Event Date : Tuesday, May 27, 1952
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Died at York County Hospital, Newmarket. She had been in failing health during the past year and confined to hospital for three weeks.A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kneeshaw, Ida Kneeshaw Evans was born at Gilford and with the exception of the past five years, spent her life in West Gwillimbury where she was most highly esteemed.In 1908 she married the late Edgar J. Evans at Bradford and together Mr. and Mrs. Evans were prominent in township affairs where, for many years, her husband was reeve of the municipality. She was a member of the United Church and a woman devoted to her home and her family.Five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Evans retired from farming and made their home at 57 Andrew St., Newmarket. On December 14, 1950, Mr. Evans passed away, and a few months later Mrs. Evans suffered an illness, the effects of which appeared to leave her in a weakened condition.Surviving are one son, Elven, of Cartier; two daughters, Miss Marion of Toronto and Mrs. Earl Bowles (Madeline) of Bradford; three sisters, Mrs. Stanley Stewart and Mrs. Walter King of Bradford, and Miss Lulu Kneeshaw of Oshawa; three brothers, Roy, Elmer and Wilbert Kneeshaw of Bradford, and one grandson, Gary Bowles, 3. Two sisters predeceased her, Miss Mabel Kneeshaw and Mrs. Herb Bowles.The funeral was held from the funeral home of Roadhouse & Rose, Newmarket. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford. The services were conducted by Rev. M. J. Aiken of Newmarket United Church.The pallbearers were Brock Evans, Ernest Kneeshaw, Matthew Kneeshaw, Faris Kneeshaw, Dr. Selby Kneeshaw and Douglas Stewart.