Person Page - 2078

     She was born on 2 November 1934 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹
     Lois Irene Ferguson died on 26 April 2014 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at age 79.¹
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.¹
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Calgary Herald published in Calgary, Alberta, 30 April 2014.¹

     William married Lillian (?).^1,2
     William Humphries was listed as the father of the bride in the marriage of Clarence Arthur Mayhew and Vonda May Humphries on 16 July 1943.¹
     In the obituary of John Franklin William Humphries who died 17 March 2005, his father, William Humphries, was listed as predeceased.²

     Lillian married William Humphries.^2,1
     Lillian (?) died before July 1943.²
     She was listed as the mother of the bride in the marriage of Clarence Arthur Mayhew and Vonda May Humphries on 16 July 1943.²
     In the obituary of John Franklin William Humphries who died 17 March 2005, his mother, Lillian Humphries, was listed as predeceased.¹

     He was born on 12 July 1915 at Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹
     John Franklin William Humphries died on 17 March 2005, at his home with his daughter Shirley, at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 89.¹
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of John Franklin William Humphries.
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Leader-Post published in Regina, Saskatchewan, 18 March 2005.¹

     She was born circa 1934 at Manitoba, Canada.³
     Verna Louise Smith died on 1 April 1999 at Grand Haven, Michigan, USA.^4,3
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Verna Louise Laycock was buried at Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan, USA.³
     She was also known as Verna Lou Laycock.^2,3 She was graduated as a Nurse in 1955 at Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.¹
     In the obituary of James Laycock who died 13 March 1967, his daughter, Verna Louise Smith, of Detroit, was listed as a survivor.⁵
     Verna Lou was referenced in biographical information about James Halliday Mayhew and Susan Grasley in 1974 at the book, A View of the Birdtail: A History of the Municipality of Birtle, 1878 - 1974, RM of Birtle, Manitoba, Canada; MAYHEW, JAMES (1865-1964)
     son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Mayhew, homesteaders of Renfrew, Ont. married Susan Grasley at Orillia, Ont. in 1897, and came to farm in the Wawanesa district, Man. James was interested in grain farming, and also in raising show horses, especially Belgian horses. He became interested in the great Foxwarren farming district while journeying around the province as a judge for ploughing matches. So the family pulled up stakes and moved to Foxwarren in 1921. Here James sold insurance for Dominion Life Co.
     The family were active in community affairs, Mrs. Mayhew in church and W.I., of which she was a Life Member. After moving to Winnipeg in 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew celebrated their Diamond Anniversary, with all but one of the family present. Wires of con-gratulation were received from the Queen, Prime Minister and Premier of Manitoba as well as from many relatives and friends. There were at that time thirteen grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren. In 1960 the Mayhews moved to Calgary to live with Lillian and Arthur. Mrs. Mayhew died in 1962, aged eighty-six, and her husband a few months before his one hundreth (sic) birthday.
     Their family: CECIL in Calgary; LYMAN, in Detroit, has four children: Nancy, Charles, Garry and Jane; LILLIAN (Mrs. Elton McCredie) has three children: Kenneth, Merle and Marguerite; VERNA married Isaac Cuthbertson of Foxwarren; OLIVE (Mrs. Harold Laycup) Foxwarren, has children Thelma and Doreen; ETHEL married James Laycock of Foxwarren had two children Verna Lou and Marjorie; CHARLES lives in Detroit; ARTHUR has two children, James and Judith.⁶
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Detroit Free Press published in Detroit, Michigan, 4 April 1999.⁴