Mrs. Helen
E. Chute, widow of James E. Chute, died on Tuesday night, Dec. 22nd,
at her home on Harvey Street, Aylmer, following a short illness.
She was in her 88th year and
was a member of a pioneer family of the Long Point Settlement, Norfolk
County. Born in Walsingham Township,
she was a daughter of the late Andrew McCleish and Mary Jane
Franklin.
Sixty-one years ago she
married James E. Chute and lived at Lakeview, on the first concession
of Bayham, until coming to Aylmer twenty years ago.
She was a member of the Aylmer
Baptist Church and for many years was active in the Mission Circle and
Ladies Aid.
Her husband predeceased her 13
years ago. She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. R. C. Harrison, and two grandsons, George and Jim
Harrison, all of Aylmer; a brother, Austin McCleish, of Riverside,
California.
The funeral took place
Thursday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. Rev. J. Willox [sic] Duncan had charge of the service and interment was made in
Aylmer Cemetery.
