HomeMy WebLinkAbout335"Article taken from the Pickering News, May 16, 1890.
The deepest gloom was cast over our village on Monday evening, when the report spread that
Mr. Jonathan Holmes, one of our most respected citizens, who has been ill for some weeks,
had succumbed to his illness. During the prevalence of that dread disease, the influenza,
he was one of its victims, from which attack he never fully recovered. About four weeks ago
heart trouble began, and although strong enough to be up part of the time, he died very suddenly
on Monday about 5 p.m. The deceased gentleman has been a resident of Dunbarton for about
thirty-five years, during which time he distinguished himself as a man of true worth, active in
everything for the benefit of his fellows, and possessed of more than ordinary intelligence.
For thirty years he occupied the position of teacher of the school here, and during that time
helped to lay the foundation of hundreds of the careers of some of Canada's most successful
citizens. Since retiring from school work he has lived a quiet, unassuming, life, taking particular
interest in church matters, and with the congregation, as it is without a pastor he will be all the
more missed. As an elder, a leader in prayer-meeting, a Sunday school teacher, precentor and
secretary of church business, his place will be most difficult to fill. Deceased was a native of
Cumberland County, England. The bereaved widow and family have the deepest sympathy of
the whole neighborhood.
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