The Yale expositor., 1916-02-03
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Deckerville, Jan. 81, l9l6.-W illiam
| j oss passed away at his home on Maple
street early Saturday evening He was
i'm his usual health aud was attending
to business when taken seriously i'll
while up town Thursday afternoon.
lie was taken home ard Friday morn
lug DIR. Harrington of Bad Axe and
two local physicians performed an op
Grafton. 1t was found that an ulcer in
the stomach had burst and perforated
the. lining of the stomach. The poison
was taken into the system and the end
came Saturday evening. 1t was a great
shock to his many friends as he was
considered in good health
Deceased was born in Aberdeen,
scotland, and came to America and
settled in Canada when young man.
Soon after his father died and he re-
turned to his native land, where he re-
mained four years. He then came TO
Canada and entered the employ of the
James Livingston Flax Co, in whose
employ he has been for the past %
years. While living in Canada he was
married to Miss Jane Wallace OF Scot
land, and later they moved to Yale,
where they lived for IL years, then
coming 10 Deckerville where Mrs. loss
passed away five years ago. Later Mr..
Joss was married to Miss Clara Thayer,
daughter of Mrs. Halsey Thayer. of
this place. He is survived by his widow
and half brother, John Joss of this
place and other relatives in Scotland.
Funeral services under the auspices
of the +. Il A. M. lodge were held from
the Presbyterian church Tuesday af-
ternOOn. Interment i'm ID Il ID cemetery.
Mr. Joss was well known and highly
respected in y ale and his many friends
here regret to learn of his early demise.
John Mathews passed away at his
home in Yale Friday afternoon, Janu
airy 2Sth, 1916
Mr. Mathews was born in Canada
August %, 1890 Fifty years ago he
was united in marriage to Miss Lydia
Britton. Seven children were born to
this union, four of whom are living.
They are, Miss Fannie, Mrs. Wight
and Fred d., of Yale, and John H., OF
Detroit.
Thirty-six years ago deceased moved
to this state, locating at Roseburg where
ness he sold to William Mcintyre six
years later. lie came to Yale twenty
eight years ago and has since lived
retired life, occupying his time loaning
the money he accumulated in younger
years. For the past two or three years
he has been in i'll health and his death
was not unexpected.
The funeral services were held on
OF O'alnnk Rav WaldrQD
Geach preaching the sermon. Inter.
ment in Elmwood cemetery. a widow
and four children are left TO mourn
| his death.
The family desires to thank the
friends and neighbors for kindness
shown during the illness and after the
death OF husband and father, and also
for the beautiful floral offerings.
Orrin Williams died at the state
Hospital at Pontiac, on Sunday, JanG-
airy 80, 1916.
Deceased was born at New Market,
Ont, August % 1912. Married Miss
Harriet Long in 1864 and four children
were born to them, Mrs. Charles II.
Thorne, of Port Huron, Richard j.
Williams, Yale, and John III. Williams,
in Montana are now living. The wife
and mother died in 1884.
He came to Michigan thirty-seven
years ago and settled on the Stephens
farm, one mile north and one mile west
of Yale now owned by Mrs. Ashton
Smith, and afterwards leased the J ohm
ID. Jones farm, now owned by his son
Richard.
The body was brought to Yale and
the funeral services held from the M.
L. church OF Tuesday at 200 o'clock,
Rev. Charles Bragg officiating. Inter
ment at Elmwood cemetery.
We wish, through the columns Of
the Expositor to express our heartfelt
thanks for the sympathy and kindness
shown us in our bereavement, also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
The Children