Delhi,
June 15 -- The death occurred at an early hour on Monday morning, June
14 of Mrs. John Wilbur, in her 89th year.
Deceased was the
daughter of Joseph and Rachel Youngs, who owned and lived on the farm
on which part of Hamilton now stands.
She spent her
girlhood days in Glanford, and at the age of nineteen was married to
John Wilbur, and immediately after their marriage they moved to their
farm near Delhi, where they resided to within a few years of her
husband's death, which occurred fourteen years ago.
Deceased was the
mother of fourteen children, of whom nine survive, viz.: Henry of
Delhi; Elijah of Detroit; John of Saskatchewan; Arthur of Delhi; Mrs.
O. Craven and Mrs. D. Smith of Delhi; Mrs. Mary Sherdan of New York;
Mrs. George Symons [sic] of Saskatchewan; and Mrs. Bert McCall of Bluevale.
Deceased was a
life-long member of the Methodist church, and gave at all times a
willing hand to any work that tended to uplift the moral tone of the
community. Always of a cheerful disposition, she had a wide circle of
friends, who will sincerely mourn her departure.
Interment will
take place on Wednesday afternoon, after which the funeral service
will be conducted in the Methodist church by Rev. N. Argyle Hurlbut.
