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CHARLES A. WHITE
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 5 May 1921]
A gloom was cast over the community early Tuesday morning when it became known that Charles A. White of Humberstone had passed away. Although Mr. White had been ill for a long time the end came very suddenly, when at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning he passed peacefully away. Mr. White was born in Philadelphia in the year 1844, but came to Humberstone at the age of two years and spent practically all his life in the village. He was for thirty-five years proprietor of the Western Hotel, Humberstone, retiring sixteen years ago, where by his kind and gentle disposition always having a smile and pleasant word for all he won very many friends. Previous to entering the hotel business he learned the trade of harness-maker with A.J. Barth Sr. He was a veteran of the Fenian Raid, having served with the Welland Canal Field Battery. He was also a lifelong member of the Masonic Order. In politics, he was a staunch Conservative, and was a member of Holy Trinity Eastern Lutheran Church, having served as a deacon of the church.
Mr. White is survived by a sorrowing widow and six sons, Conrad of Niagara Falls, Robert and Augustus, of Buffalo, Karl of Essex, Louis and Thomas of Humberstone Village. One son, Edward, predeceased him four months ago. Deceased had lived to the age of 76 years, 10 months. The funeral will be held this afternoon, at his late residence at two o’clock, and at the church at two thirty, under the auspices of MacNab Masonic Lodge. Interment will be made in Overholt’s cemetery.
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