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Eliza Jane Perry
Mrs. J.P. Perry - The death of Eliza Jane Ayerst, beloved wife of Parker Perry of Nipissing Tp., occurred at the home of her daughter in Sundridge last Thursday. The funeral was held on Saturday from the home of her son, George Perry, Nipissing, and the remains were laid to rest in the Nipissing cemetery. Rev. Mr. Evans, Anglican minister at Powassan, conducted the funeral service, assisted by Rev. Mr. White of Sundridge. Many relatives and friends were present to pay their last respects to the deceased lady. The pallbearers were six grandsons.
Mrs. Perry was born at Westbrook, Ont., June 30th, 1862, and was married to Parker Perry at Parham, Ont., Aug. 8, 1878. This union was blessed with eleven children. Four died in infancy and the youngest son, William, paid the supreme sacrifice in France in June 1918.
Besides her husband the chief mourners are her seven sons and daughters, 36 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; also her aged mother in Dayton, Iowa, and one sister and three brothers. One son and two daughters in Michigan were unable to attend the funeral, but they were here a month ago to see their mother.
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