This obituary was run in the Fraser Valley Record, datedJan 2 1957 . page 5.

Former Lacrosse Player, Sportsman C.E.Casswell Dies.

A member of Vancouver's first lacriosse team, Charles EdwinCasswel l died
Saturday, Dec 22 in Mission Memorial hospital in his 86thyear.

Born in Ingersoll, Ont. Jan 1st 1871, Mr Casswell came toVancouver a t the age
of twenty and in 1904, married Bertha J Meyer.
Handicapped at birth, Mr Casswell was advised to take upsports and e ventually
excelled in lacrosse, baseball and as a runner. He made sixtrips nor th during
the gold rush, cooking for a living and turned this talentto running
restaurants in B.C. and Alberta.
From 1910 to 1920 he farmed in the Lethbridge district andthen cam e back to
B.C. where he ran two restaurants in Vancouver and was awell known f igure on
the Fair grounds having served the public for 26 years, thelast tim e at the
age of eighty.
In 1934 he homesteaded on what is now Casswell Road.
Rev. E.V. Apps officiated at the funeral service Dec 24,in the Chap el of
Mission Funeral Home and interment was at Hatzic cemetary.
Besides his wife, Mr Casswell is survived by a daughter,Mrs Edna Ly nch and
granddaughter, Lorraine Lynch.

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