Mrs. John Matravers Passes Away of Heart Disease
In City and County - Husband, Three Sons, Four Daughters and 29 Grandchildren Survive Her.
Mrs. John Matravers passed away at her home in Couillardville about 2 o'clock last Thursday afternoon of heart disease with which she had been troubled for more that a year but confined to her bed only three days.
The diceased was born in Chard Common, England, December 20, 1833, and was married to John Matravers April 10, 1854.
Immediately after being married they were determined to see the new world a it was then caleed and went to Liverpool and took voyage on the sailing vessel called the Anglo Saxon. After being six weeks on the ocean they landed at Quebec, and remained there about six months.
From there they came to Milwaukee. After staying there two weeks they came to Oconto where they remained for about two years. Then, Mr. Matravers being an expert farmer, decided to buy a piece of land and go to farming, which he did, and in 1857, bought the land where they now live and have resided there ever since. Two years ago they celebrated their golden wedding.
Mrs. Matravers was a model Christian woman, having joined the Methodist church about forty years ago and ever since had been working hard to advance the cause of Christ.
Besiders her aged husband she leaves to mourn her loss three sons, Edwin, Grant, Yarwood, and four daughters Mrs. Samuel Couillard, Mrs. Ed. Couillard, Mrs. Edmund Classon, and Mrs. John Porterfield. All of whom were present at her bedside during her last moments and the twenty four hours previous of which she was unconcious.
She also leaves tewnty-nine grandchildren, six of whom acted as pall bearers. They were Misses Lucy, Stella, Zora, and Nellie Couillard, Edith Porterfield and Mabel Classon. They were all dressed in white and with bare heads paid the last tribute of respect to their good aged grandmother.
The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at one o'clock, from the Couillardville Presbyterian church, the Rev. Shepard, pastor of the church, officiating. The pulpet was draped in mourning and the alter and casket strewn with flowers, testifying to the high esteem in which the deceased was held.
The funeral was one of the largest that has been held there for years.
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us, during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother, Mrs. John Matravers.