Death of
Mrs. Sheeler [sic]
Louise [sic] Gilbert,
relict of the late Adam Sheeler [sic], passed peacefully
away on Wednesday, 24 Nov 1920, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Kniffen in Woodhouse, having reached
the great
age of 98 years.
Deceased was a pioneer of
the township and the house in which she died stands on a corner of
the very farm on which she was born.
In her long life of almost
a century, Mrs. Sheeler [sic] had witnessed many changes in
the township. She could remember the time when wolves were heard
howling at night and black bears roamed through the great forests.
In her girlhood days the country was quite uncultivated with only
an occasional small clearing in the woods.
The funeral was held
Friday, the service being conducted by Ensign Stafford of the
Salvation Army. Interment was made in Woodhouse Cemetery.
An impressive memorial
service was conducted in the Salvation Army Citadel
in Simcoe, Sunday night.
