Death
of Mrs. Margaret Ellen Hookway, Who Had Lived in
St. Thomas for Past Six Months.
St. Thomas, Aug. 8 -- The
death took place Thursday evening of an old resident of Walsingham
Centre, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Howard Diltz, 208
Wellington Street, in the person of Mrs. Margaret Ellen Hookway of
Walsingham Centre, step-mother of ex-Ald. A. A. Hookway.
Mrs. Hookway, who was 86
years of age, had been ailing for some time. The deceased came to
this city six months ago to visit her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Shriner, and had been ill ever since.
She was born at
Gainsborough, Ont., and was a devout member of the Methodist
Church at Walsingham Centre.
She leaves two sisters and
three brothers:
Mrs. E. Shriner, city
Mrs. F. Howey, Niagara Falls, Ont.
A. H. Miller, Ipswich, South Dakota
Benjamin Miller, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
and W. F. Miller, city.
