BX March 30, 1958

Eli Mercer

Eli Mercer of 77 Sarah Street, died Saturday at the Brantford General Hospital, in his 72nd year. He was born in Manchester, England, and was a resident of Brantford for 48 years. He was a member of St. Jude’s Anglican Church and of Gore Lodge IOOF. During the war of 1914-1918, Mr. Mercer served overseas with the 36th Battalion and served in France with the Mad Fourth Battalion. He was a member of the Fourth Battalion Association and the Telephone City, Branch 90 of the Canadian Legion. Mr. Mercer was an outstanding athlete and played football in Brantford for many years. He played with the Cockshutt team and the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles team, and was manager of the Black Cats football team for several years. Surviving besides his widow, Mary Elizabeth, is a daughter, Mrs. Ken (Marion) Beemer of Brantford, and five grandsons, William and John Beemer and Frederick, James and William Mercer, and three great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two sons, Frederick, in 1925, and William who was killed in service overseas with the 12th Field Regiment in the Second World War, and by a brother, John Mercer, who died in 1955 and a sister, Mrs. Charles (Jane) Venables in 1951. Mr. Mercer is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home until Tuesday for service Tuesday at 1 p.m. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX April 2, 1958

Eli Mercer

Many relatives and friends attended the funeral of Eli Mercer Tuesday afternoon at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral home. Rev. R.A.E. Ruch of St. Jude’s Anglican Church officiated. Representatives of the Telephone City Branch of the Canadian Legion, the Fourth Battalion Association and members of St. Jude’s Church were in attendance. Pallbearers were Carl Power, Henry Land, Arthur Baker, Arthur Burley, Robert Charter and Leonard Lear. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery.