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Following a brief illness, M
James J. Elliott of 50 Alfred Si
East, Wingham, died in Wirigh
and District Hospital on Saturda
:u�rvss man
loses._.u
his fife
in car mishap
e.2 e,wa's-''°,yeav8 of a e.
reet Mrs. 1i#aft.,. l 'former Verna.A.
am Merkle 1.was' .born in Turnberry
ay Township on Feb. 16, 1900. Her
parents were the late Henry Merk-
ley and Martha Begley.kShe married
William H. king and he predeceased
her in 1962. She . was also, prede-
ceased by her second husband,
James J ° Elliott, in 1977.
A resident\ of Culross Township,
Kenneth R. Weishar of RR 2, Te
water, lost his life in a motor vehi
accident near Sudbury on Sund
June 19 ; He was 24 years of age.
The son of a Listowel couple,
Weishar and his wife, the form
Theresa Weber of Formosa, Ke
neth was born May 15, 1964.
resided in Listowel and Toron
before moving to the second conce
sion east of Culross recently.
Left to mourn his sudden deat
besides his. parents, are three si
ters, Debbie Klein of RR 2, Tee
water, Kathy Weishar of Toron
and Diane Weishar, Listowel; h
paternal grandparents, Ralph a d
Rose Weishar of Teeswater
maternal. grandparents, Joe an
Korena Weber of Formosa.; brothe
in=law,
.Luke : Klein and one,niece
Candice, as well as many aunts
uncles and cousins.
The Robert Trench -Funera
Home, Listowel, was entrusted wit
arrangements. Mass of the Christia
Burial was. held. Wednesday at 1
a.m. at Immaculate Conception
:Ferrosa;' -.with Rev
:Michael Bennett: officiating,-. Inter-
ment
nter
ment followed in the church ceme-
tery.
Memorial donations to Children's
Hospital of Western Ontario or the
charity of one's choice are being r�
0
acknowledged as expressions of
concern and sympathy.
es- Mrs. Elliott is *survived by herr
de family: Jack and RUUth King, Harold
ay, and Jean Ding,. Irene and Fred Ohm,
all of Wingham and ;dna Forbeck of
Ted Niagara Falls. There are 15 grand-
er children; 24 great-grandchildren;
n- one sister, Mrs. Morrison (Rosia)
He Sharpin of Wingham and one broth -
to er, Harry Merkley of Wingham. She
s- -was bereaved by the death of her
daughter, Mrs. Albert (Mary)
b, Porter, in 1985 and was also prede-
s- ceased by her brothers, George and
s- William Merkle,.
to
is .Friends paid their respects at The
n McBurney .Funeral Home,
Wingham, where,Mrs. Elliott rested
d until today (Tuesday) when com-
r- plete funeral service was conducted
at.tWo ,o'clock by, Rev, J. Rek Grant
of Wingham United Church :where
Mrs° Elliott was ,a member. Her -
1 .final resting place will be Wingham
h Cemetery.
1 lionora
1 ry pallbearers were Glenn
Porter, Michael King,, ,Joanne
Harrison', David Ohm, 'Jack Ohm
° and Linda Brindley,., ail, and 't+;n_. ......._.
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—Juke
— Lis/e, a Grade` 5 pupil at •Wingham ' @v
Public School, is this year's winner of the Karen Clark Memorial r.
Award for the best all-round student in Grade 5. Teacher Brenda 1
Schedler made the presentation at a year-end assembly at the dre
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was Joh
'witi g hemi arriage'to
Marin on June 18, 1930,' the coups
.resided on the Mann h+ estead, Lot
35, Con.16, Grey. Township b,. .
They were married at the Manse
of Knox ' Presbyterian Church
Listowel by�theAey James Nicol:.•
' The`cou `le farrd until 1968 when
their' son *I uurchased.the .farni at.
_the time of his, marriage.
They continued to live near
Moncrie April, 1978 when they
move istowel.
Mrs. Mann was a member of the
Calvary United Church, Listowel.
Besides her husband Archie
Mann,• she iS -survived by one . .
daughter, � Marion •and her husband
Harold Roberts' of Listowel; one son,
Robert ,Mann and his wife Pat. of
Clinton;one daughter-in-law, Mary °
Beth Mann, RR 1 i onkton. .
She .is also survived by ..five
anddaughters:_.,1
B l er • . hnton; . Melanie Mann,
ebec City; Shelley Mann, Gode
ich; Tracy and Kendra Ma nn,'RR
Monkton and two great-grandchil-
n, Kennedy and Jordan Baker,
inton.
Also surviving. are one sister, Mrs.
Velma Smith, Listowel.
She was predeceased by one son,
illiam A. Mann on May 5, 1986.
The funeral service was held on
une 25 at the Peebles Funeral
ome, 141 John St., Atwood at p.m.
terment followed at the Elma
nter Cemetery, Atwood.
The organist was a niece, Mrs.
rold , Elliott, RR 6, Goderich. A
penial musical number during the
rvice was provided by Fred Hill,
towel, Colin McIntosh, Moles-
rth, Mit: Ruth Vines, RR 1, Lista
1 and Mrs. Grace Bender,
wanstown, friends of the Mann
mily.
allbearers were Charlie
rrison, Listowel, Bob Harrison,
Mann, Bryce Mann, and Dale
ith, all of Moncrieff and Kin
ith, Atwood.
lowerbearers were her grand-
dren.
was veteran' of WW2 ;"
-A veteran of the Second Worl
War, Thomas John Ritchie
Kincardine, died suddenly
Kincardine and District Gener
Hospital on June 8. He was in h
72nd year.
Born in Arthur on Feb. 19, 1917
Mr. Ritchie,. was a son of the lat
William Ritchie and Clara Nash. H
enlisted with the 100th Field Batts
RCA (C.A.S.E.).on-Sept. 12,1939 an
served as Battery Sergeant Major
His service in the United Kingdom
and continental Europe earned him
the 1939-45 Star, France and
Germany Star, Defence Medal and
Canadian Voluntary Service Medal
and Clasp. He was discharged on
May 15, 1946.
Mr. Ritchie was a member of. the
Kincardine branch- of the Royal
d Canadian Legion and a former n
of _ member of the Howick branch. He Ce
in belonged to the Anglican Church.,
al Surviving are four sisters, Alice Ha
is Horne of Midland, Mary Kinley of s
se
Ottawa, Mrs. Bob (Edith) Mitchell Lis
e of Elk Point, Alberta and Mrs. wo
Batter Frank (Madeleine) Duggan, we
Y Mississauga; 17 nieces and nephews Go
and nine great-nieces and great- fam
nephews. He will also be missed by P
Ha
his friend, Bob Woronka of Jim
Kincardine and many friends in sm
- Kincardine .and -Walkerton. He was Sm
predeceased by one .brother F
_ Wingham native
. dies in Toronto
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William (Bill) and two sisters, Ida chil
and Elva..
The late Mr. Ritchie rested at the
Davey-Linklater Funeral Home,
Kincardine, thence to the Gorrie
Chapel of M. L. ° Watts neral
Homes where funeral service was
J. Alba McLachlan of Toronto, be- conducted on June 11 by Rev.
loved wife of the late Stanley E. Mc- Brenda Clark; Interment followed in
Lachlan, passed away at North York Gorrie Cemetery:..
General Hospital, Toronto, on Satur-
day, June 18, in her 87th year.
The former Alba Walker, -Mrs.
McLachlan was born in Wingham
and spent her early years here. She
was the dear mother of Mrs.
Douglas (Audrey) Slater and Mrs.
Douglas (Jean) Ferguson of Toron-
;ktoA She .,as also survived by three;
-graildren; four great grand-.
n 7. a-br'dther-intdlaiw -..boy
As expressions of sympathy,
donations were accepted to the Lou
Gehrig's Disease Research, Heart
and Stroke Foundation and Calvary
United Church Memorial Fund;
Listowel.
Honorary -pallbearers were
George Bietz, Jim Hutton and Russ
Stanley, call members of the 100th -
Field Battery. Active pallbearers
Were Ray Miller, Thom Mitchell,
John Duggan, Tom O'Krafka, Hugh
Hutchison and Ben. Johnson. Pau
Duggan and Steve Deer carr
floral tributes. , x`
Morgan of Kinca
kcirle and a. sister= Y.
in-law, Agnes Walker of Goderichs. (anima UNDER -GUARD
She was r .. � .1.,
pr leased, by.. her Rumors- that some - undisclosed
parents, Isaac Walker and fah. • parties in the United States were
Leaver; one brother, Russell; Walker planning to kidnap. the Dionne
and two sisters, Alberta Morgan -and s gttintupleta- caused Queen's Park. to
Doris McPhail. .. establish a special police guard on
Funeral' service WaS held- at the • the. private hospital at Callander
Trull Funeral Mane, 2704.Vonge St:, Dsrta �lpv in March of 1935. Twp.
Toronto, on Tuesday afternoon, June .provincial watch
offi'e
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JENNIFER ' HOWES was named
most -unproved Grade 8 student
at the Howick Central School for
the 1987-88 sehoo! term. She
received her award at the recent
Grade 8 night. (Marilyn . El le
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