Ethel Matthews, summoned a physician, but 
death took place before he appeared on the scene.

Mr. Matthews was born in Windham on his father's fine farm, just north of town, in 1842, and he spent his life 
on that farm and in Simcoe, whither he retired on giving up farming 30-odd years ago.

His wife, who was a Miss Laurason, died 14 years since. One daughter, mentioned above is their only child.
A brother, E. C. Matthews, and a sister, Miss Matthews, live here.

The funeral to St. John's Cemetery, Woodhouse, takes place tomorrow afternoon.
 

A lightly edited transcription of a page 1 article from 2 May 1918 Waterford Star newspaper.

Died at Simcoe

Simcoe, April 24 -- The death occurred very suddenly 
this morning of a widely known and very highly 
respected resident of this community in the person of 
Mr. Daniel Matthews.

The deceased passed away shortly after 10 o'clock.

He had gone to help a neighbor in the garden and came back to go down town when he was stricken, surviving but a short time.

He was the son of Daniel Matthews, of an old English family. The late Mr. Matthews had lived nearly all his 
life in Norfolk county, having resided in Windham 
and Woodhouse townships and in Simcoe. 
He was formerly a farmer and livery keeper.

The deceased married Matilda Lawrison, who predeceased him a number of years ago. 
He leaves one daughter, Miss Ethel, one sister, Sarah E., and one brother, Edward. Mrs. McCall of Simcoe was a sister-in-law, and Miss Effie Moe, formerly of the Y.W.C.A. at Brantford, a niece of the deceased.
 

 
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