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CAPT. EDWARD LEWIN STEPHEN
Passes in 70th Year
[Wellend-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 1 October 1931]
Captain Edward Lewin Stephen, 223 Sugarloaf street, Port Colborne, and husband of the late Clara Stephen, died at 9.00 a.m. this morning in his 70th year after short illness of a few days. The late Captain Stephen was well known in Port Colborne, having been a resident of the Lakeside port for the past fourteen years. He was born in Collingwood where he began his career as a sea-farer. He sailed the Great Lakes for many years until about 1910 when he accepted a position as shore captain with the Great Lakes Transportation Company. He was with this company until it was disbanded a few years ago and since that time he has represented several steamship companies as an indpendent vessel agent.
The late Clara Stephen predeceased her husband about a year and a half ago. The only surviving member of the family is one brother, Arthur Stephen of Toronto. The deceaseed was the fourth son of the late Dr. A.R. Stephen of Collingwood. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon.
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