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ROBERT OFFSPRING
FUNERAL OF ROBT. OFFSPRING
[Welland Tribune, 24 January 1908]
The death of Robert Offspring was noted in last Tuesday’s Press.
The funeral was held on Wednesday morning. The weather was uncertain; it threatened rain or snow and a strong wind was blowing, yet, despite the fact, a large number of friends and mourners met at the late home of Robert offspring, Randolph street, to view the face of the deceased for the last time. There were many floral tributes. Not only was the coffin covered, but several designs of striking beauty and simplicity, too large for the hearse, were otherwise conveyed. The cortege went to St. John’s R.C. church, Port Robinson.
The bearers were Robt. Grisdale, M. Brady, Fred Edgar, Bartholomew O’Leary, Michael McAuliffe, Frank Valencourt, James Kilty and William Stapf. Rev. Father Sullivan, Thorold, conducted High Mass; E.P. Lamping and Mrs. Mullen assisting the choir in the requiem. Miss O’Brien, organist in the church here accompanied. In the first carriage were: Mrs. Offspring, Agnes, Celia and George. In the other carriages following in the order named were: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Spring; Mr. and Mrs. James Leary; Mr. and Mrs. William Jeffries; John Offspring, Prescott; Mrs. J. Sheeley, Montreal; George Offspring and family, Port Robinson; James and Mrs. O.Neill, Port Colborne; Mrs. William Drennan, Mrs. Thomas O’Neill and William Drennan, Port Robinson; Julia Lavin, Buffalo; Rev. Leary, Mrs. McCullough, Mrs. Tully, Mrs. O’Brien, Miss M. Brennan, Mrs. Valencourt and Mrs. M. Brady, and the members of the choir.
The remains were interred in the cemetery adjoining the church at Port Robinson.
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