St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-09-18
RECENT DEATHS.
DeTners


Demers, an old and respected citizen
of st. Johnsbury. Mr.. Demers was
born in Quebec in 1851 and came to
Vermont 45 years ago. Unusually
loved and esteemed and active me n
Der OF the two Catholic societies he
leaves numberless friends and no
enemies. All praise his exquisite
politeness, his charity for the poor,
his proverbial generosity. When Mr..
Demers was the proprietor of The
store now owned by ]. B. Provost,
people used to call the place, The
poor's bank" Those of his nation
ality coming from Canada to St.
Johnsbury were sure to find warm
welcome and helping hand to begin
life in this country. He was the
first chief ranger of the G. o. F.; the
first president of the League Of the
Sacred Heart; a fervent Christian
and a good citizen. He was married
to M. Georgina Trudel, June 21st,
1880. He leaves four children, the
eldest S. S. Louis du S. c., sister
of the congregation of N. Dame,
leading music in ButtiervilIe, Cana
da, Maria, Angelina and Antonio.
Mr.. Demers has only one sister liv-
ing, Mrs. Rousseau of Berlin, N. H.
Mr.. Demers was i'll three weeks and
saw death coming with smiling cour-
age and resignation and to the last
had a kind word and a friendly nod
for the numerous persons who visited
him.
ROweII
Levi W. Rowell, formerly of ST.
Johnsbury, died Wednesday evening
at the Barre hospital, after years
illness with diabetes. He had been
at the hospital since August %,
when Mrs. Rowell was so i'll that she
was unable to care for him. He was
ill in bed three weeks. He was born
in Gorham, N. H, April II, 1889,
the son of William and Belinda
Rogers Rowell. When a young man
he came to st. Johnsbury and was in
business here for over 40 years. He
is we'll remembered here as an ex-
pert printer of the old school. In
1868 he married Fannie A. Esta-
brook of West Lebanon, N. H, who
survives him with two daughters,
Mrs. George R. Carleton and Miss
Winifred Rowell, both now of Barre.
He also leaves one grandson, Ralph
Carleton, a sister, Mrs. Victoria Web
Der of LyndonviIle and a brother,
William L. Rowell, of Milton, Mass.
He was a member of the Masons.
The funeral services on Thursday
morning were private, Rev. J. w.
Barnett of the Congregational church
officiating and the remains were TAX
en- to West Lebanon, N. H., for
burial.
Nurse
John o. Nurse of Morrisville, for
many years a resident of Danville |
and father of William Nurse, Mrs. |
Cade and Mrs. Flora Lyon of
this place, committed suicide on
Sept. 10 by shooting himself through
the brain. He had been in poor
health for some time suffering from
a kidney trouble and the week before
his death was stricken with acute
Bright's disease and had been con-
sidered seriously i'll. He had been
in Morrisville for about month, Wis
iting his daughter, Mrs. William
Wallace. 1t is thought that des-
pondency due to his condition caus-
ed him to commit the act. He was
born in England, March II, 1926 and
came to America when IL years of
age He was a farmer in Danville |
most of his life. Four daughters, |
Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Cade |
and Mrs. Abbie Reynolds of DanvilIe |
survive him, also one son, William, !
and a brother, Joshua Nurse of buds |
we'll, P. O. The funeral was held on |
Wednesday at MorrisvIl1e, Rev. D. L.
Sanford of Hardwick officiating, and !
the remains were brought to North |
Danville for burial.
Jones
Charles H. Jones, about IS years, |
old died in a hospital in Philadelphia, |
Sept. 8, following an operation for |
cancer of the throat. He had suffer
ed from the trouble for over a year
and had been in the hospital for ten
days. He withstood the operation
but hemorrhage set in from which he
never rallied. He was born in st.
and lived here practically
all his life, being a skilled machinist.
The last of his work here was for o.
V. Hooker and Son and before that
he was in business for himself for
some time. Last May he bought a
farm in West Burke and moved
there. The remains were brought
here Tuesday night and the funeral
was on Thursday from the old home
on School street. He had lived in
that part of the town until he NOV
ed away and was best known there of
anywhere. Rev. f. S. Tolman Off
ciated at the funeral and interment
was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Joseph
inc Jones and enc daughter, Miss
Carrie Jones of Barton.
Strickland
Mrs. Eliza F. Strickland of Hard !
wick died yesterday morning at the
home of her brother, John N. Gale, |
after two weeks illness with pneu- |
monia. She was in her 18th year
and had been visiting her brother |
for three weeks. The first week |
she was here she had seemed unus-
ually well. She was born in Barre |
but had spent most of her life in |
She married David |
of Hardwick who has been |
dead a good many years. There will |
be prayers at the house at two |
o'clock this afternoon, Rev. Paul |
Dwight Moody officiating and the
body will be taken to Hardwick /
where the funeral will be held Thurs