Port Rowan
James Ponting died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. W. Cronk, in Selkirk, last Sunday, at the
age of 67 years.
He was a son of the late
Mark Ponting and was but one year old when his parents came from
England and settled in Port Rowan, where they always afterward
lived, and where surrounded by the disadvantages of those early
days, the deceased early life was spent.
He married Miss Ruth Cronk,
who died 27 years ago, leaving him with a family of small children,
of whom one son and four daughters now live to mourn his loss:
Herbert of Port Rowan,
Mrs. W. Cronk and Mrs. N. Edsall of Selkirk,
Mrs. F. Beasley of London and Mrs. M. Perrett of Toledo.
He is also survived by four
brothers and two sisters: George of Sandusky, Elgin and Fred of
Detroit,
William of Tillsonburg, Mrs. E. Delsanto of Detroit and Mrs. John
Boyington of Port Rowan.
The remains were brought
here by auto for burial on Tuesday, and the service conducted by the
Rev. Hiscock assisted by the Rev. H. Smith, was held at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Boyington the same day. Interment took place in the
family plot in Bay
View Cemetery.
