Bessie's obituary was in the Erin Advocate, Thursday, Jan. 3, 1946.  A copy of which is on file, it reads as follows:  A resident of Erin Township passed away at Guelph General Hospital on Friday December 28, 1945, in the person of Bessie Land, beloved wife of Norman Somerville, in her 60th year, following an illness of three weeks from pneumonia.  A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lang, she is survived by her husband, one son, Ernie and one daughter, (Mildred), Mrs. Thomas Cook, Erin, three brothers - Thomas Lang, Andrew Lang, William Lang and four sisters - (Ella) Mrs. Wm. Thomas, Alton; Mrs. Edith Smart, Erin; (Mae) Mrs. Alfred Thomas, Toronto; Susie Lang, Toronto.  The funeral took place from Bowes' Chapel, Hillsburgh, on Sunday, December 30th to Hillsburgh Disciple Church when Rev. W. G. Charlton conducted the obsequies.  Interment at Huxley Cemeter.  The pall-bearers were James Allen, James Cruickshank, H. A. Carmichael, Stanley Hall, Walter Huxley, John McDougall.  The flower bearers were John Smart, Andrew Lang, Lloyd Lang, Arnold Somerville, James Somerville, Russell Somerville.