D.
M. Ostrander died recently at his home in Tillsonburg after a long
period of ill-health.
He was born in Middleton,
being a son of the late Squire Ostrander of that township, and was
in his seventy-first year.
He was caretaker pf the
Tillsonburg Methodist Church for a time and later became
janitor of the High School.
At the opening of the new
Methodist Church two years ago, Mr. Ostrander suffered a stroke of
paralysis, from which he never entirely recovered.
He was married twice. His
second wife, who was Mrs. Sarah Clark of Middleton, survives him,
also three children of his first wife.
The children are: John of
Mineral Point, Wis.; Mrs. Geo. French [sic] of Clinton, Wis.;
and Mrs. George French [sic] of Eden.
John Ostrander of
Tillsonburg is a half-brother of the deceased, and Mrs. O. E. Twiss
of Tillsonburg and Mrs. George Graves of Washington are
half-sisters.
