Event Date : Thursday, August 29, 1957
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Eston, Sask.
Description : The funeral service for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Selby, 82, who passed away in the Eston Union Hospital, August 29th, was held in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Kerrobert, on Saturday, August 31st, with Rev. R. S. McAdam, Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Kindersley, officiating. Mrs. Selby was born in Bradford, Ont. She was married to W. A. Wesley Selby, also of Bradford, in 1902, and came west to Virden, Manitoba, in 1910, then to Kerrobert to homestead in 1911. She taught school in Ontario before her marriage and again for three years after coming to Kerrobert. Mrs. Selby was a member of the committee of trustees and First Board of Directors of the United Farmers of Canada, Saskatchewan section. She took an active part in the organization work of the Saskatchewan Co-Op. Poultry Producers' Ltd. She was always keenly interested in the church and community affairs. She was on the Board of Trustees in the McKellar S.D. for some time. She was a Past Mistress and Life Member of the I.O.B.A. at Kerrobert, and of late years had been a member of the Eston Lodge of the L.O.B.A. Mrs. Selby is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Beth) Walper of Eston; and three sons, Clifton Wellesly of Kerrobert, Francis Wardle of Saskatoon, and Robert William of Edmonton; one brother, Dan Collings of Bradford, Ont., eighteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were all sons of old neighbours, Norman and Everett Mechan, Stanley Lehman, Robert Benson, Ralph and Marvin Wright. Interment took place beside her late husband in the Kerrobert Cemetery, with Briggs' Funeral Home of Eston in charge. (Kerrobert Sun)
