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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Mary Edmunston Weir (Mrs. James A. Bayne)
Death Claims Highly Esteemed Moncton Lady, Mrs. James A. Bayne. Many friends in the city as well as elsewhere will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. James A. Bayne, which occurred at the family home, 51 Cameron street, early last evening following an illness that has extended over a period of some three and a half years. A native of Moncton, where she was born on July 19th, 1860, and was thus 72 years of age, the deceased lady was before her marriage Miss Mary Edmunston Weir, daughter of the late Jonathan and Agnes Weir, of this city. With the exception of two years spent in Truro after her marriage and a similar period in Halifax, the late Mrs. Bayne had lived in Moncton all her life, where through her genial manner and kindly disposition she endeared herself to a wide circle of friends. Although laid aside by illness for a length period, nevertheless she bore her suffering with a Christian fortitude and patience. The deceased lady was a staunch member of St. John's United Church and she had the distinction of being the first infant to be baptized in the first St. John's Presbyterian Church, then on Mountain Road, which was the predecessor of the present St. John's. She also took a deep and active interest in the work of the various women's societies of the church until laid aside by illness, while in fraternal circles she also took a leading part in the affairs of Pearl Rebekahs Lodge of this city, as well as of the order in general throughout the Maritimes and was a Past President of the Rebekah Assebly. The deceased leaves to mourn their loss a devoted husband, and one son, Mr. Blair Bayne, of the C.N.R. electrical department here, also two sisters, Mrs. William Crockett, of Moncton and Mrs. Goodrich, of Oklahoma, U.S.A. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon with service at the family home at two o'clock, cortege leaving at 2:30 p.m. for the C.N.R. deport from where the remains will be forwarded to Truro for burial beside the bodies of two of her sons who died when young and are interred In the cemetery their.
Newspaper: The Moncton Daily Times, Thursday, 18 August 1931
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