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Event date: Monday, June 5, 1933
Event type: Death

A beloved mother and most respected friend and neighbour, Mrs. William Selby, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Kneeshaw, on Monday, June 5, following a long illness. Mrs. Selby whose maiden name was Hannah Ney, was born in 1853 and had lived all her life in this community. She was a quiet, gentle, home-loving woman, her interest, outside of her home, being centred about St. Paul's church, Coulson's Hill, where she was a most faithful and active member. Her husband, William Selby, of U E. Loyalist stock, died eleven years ago on the farm on the 9th of West Gwillimbury where he was born and where he and the late Mrs. Selby came to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Kneeshaw, where she made her home for the past nine years. The bereaved members of the family have the sympathy of the community in their grief. Those left to mourn her loss are three sons, Percy and Cyril on the home farm, and Dr. E.R. Selby of Calgary, Alta., three daughters, Mrs. Roy Kneeshaw of Bradford, Mrs. E.G. Thomas of South Orange, N.J., and Miss Lena of Orange, N.J., one sister, Mrs. John Robinson of Aurora, also Mr. John Wright of Onaway, Mich. She was predeceased by two brothers and three sisters. The pioneer families of West Gwillimbury as well as those of more recent residents were represented in the very large funeral cortege which proceeded from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kneeshaw to St. Paul's cemetery, Coulson's Hill, on Wednesday afternoon, June 7th.

May 31, 1992
Death
WRIGHT, Edythe Muriel. Quietly at Solders Memorial Hospital, Orillia on Sunday May 31, 1992. Edythe Wright formerly of Cookstown in her 67th year. Dearly beloved wife of Ivan. Dear mother of Louise, Barbara Foster, Mary Lynch and John. Daughter of Irene Gilroy. Sister of Betty Downey and Earl Gilroy. Devoted grandmother of David, Paul, Jeffrey and Stephen Lynch, Stephanie, Amanda and Christina Foster, Carly and Kirk Wright. Friends called at the Paul F. Kent Funeral Home, Hwy. #27, N. Cookstown. Funeral service will be held at Cookstown United Church on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Interment Alliston Union Cemetery. Memorial donation to the Canadian Cancer Society or Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated.

October 18, 1994
Death
WRIGHT, J. Ivan - at his daughter's residence in Holland Landing on Tuesday October 18th, 1994. Ivan Wright formerly of Cookstown in his 74th year. Dearly beloved husband of the late Edythe Wright. Dear father of Louise, Barbara, Mary and John. Dear brother of Calvin Wright, Marion Blakely, Mildred Turnbull and Doris Sutherland. Devoted grandfather of David, Paul, Jeffrey and Stephen Lynch, Stephanie, Amanda and Christina Foster, Carly and Kirk Wright. Friends may call at the Paul F. Kent Funeral Home (Hwy #27 North) Cookstown on Thursday October 20th from 7- 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 - 4 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held at Cookstown United Church on Saturday October 22nd at 2 p.m. Interment Alliston Union Cemetery Memorial. [sic] Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.