Mrs. Wm.
Rose died at her home near Port Dover on Tuesday morning, in her 88th
year, after an illness of several weeks.
He husband and one gentleman in
Port Dover are the only people living that were in Dover when she
first settled there.
She came to Dover over 60 years ago and has been
married to Mr. Wm. Rose 61 years. They were probably the oldest
married couple in Norfolk County.
Her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Martin
of Chicago, has been in constant care over her for the past seven
weeks and last week messages were sent to her sons stating that the
end was near.
Dr. Rose, of Chicago, sent
word that he would arrive on Sunday afternoon and his coming was
anxiously waited for as she was sinking rapidly, but was still
conscious and knew every person.
The true love of a mother was
manifest in this dear old lady as her whole mind was centered on her
children in her dying moments.
She leaves a husband and five
sons and one daughter, John Rose and A. G. Rose of Woodhouse, Dr. D.
Rose of Chicago, Dr. Wm. Rose of Grand Rapids, Dr. Daniel Rose of
Muskegon, Mich., and Mrs. Martin of Chicago.
One son, George, and one
daughter, Jane, wife of P. J. Pearce of Waterford, preceded her.
The funeral takes place this
morning at 10.30 from her old home to the Woodhouse cemetery.
