Davey, Florence -- at Simcoe Manor, Beeton on Wednesday, September 16, 1987. Florence Leyburn of Bradford in her 86th year. Beloved wife of the late Oswald Davey, dear mother of Ray and his wife Diane of Toronto, Bruce and his wife Marian of RR-1 Bradford. Dear Sister of Vida Layburn of Bonito, Manitoba and predeceased by Arthur. Dear grandmother of Kelly, Roseane,Carolee, Gregg, Kevin and Brian. Friends called at Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe St., Bradford. Service was held in the chapel Friday, September 18, 1987 at 3:30 p.m. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Donations to the Cat Scan at York County Hospital, Newmarket would be appreciated.
Description: One of the happiest occasions in Mr. William C. Davey's life was the 50th anniversary of the forming of the Hunt Club which bore his name, the Davey Hunt Club. The half-century mark in that club was reached in 1947 and the anniversary was marked by an honorary banquet for the veteran head of the club. At that time many thought the ambition to reach the fifty years as an active member of the club had spurred the elderly man to keep going, but 1948 found him back in camp as he has been each intervening year. Last Wednesday, November 11, a message came from the hunt camp, located near Burwash, Mileage 98, that the Club's leader would hunt no more. Among his most cherished friends, including his own sons, and amid the scenes he had always enjoyed, the old man suffered a heart seizure and passed on within a few minutes. He was in his 90th year." ...
