St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-29
RECENT DEATHS.
Perley.


O. F. Perley died at his home on
Church street last Wednesday morning
after brief illness. He had recently re-
turned from Willoughby Lake where he
had taken an outing with his brother
Harry, and his illness took fatal turn.
Ormond Franklin Perley was born in
Barton, Nov. 21, 1865, being the son OF
John M. and Esther R. PeT!ey. On Aug.
2, 1894, he married Myrtle E., daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Simpson. He
was one of family OF nine children, and
besides the widow and the parents he
leaves four sisters and four brothers:
Mrs. Clara E. Smith, Mrs. Ella L. Bren-
nan, Arthur NJ, Albert 81. and Edward
H. Perley, all of Barton, Mrs. w. H.
Pope of Dorchester, Mass, Mrs. A. M.
Hook and Harold G. Perley, both of
Concord, N. H. The funeral was held at
his late residence Friday morning con-
Quoted by Rev. E. M. Chapman, who
spoke appreciatively of Mr.. Perley's
faithful service at the scale works and
the responsibility OF his position. Forty
of the shopmates in the beam room,
where he had been employed for Is years,
escorted the remains to the depot and
the interment was at the cemetery in
Barton.
Mr.. Perley was quiet and unassuming
man, faithful in the days work, and uni
versally beloved by all who knew him.
In this the first death in the large family
the relatives have much sympathy.
| COrriveau.
Eugene Corriveau died at the st.
Johnsbury Hospital of heart trouble on
July %. Mr.. Corriveau was born in
Nicolet county in the Province of Quebec
opposite. Three Rivers, Aug. 81, 1926
In 1855 when the pioneer railroad o
Canada was opened, the Grand Trunk
he moved to Stanfold in the Eastern
Townships along the line of that rail
way. He married at st. Gregoire il
1856 Adele Chabot of that village ant
returned to Stanfold where their fou
children were born and where he lived tn
life of the habitant immortalized in Df
Drummond's verse. Besides maintaining
a small farm he worked at the cobbler'
bench, a trade which he learned whe
only nine years old.
In the fall of 1864 he learned Of th
great demand in the states for skille
labor caused by so many enlistments fe
the war and came to this town where
remained only six months. returning
his family in Canada. But soon a S
Johnsbury man, Mr.. Mooney, who ha
seen his work here went to Stanfold an
induced him to come back here and
moved here with his family in Decembe
1865, where he has since resided. b
worked for about a year in Mr.. Mooney
; shop on Railroad street and then { rte
| out for himself in the little shop on Cel
, trail street where for 38 years he ha
worked continuously except during tw
. short western trips and one short Hines
His father was shoemaker before hi
and when he was only II years old
was full fedged shoemaker, so it is sa
to say that he has probably turned OF
as much work as cobbler as any one
this profession in this entire region. +
was an excellent workman and the
are few in this town who have not be-
y his patrons at one time and anothe
Il He had cordial manner that gave hi
e a host of friends and he is one who w
|. be much missed in the community.
He left wife, whose death follow
three days later, four children, A.
: Corriveau OF Montreal, A. ]. Corrivei
l. of this town, who had made home +
" his parents, Mary, now Mrs, ]. A. |.
A motto OF Minocqua, Wis. and Lue
now Mrs. ]. E. Eggers of st. Louis.
'' also left a brother, Alfred Corriveau, al
g st. Johnsbury shoemaker, two siste
}. in St. Gregoire, one sister in Kankak
r ILL.,, one brother in Montana and anott
brother in St. Paul. The funeral W
held at the church of Notre Dame
y VICTORIES on Saturday morning, &C
j. Quoted by Rev. FRI. A. Boissonnau
!. A large number of mourners accompan
Il the remains to the cemetery where
e. vices were conducted by Rev. Fir. M
Q ceau.