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EXIE ANN ROBINS LEARN
HIGHLY ESTEEMED FONTHILL WOMAN DIES 63RD YEAR
FUNERAL OF LATE MRS. ALBERT LEARN WAS HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 26 October 1931]
Fonthill, Oct. 26-Largely attended by friends and relatives, the funeral of the late Mrs. Albert Learn who died on Thursday at her home in Fonthill in her 63rd year after a week’s illness, was held on Saturday afternoon from her late residence, Pelham street to Fonthill cemetery, Rev. J.A. Dilts, pastor of Fonthill United church officiating. A service was held at the residence, and in the course of a short address, Rev. Mr. Dilts referred feelingly to deceased’s qualities of faith, courage and patience. The pall bearer were Leslie Kirkpatrick, Frank Anger, George Howell, William Borrow, John Clark and David Fisher.
Mrs. Learn was born in Thorold township in 1869, the daughter of William and Loreen Robins and had spent the greater part of her life in the township. She finally moved to Fonthill in 1918, and lived there until she died.
Surviving relatives are deceased’s husband, one daughter, Mrs. L.G. Porteous, Cleveland; one step-daughter, Mrs. Arthur Bradley, Thorold township, and one sister, Mrs. Martha Phillips, Welland.
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