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Event Date : Thursday, April 24, 1952
Event Type : Death

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, aged 82 years. Born in Fennell's Corners, attending Cherry Creek school. Farmer in the township, then travelled to Saskatchewan to farm there. Retired to Bradford more than twenty years previous to care for his invalid sister, Mrs. Hand, who died seven months ago. Recently he contracted pneumonia, for which he was hospitalized. Son of the late Thomas and Maria Sawyer. Survived by brother Robert Sawyer of Lefroy. Predeceased by ten brothers and sisters. Also survived by niece Marion Webb of Cookstown and nephews Arthur Hand of Hillsdale and Orville Hand of Bradford. Rested at home in Bradford. Service at Bradford United Church. Pallbearers were Girvan Sawyer, Lloyd Kneeshaw, George Stoddart, Ernest James, Roy Collings and Gordon Church. Interment in St. Paul's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.

December 15, 1994
Death
SAWYER, Ebenezer (Eben) - (Member of Minerva Lodge #304 A.F. & A.M., former Deputy Reeve of Innisfil Township and Bradford High School Trustee.) Peacefully at Beacon Hill Lodge, Bradford on Thursday, December 15, 1994, Eben Sawyer of Stroud and formerly of Churchill in his 89th year. Beloved husband of Myrtle Cairns. Loving father of Donald and his dear friend Lynn of Churchill, Douglas and his wife Ruth of Toronto, Grace and her husband Ross Elliott of Bradford, Margaret and her husband David Ashworth of Sharon, Helen and her husband Marvin Myhre of Fonthil, Gary and his wife Sharon of Thornton, and Brian and his wife Sharon of West Hill. Dear brother of the Late Girvan Sawyer and his wife Ruth of Gilford. Dear grandfather of 16 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Friends called at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe Street, Bradford. Service was held in the chapel on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 2 p.m. A masonic service was held in the chapel on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 2 p.m. A masonic service was held under the auspices of Minerva Lodge #304, Stroud on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.

May 21, 1994
Death
SAWYER , Girvan Joseph Rothwell - Peacefully at Beacon Hill Lodge, Bradford, on Saturday, May 21, 1994, Girvan Sawyer formerly of Gilford in his 84th year. Beloved husband of Ruth Hughes. Dear father of Evaleen of Islington, Joe and his wife Verna of Gilford, Francis [sic] and her husband Douglas Shaw of Barrie, Anne and her husband Nick Hurdman of Sudbury, Jean and her husband Robert KEffer of Bradford and Mary Lou. Dear brother of Eben Sawyer of Bradford. Dear grandfather of Tom and Janet Sawyer, Jennifer and Kevin Shaw, Philip, Nicole and Matthew Keffer. Friends called at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe Street, Bradford. Service was held in the chapel on Monday, May 23, 1994 at 11 a.m. Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill. Donations to the Gilford United Church would be appreciated.