Ontario Newspapers
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By Steven Matthew Hahn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Marion Oaks, died Port Burwell 25 Feb 1877, cause of death - scarlet fever with dropsy, and lung congestion, eldest daughter of Charles and Mary E Oaks, 17 years
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Mrs. Lucy Oaks, wife of Chauncey Oaks, of Grovesend, who has been for several months afflicted with lung trouble, died on Wednesday, in her 35th year at the Amasa Wood Hospital, St. Thomas, where she had gone for treatment. The body was brought here on Thursday, and on Friday the interment took place to Grovesend cemetery. She leaves four children, who will feel the loss of a kind and loving mother.
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NEARLY 100 YEARS OF AGE
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Mrs. Elizabeth Skinner Died
at Vienna Aged Over 93 Years;
Was Widow 40 Years
Special to The Times.
Vienna, Feb 24. - An old resident of the village in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Skinner died Saturday night after an illness of a few days. She was 93 years, three months and two days old. She had been a widow over forty years. She leaves one son, John, of Baltimore, Mr., and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Oakes of Port Burwell, Mrs. H. Dowling of Muskegon, Mich., Mrs. Rachel Pace and Miss Augusta, both of this town. The funeral took place from her late home to St. Luke's cemetery, Rev. Mr. Clarke, Methodist minister, officiating.
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MRS. MARY OAKES, 93, DIES
Aged Resident of Port Burwell Passes at Erie, Pa.
Tillsonburg, March 19 (Special). - Word was received here today of the death at Erie, Pa. of Mrs. Mary Oakes, 93, formerly of Port Burwell. Mrs. Oakes had been residing with her daughter, Mrs. James McLaren when she took suddenly ill and succumbed. She was born at Port Burwell and has many friends and relatives throughout the community. The remains will be brought to Port Burwell and the funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the English church.
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The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary E. Oakes, widow of the late Charles Oakes, was held on Friday at 3 p.m., with service in Trinity Anglican Church, of which the deceased had been a consistent member for many years. The funeral was held following the arrival of the remains from Erie, Pa., where death occurred, and the services were in charge of Rev. L. W. Deihl, of Thamesville, a former rector of this parish, and a close friend of the deceased. Rev. J. H. Kerr, the present rector, assisted in the service. A large number of old friends and church people attended the service to pay their last respects to one whom many had always known, and who leaves a host of friends to mourn her passing. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful. The bearers, who were all old friends of the Oakes family, were L. Joyce, James Poustie, John Sutherland, F. Young, W. E. Burgar and A. J. Hutchinson.
The late Mrs. Oakes celebrated her 92nd birthday on Saturday, March 15th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. Adams, of Erie, Pa., and on Wednesday, March 19th, passed away. Advanced in years, the late Mrs. Oakes had not enjoyed good health for several years, and early last autumn left for Erie to spend the winter with her daughters, Mrs Adams, and Mrs. McLaren, and was planning to return to her home here shortly. She was predeceased in 1905, by her husband Charles Oakes, also a son and daughter, some years ago. Mrs. Oakes had been a valued member of Trinity Anglican Church, and Guild, and Rev. Diehl, paid glowing tribute to her faithfulness as a member, and the inspiration he had received in their friendship, during his ten years residence here, and felt that Rev. Kerr had missed a privilege in not having made this aged member's acquaintance.
Those attending from a distance were, Walter, of Muskegon, Mich; Henry and wife; Son Charles and wife, of Grand Rapids; George of Grand Rapids; Owen of Ripley, N.Y; also two daughters, Mrs. J. McLaren and Mrs. H. Adams, of Erie, Pa. Two sisters, Mrs. R. Pace, and Miss A. Skinner, of Vienna, and two nieces, Miss G. Pace, and Mrs. Jessie Oatman, also of Vienna. There are also one daughter, of California; one son, Casshius Oakes, of Phoenix, Ariz; and one son, Chauncey, who resides at home. Mrs. Oakes was the Port's grand old lady, and its oldest citizen, and will be greatly missed.
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Mrs. Rauh,
Nurse, Dead
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Was in Army Hospital in
World War; Had Been
Ill for Years
Mrs. Marion E. Raugh, 42, an army nurse at a base hospital at Fort Baird, N.M., during the World war, died Monday at her home, 4446 W. Melvina st., after an illness of two and one-half years. She was born in Canada and had been a resident of Milwaukee 24 years. She was a graduate of St. Joseph's hospital nursing school.
In 1933 she was married to Joseph Raugh, a teacher at the Steuben Junior High school. Besides him she is survived by a daughter, Dale G; her father, C. C. Oakes, and three brothers, Harley, George and Edward Oakes.
Military funeral services will be held Thursday following services at 8:30 a.m. at the Gerber chapel, 1300 W. Juneau av., and at 9 a.m. at St. Catherine's church. Burial will be in the nurses' section of the soldiers' home cemetery.
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ARMY NURSE PASSES;
ST. THOMAS NATIVE
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Mrs. Marion Oakes Rauh Dies in
Milwaukee, Wis.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 23. - Mrs. Marion E. Rauh, 42, an army nurse at a base hospital at Fort Baird, New Mexico, during the World War, died on Monday, March 16, at her home, 4446 W. Melvina street, Milwaukee, Wis., after an illness of two and one-half years. She was born in St. Thomas, Canada, and had been a resident of Milwaukee 24 years. She was a graduate of St. Joseph's hospital nursing school.
In 1933 she was married to Joseph Raugh, a teacher at the Steuben Junior High school. Besides him she is survived by a daughter, Dale G.; her father, C. C. Oakes, and three brothers, Harley, George and Edward Oakes.
Military funeral services were held Thursday following services at the Gerber chapel, 1300 W. Juneau avenue, and at 9 a.m. at the St. Catherine's church. Burial was in the nurses' section of the soldiers' home cemetery.
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PORT BURWELL, March 25. - Chauncey Oakes of Port Burwell received the sad news of the passing of his brother, Henry, of Grand Rapids, aged 74 years, on March 19. His death occurred on his birthday. His brother, Walter Oakes, of Sand Lake, went through an operation on Feb. 6. His condition is such to cause his family to be alarmed about his recovery. He is in his 78th year. Chauncey Oakes is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oakes, who formerly were residents here. They were farmers on a farm one and one-half miles east of town.
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MRS. RAUH, NURSE
DEAD
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Formerly Marion E. Oakes, of Aylmer and Grovesend
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The following is from the Milwaukee Journal of Tuesday, March 17th, and will be of interest to the many friends of the deceased, who for some years made her home with the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price, and was known here as Marion Price:
"Mrs. Marion E. Rauh, 42, an army nurse at a base hospital at Fort Baird, N.M., during the World War, died on Monday at her home, 4446 W. Melvina street, Milwaukee, after an illness of two and one-half years. She was born in Canada, and was a daughter of C. C. Oakes, formerly of Grovesend and Aylmer, Ontario, Canada, where she lived for seventeen years. Mrs. Rauh had been a resident of Milwaukee for 24 years and was a graduate of St. Joseph's hospital nursing school.
In 1933, she was married to Joseph Rauh, a teacher at the Steuben Junior High School. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Dale G; her father, C. C. Oakes, and three brothers, Harley, George and Edward Oakes.
Military services will be held Thursday following services at 8:30 a.m. at the Gerber chapel, and at 9 a.m. at St. Catherine's church. Burial was in the nurses' section of the Soldiers' Home cemetery."
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Mrs. Marion E. Rauh Dies in Milwaukee; Long Illness
The following is from the Milwaukee Journal of Tuesday, March 17, and will be of interest to the many friends of the deceased, who for many years made her home with the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price and was known here as Marion Price:
"Mrs. Marion E. Rauh, 42, an army nurse at a base hospital at Fort Baird, N.M., during the World War, died on Monday at her home, 4446 W. Melvina street, Milwaukee, after an illness of two and one-half years. She was born in Canada, formerly of Grovesend and Aylmer, Ontario, Canada, where she lived for seventeen years. Mrs. Rauh had been a resident of Milwaukee for 24 years and was a graduate of St. Joseph's hospital nursing school."
"In 1933, she was married to Joseph Rauh, a teacher at the Steuben Junior High School. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Dale G.; her father, C. C. Oakes, and three brothers, Harley, George and Edward Oakes."
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RAUH: Marion (Farrell) (nee Oakes), wife of Joseph T., mother of Dale G., daughter of C. C. Oakes, sister of Harley, George and Edward, daughter-in-law of Charles F. Rauh, Monday, Mar. 16. Funeral Thursday, Mar. 19, at 8:30 a.m., from the home of Charles Gerber & Son, W. Juneau av. at N. 13th st., to St. Catherine’s church, N. 51st at W. Center. Interment soldiers’ home cemetery. In state after 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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A retired insurance salesman, Chauncey Oakes, passed away at London Tuesday, in his 95th year.
Deceased was the son of the late Charles Oakes and Mary Skinner. He formerly resided at Port Burwell. His wife, the former Lucy Phillips, predeceased him.
Surviving are three sons, George Oakes, of Land-O-Lakes, Fla., Harley Oakes of Tampa, Fla., and Edward Oakes of Toronto; and one sister, Mrs. Ethel McLauren of Erie, Pa.
Resting at the H. A. Ostrander & Son Funeral Home where service will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p,m. by Rev. Alfred Yeoman.
Interment in Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Port Burwell.