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Event Date : Tuesday, May 24, 1955
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Description : The passing of Mrs. Isaac Coburn in Newmarket Hospital on Tuesday, May 24, came as a great shock to her family and friends. Nearly four weeks before her death she suffered a heart seizure but it was not regarded as very severe. A week later she was moved to the hospital where she appeared to be making satisfactory progress. On the morning of May 24 she had just been made ready to have her breakfast when she passed away. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Wilkinson of Bradford, Mrs. Coburn, whose maiden name was Grace Ethlyne Wilkinson, had resided here for all but a few years of her life. She attended Bradford schools and being exceptionally gifted in needlework she was a milliner and dressmaker before her marriage in Toronto on January 31, 1912, to Isaac Edgar Coburn. A few years later Mr. and Mrs. Coburn returned to Bradford where they established their home. Nearly eight years ago Mr. Coburn passed away and Mrs. Coburn remained in her home with her daughter, Miss Gwenyth. Mrs. Coburn was never idle, a quality to which her home and its surroundings gave evidence. In addition to being a homemaker she was an energetic worker in the Woman's Auxiliary of her church, Bradford Presbyterian, and in Bradford Women's Institute. Mrs. Coburn is survived by two daughters, Audrey (Mrs. Ken Keith) of Bracebridge and Miss Gwenyth at home, and one son Ross, of Dorset, Ontario. Three brothers also survive, namely Arthur, Earle and Chester Wilkinson of Toronto. A fourth brother, Fred Wilkinson, predeceased her. The funeral was held from her late residence on Thursday, May 26. The services were taken by the former minister of Bradford Presbyterian Church of which she was a member, Rev. Mr. McLarnon of Toronto. Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. Robt. McMaster, R. Magloughlen, Herb. Taylor, Harvey Curry, Lorne Fines and Percy Stephenson.
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The Bradford Witness
Wednesday, June 01, 1955
Vol. 90, No. 22
Page 4
Microfilm Reel # 79
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- Grace (Wilkinson) Coburn (Subject)
- Isaac Coburn (Subject)
- Hosea Wilkinson (Subject)
- Gwenyth Coburn (Subject)
- Audrey (Coburn) Keith (Subject)
- Kenneth Keith (Subject)
- Ross Coburn (Subject)
- Arthur Wilkinson (Subject)
- Earle Wilkinson (Subject)
- Chester Wilkinson (Subject)
- Fred Wilkinson (Subject)
- Robert McMaster (Subject)
- R. Magloughlen (Subject)
- Herb Taylor (Subject)
- Harvey Curry (Subject)
- Lorne Fines (Subject)
- Percy Stephenson (Subject)
- Annie (Brill) Wilkinson (Subject)
- E. McLarnon, Rev. (Subject)