Etc. -- William Woolley's 1919 obituary
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A lightly edited partial transcription of the Items of Local Interest column on page 7 of the 
11 Dec 1919 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.

Death came suddenly to Mr. Wm. Woolley at his home near Burford on Saturday. Deceased was up and around and seemingly felt in his usual health. About nine o'clock in the morning he was seized with a paralytic stroke from which he passed away shortly before noon.

The remains were brought to Simcoe, on Tuesday and laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery. 

Deceased was in his 74th year and was well-known in Norfolk County.

He is survived by his second wife, his son, Harry, daughters: 
Mrs. W. H. Roberts of Woodhouse, 
Mrs. Bert Kitchen of Mount Pleasant; 
brothers Watson of Simcoe, and 
Ansley of Walsingham Centre, and 
sister, Mrs. Josiah Saville, who resides about two miles west of Simcoe. 
 

 
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