The
news of the death of Mrs. Clara Lampkin Pew of Hammond, Ill., a
bride of a few months, was received with sorrow by her large circle
of friends here.
A resident of this town
until a short time ago, and cashier of the Lea Estate store, she was
well-known and much liked, and much sympathy is felt for the
bereaved family.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Rew were
ill with the Spanish influenza, and it was only a few days
before
Mrs. Rew succumbed.
The body was brought here on
Saturday, arriving in Simcoe upon the 2.20 p.m. Wabash express, the
funeral being held directly to Oakwood Cemetery. Her former pastor,
Rev. H. C. Newcombe, officiated. Her husband was unable to accompany
the body here. The bearers were Harry Johnson, Earl Thompson, Geo.
H. Lea,
Carl Ryerse, Orville Blume and Henry Crabbe.
Deceased was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lampkin of Lynn Valley, and a sister of Miss
Belle Lampkin of the H. S. Falls' staff.
Mr. and Mrs. Rew were
married here last March, and shortly after went to Detroit to live,
removing later to Hammond.
Mr. Rew Sr. came here from
Hammond to attend the funeral of his daughter-in-law.
