Peacefully, at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg, on Monday, May 26, 2008 with her family at her bedside, Mary “Bernice” Hornsby of Tillsonburg age 84 years. Beloved wife of the late James Hornsby. Dear mother of Ronald (Sharon) Hornsby of Toronto; Robert (Joyce Short) Hornsby of Huntsville; Brenda (John) Ribich of Sunderland; Glen Hornsby of Dryden; Janet Brown of Tillsonburg. Dear sister of Irene Fitch of Woodstock; Blanche Glover of North Carolina; Ethel “Mae” Palmer of Tillsonburg; Eleanor (Robert) Girardin of St. Thomas; Douglas Schweter of Tillsonburg; Gordon (Terry) Schweter of London. Loving grandmother to 10 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Also, survived by her sister-in-law Ruby Schweyer of Tillsonburg. Bernice was predeceased by her brother John “Mansell” Schweyer, sister Helen Harris, brother in law Terry Schweyer, and her parents Oscar and Ethel (nee: McDonald) Schweyer. The family welcome friends, family, and neighbours to visit with them at Ostrander’s Funeral Home 43 Bidwell St. Tillsonburg (519) 842-5221 on Friday, May 30, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service for Bernice will be held in Ostrander’s Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 11 a.m. Interment Tillsonburg Cemetery where Bernice will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband James. At Bernice request memorial donations (payable by cheque) may be made to the Lung Association, or the Parkinson’s Association.
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