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GEORGE B. McCLELLAN – SUDDEN PASSING OF G.B. McCLELLAN SHOCKS DISTRICT
Superintendent of County Home for Aged and Infirm Dies in 59th Year
VAST CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Commanded by Capable Official –Made Home Grounds Fine Farming Property
[Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 25 April 1931]
George B. McClellan for the past fifteen years superintendent of Welland County Home for the Aged and Infirm, passed away at his home here this morning at 4 o’clock the death proving a great shock in the family and to a wide circle of friends throughout the district. Death was wholly unexpected. While it is true Mr. McClellan had been in poor health for the past two months, he was able to be a host every day. In fact he was downtown yesterday attending a meeting of the commission on Old Age Pensions. When he retired last night he was feeling as well as usual. At 2 o’clock he complained of feeling unwell and two hours later he passed away, death being due to neuralgia of the heart.
HIS WORK AT THE HOME
Mr. McClelland made of the Home, one of the best farm properties in Welland county. The fields and grounds and gardens, the barns, the stables, building and stock were always kept in such condition that for anyone versed in agriculture, a visit to the Industrial Home was always a real pleasure. He was not only a _, but also a tactful manager and his relationship with the members of the county council, with his own staff, and with the inmates of the Home was always pleasant and agreeable. In fact Mr. McClellan was able to number among his friends all with whom he came in contact with in this official capacity.
Mr. McClellan took a wide interest in the care of the unfortunate. Some years ago he was instrumental in organizing the managers of Home for the aged and infirm into an association and he was its first president. He was for five years the president of the Welland County Agricultural society and in this period due to his energy and foresight the Society had a very marked success. At the time of his death he was first Vice-President of the Niagara District Fair Board. **Rest of obituary and funeral notice is very blurry and difficult to decipher. .
The funeral of Mr. McClellan is located on page 1 and 2 of the Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune-29 April 1931.
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