Person:Elizabeth Shearer (9)

Elizabeth was a bit ahead of her time. She trained for a nurse and was a "career woman" so she was not young when she married and began her family. One of the consequences of this lifestyle decision has become a current mantra facing current generations...how to cope with elderly parents and young children aka:the sandwich generation. Elizabeth could have been the poster child...well ok...poster parent that illustrated the problem.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ada Jane Shearer and The Shearer Historians. Shearer Family History. (Created in Elma Township in 1938 and maintained by Shearer Reunion Historians. Information was reported by knowledgeable family members and was well maintained in the early years.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Isa Cleland. Information that Isa researched on the Shearers. (This information was gathered by Isa until her death in 1999. Most is copied from the Shearer Family Tree.).
3. ↑ Although their deaths are a day apart, Lizzie actually passed away only about 12 hours after Roy. According to their obituary, she had been in a coma for a few days and did not know of Roy's passing. Because their deaths occurred so close together, a double funeral was held at Knox Presbyterian Church in Listowel. A service had been held earlier at the funeral home in Ingersoll.