Deeply
Mourned by All
Death Yesterday Morning of
Mr. Charles O. Duncombe.
Death
has dealt hardly with us and yesterday morning about 11 o'clock a
break was made in the ranks of one we had learned to love and honor.
The message came to Charlie
after being confined to his bed for three weeks and it is hard for us
to realize that the cheery sunny face of Charlie Duncombe, as his
friends loved to call him, will no more be seen in his accustomed
place.
Charlie has been going down
grade for some months, being afflicted with a disease of the liver. He
bore his suffering bravely and with seldom if ever a murmur, and for
this reason his case was not thought to be as serious as it really
was.
He was compelled to go to bed
three weeks ago and has since that time gradually weakened until at
last the end came and he slept peacefully away.
Drs. Digby of Brantford,
Duncombe of St. Thomas, Trotter of Buffalo, and all the resident
doctors examined Charlie and held consultations, but without any
apparent relief to his sufferings.
He remained conscious to the
last and talked with the loved ones around him, and during the past
week he more than once stated that he was ready to leave his friends,
although he loved them all. He realized that he could not get better.
Charlie leaves behind to mourn
his lost a loving wife, a sister, a brother and a father, all of whom
have the heartfelt sympathy of a large circle of friends.
His relatives have been in
constant attendance over him since he was taken to his bed, and
watched the progress of his disease almost day and night until the
last spark of life had flicked away.
Charlie was a member of our
town council in 1898, received the largest number of votes
polled.
He proved himself to be a
capable businessman and was ever looking out for the welfare of the
business interests of the village.
He
was a consistent member of the Baptist church, taking an active part in
all church work, and also in the B.Y.P.U. He was church treasurer and
usher. He was also a beloved brother of the Odd Fellows lodge in this
place.
It is too common, we know, to
speak well of the dead, but it requires no stretch of liberality to
tell of the kind heart, the open hand, and the generous disposition of
Charlie Duncombe.
Hospitable, benevolent, sympathizing, he was a
friend to every person, and there is not one in this section but what
admired Charlie for his many good qualities, and deeply mourned his
demise.
