Mrs.
Margaret Burley, relict of Thos. Burley, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Williams, St. Thomas, on Sunday evening, from the
effects of paralysis. Mrs. Burley went there from Mabee five weeks ago
on a visit, and three weeks ago was stricken with paralysis.
Mrs. Burley was in
the 67th year of her age, and is survived by four daughters and three
sons, viz: Mrs. J. F. Pauling, of Last Mountain, Sask.; Mrs. Charles
Soper, New Sarum; Mrs. W. H. Williams, St. Thomas; Mrs. F. M. Anderson,
Toronto; John Blakely, Culloden; Will Blakely, of Mabee, and Frank
Blakely, Hamilton.
The
remains were taken to Tillsonburg on Tuesday and the funeral took place
on Wednesday from the home of W. Blakely, Mabee, to Bethel cemetery.
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The
pallbearers were, George Simmons sr., Albert Swinn, Isaac Atkinson, Wm.
Woulds, Thomas Ball and James Brown. Rev. A. J. Loveday assisted in the
service at the church. Her second husband, Mr. Thomas Burley, was buried
in the same cemetery beside the Bethel church, on March 25, 1910, the
same minister officiating. The family have the sympathy of a large
circle of friends.
