| Ernest Clifford Horner
(1905-1968) |
Ernest Clifford Horner 496
Shelburne Free Press & Economist - ERNEST CLIFFORD HORNER: Ernest Clifford Horner passed away in Dufferin Area Hospital on August 20, 1968, in his 63rd year, after being in failing health for some years. He was the eldest son of Thomas John Homer and Sarah Kinsley of Mono Centre and spent most of his boyhood years there. On May 6, 1933, he married Ada May Little and they took up farming on Highway 10 near Primrose until his health forced him to retire. Two years ago they purchased a home in Hillsburgh. These two years were spent mostly in hospitals. He was a member of St. James Anglican Church at Primrose, and is survived by his wife Ada, and a family of nine: Lorna (Mrs. Earl Smith), Alliston; Irene (Mrs. Harold Markle), Georgetown; Neil, Hillsburgh; Harvey, Glencross; Shirley (Mrs. Don Phillips), Brantford; Edwin, Brampton; Dora (Mrs. Joseph Church), Paris; Rilla (Mrs. Michael Adeneg), Willowdale, and Heather at home; also 21 grandchildren and two brothers, David Homer of Whitfield and Wilfred Horner of Paris. He was predeceased by a brother, Elgin, of Orangeville. The funeral, which was attended by a large number of friends, relatives and neighbors, was from the Gamble Funeral Home, Shelburne, on Friday, August 23, and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Hofland to Shelburne Cemetery. The flowerebearers were a nephew, Glen Horner, nieces Misses Linda and Marie Horner and 10 of his eldest grandchildren. The pallbearers were a nephew, Gerald Horner, cousins Glenn Bell and Stewart Horner and neighbors of the Primrose district, Mac Cunningham, Harvey Rutledge and Beverley Little.
Ernest married Ada May Little, daughter of Robert John Little and Margaret Emyline Dawson, on 6 May 1933 in Camilla, Ontario, Canada. (Ada May Little was born in Nov 1908 in Mono, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada, died on 4 Sep 1983 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and was buried on 7 Sep 1983 in Shelburne Cemetery, Melancthon, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada.)
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