By
the decease of Mrs. Catharine Howey, wife of the late James Howey,
Norfolk County loses one of its oldest pioneers.
Deceased, who was born in
Welland County 89 years ago this April, came to this county at the
early age of nine years.
Mrs. Howey was a Canadian of
Canadians, who could boast of an ancestry of four generation of
Canadians.
Of her family of eight
daughters and five sons, deceased is survived by all her children
with the exception of one son.
Her youngest son, George, is
overseas with the 114th Haldimand Battalion.
The news of the demise of a
gentle mother, a neighbor always willing to lend a helping hand to
aid the sick and a staunch friend of the friendless was received
with profound regret by her many friends in Norfolk and Haldimand.
