Person:Agnes Shearer (3)

_DCAUSE: Fall resulting in a stroke

Agnes always insisted on celebrating her birthday on July 2 1, even though her birth certificate stated that her date O of birth was 20 July 1913. She always insisted that some bur Aura must have made a mistake...SHE knew when she was bo rn..... Agnes was known only as Peg to the Hilson family. One time she absentmindedly signed her name as Agnes Hilson on a c Card to Ernie's family. It took YEARS for the recipient to figure out who had sent the card... It wasn't until the Recie pient attended Agnes's funeral when they saw her given name I on the funeral card that they realized that it was from " Peg"and told Mom the story.... She met Ernie because he boarded with "Father" Cross who li ved across street from the place where she boarded..at the e Seehaver's. Annie Seehaver was her first cousin once remo ved on the Jones side of the family. One of the hardest things that Agnes ever did was to retur n to the workforce after Ernie died in 1970. She had not wo rked outside the home since she married in 1933. For a short time she worked in the office at Spinrite Yarn s and Dyers and then took a position as a Sales clerk fo r Russell Studios in Listowel. She retired at age 65. Grandma was a fixture at our place. After Grandpa died, an y Hilson gettogethers sort of took place in three houses... .we would unwrap presents at Grandma's, stop at Alice Stemm lers for a drink,collect Alice, Bruce, Judy and Barrett an d then go over to our place for meals.Grandma was usually a t our house once or twice a week for dinner until she move d into the Maitland Terrace. Grandma suffered from osteoporosis and, for the last few ye ars of her life, lived in terror of falling and severely hu rting herself. When she moved into Caressant Care on a trial basis, she fe ll, broke her hip and suffered a severe stroke. She die d a week or so later.

Grandma always insisted on celebrating her birthday on July 21, even though her birth certificate stated that her date of birth was 20 July 1913. She always insisted that some bureaucrat must have made a mistake...SHE knew when she was born..... Agnes was known only as Peg to the Hilson family. One time she absentmindedly signed her name as Agnes Hilson on a card to Ernie's family. It took YEARS for the recipient to figure out who had sent the card... It wasn't until the recipient attended Grandma's funeral when they saw her given name on the funeral card that they realised that it was from "Peg"and told Mom the story.... She met Ernie because he boarded with "Father" Cross who lived across street from the place where she boarded..at the Seehaver's. Annie Seehaver was her first cousin once removed on the Jones side of the family. One of the hardest things that Grandma ever did was to return to the workforce after Ernie died in 1970. She had not worked outside the home since she married in 1933. For a short time she worked in the office at Spinrite Yarns and Dyers and then took a position as a Sales clerk for Russell Studios in Listowel. She retired at age 65. Grandma was a fixture at our place. After Grandpa died, any Hilson gettogethers sort of took place in three houses....we would unwrap presents at Grandma's, stop at Alice Stemmlers for a drink,collect Alice, Bruce, Judy and Barrett and then go over to our place for meals.Grandma was usually at our house once or twice a week for dinner until she moved into the Maitland Terrace. Grandma suffered from osteoporosis and, for the last few years of her life, lived in terror of falling and severely hurting herself. When she moved into Caressant Care on a trial basis, she fell, broke her hip and suffered a severe stroke. She died a week or so later.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} 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 2.4 2.5} 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. ↑ Trench Funeral Home (Listowel, Ontario). Funeral Card from Trench Funeral home.