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1 CONC Acton Free Press, October 10, 1929
1 CONT p.1 - Entered Into Rest
1 CONT Robert H. Wansbrough
1 CONT With startling suddenness the call came to Robert H. Wansbrough, who di
1 CONC ed at his home on Lake Avenue last Thursday morning.  Mr. Wansbrough altho
1 CONC ugh not in robust health was about as usual on Wednesday last.  His son  M
1 CONC r. R.H. Wansbrough came up from Toronto to take his mother and father to E
1 CONC rin Fair that day.  It was decided that the day was too cool for this outi
1 CONC ng and the party visited at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Frank D
1 CONC ay in Rockwood instead.  Mr. Wansbrough did not complain of feeling ill un
1 CONC til the following morning between two and three o'clock.  While the doct
1 CONC or was being summoned he passed suddenly away.  To Mrs. Wansbrough, the fa
1 CONC mily and a wide circle of friends and the community generally, his sudd
1 CONC en death was a shock indeed.  Robert H. Wansbrough was a son of the late M
1 CONC r. and Mrs. Wm. Wansbrough and born in Erin Township seventy-eight years a
1 CONC go.  Forty-six years ago he was joined in holy wedlock to Emma Augusta Swa
1 CONC ckhammer, who with their family of two sons and three daughters rema
1 CONC in to mourn his loss and revere his memory.  They are, Roy H., of Toront
1 CONC o; Mrs. Frank Day, of Rockwood; Mrs. Gordon McKay, of Toronto; Mrs. A.G.
1 CONC C. Smith, Acton and Harold L., of Toronto.  For ten years following the
1 CONC ir marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wansbrough resided in the state of Washington, wh
1 CONC en he occupied important positions as accountant and auditor.  His
1 CONT knowledge of conveyance and business in latter years were much sought aft
1 CONC er when ill health brought him back to the farm, near Crewsons Corners.  T
1 CONC welve years ago they retired and removed to Acton, where they have been hi
1 CONC ghly respected residents. One brother and five sisters also remain to mou
1 CONC rn Mr.
1 CONT Wansbrough's death: Richard, in Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. E. Barnes, Orton; Mr
1 CONC s. M. Lozier, Toronto; Mrs. R. McRoberts, Toronto; Mrs. M. Becker, Briti
1 CONC sh Columbia; and Mrs. L. Laird, Norval.  Mr. Wansbrough was a member of t
1 CONC he United Church and of Walker Lodge, A.F. & A.M.  The funeral on Saturd
1 CONC ay afternoon was conducted by Rev. C.L. Poole, B.D., and under Masonic aus
1 CONC pices.  A private service was held at the home and the service in the Unit
1 CONC ed Church was attended by a large number of friends and relatives from a w
1 CONC ide circle.  Interment was made in Fairview Cemetery.  Among the friends f
1 CONC rom a distance who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Nodwell, and Mr. a
1 CONC nd Mrs. Henry Thompson, Hillsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wansbrough, Grand Vall
1 CONC ey; Mr. James Wansbrough, Mr. Wm. McRoberts, Mr. Roy Wansbrough, Mr. and M
1 CONC rs. E.B. Swackhammer, Mrs. G. Ramshaw, Mrs. Annetta Barnes and Edwin Barne
1 CONC s, Mrs. John Mossop, Mrs. Jas. McKay, Mrs. E. Hunter, Mr. Grace, Miss Kath
1 CONC leen Craddock, all of Toronto; Mrs. Archie McMichan and family, Norval; M
1 CONC r. and Mrs. A. Campbell, Hamilton; Mr. R. Laird, Guelph; Mrs. M. Akins, Mr
1 CONC s. Jennie Dryden, Mrs. D. Kennedy, Guelph;  Mrs. Bentley Wilson, Erin; M
1 CONC r. Fred Day,
1 CONT Toronto University; Mrs. Francis Ryder, Erin; Mr. J. O'Hagan, Editor Canad
1 CONC ian Funeral Service, Toronto; Mr. Golden, Mr. Roy Stewart, Alderman W.J. S
1 CONC tewart and Mr. T. Noddingham, Toronto.  The floral tributes attested to t
1 CONC he high esteem in which the deceased was held and included the followin
1 CONC g: Pillow and cross, the family; wreaths from Walker Lodge A.F. & A.M., Sw
1 CONC ackhamer family, Mr. and Mrs. James MacKay, Toronto, McRoberts family, Tor
1 CONC onto, Central Casket Co., Toronto; Hopkins & Golden, Funeral
1 CONT Directors, Toronto; sprays from United Church W.M.S., Miss Kathleen Craddo
1 CONC ck, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Swackhammer, Toronto, Rural Couriers and Po
1 CONC st Office Staff, Acton; Mr. Thos. Burt and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Burt, Mr. a
1 CONC nd Mrs Fred Conley, Toronto, Morley Bedford, Toronto, G.W.C. Graham & Co.,
1 CONT Toronto, Employees Sterling Caskets Ltd., Toronto; Toronto District Funer
1 CONC al Directors' Association, Rani Ghar Grotto, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Ne
1 CONC ar,Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Denny.
1 CONT
1 CONT Copy of email from Ken Dworschak of the obit on file.