Levi Probyn

Dates: b. England 1879 d. Revelstoke, 17 September 1913

Cemetery Location: Block F, Row 13, Plot 16

Profile:

Levi Probyn immigrated to Canada from England in 1907. In England he had worked for a large egg and yeast company, and after settling in Revelstoke, was employed in Horace Manning’s confectionery store on Mackenzie Avenue for four years before establishing his own business, the Savoy Ice Cream Parlor. Levi married Winnifred Ethel MacDonald in 1910 and they had a son, born in 1911, and a daughter born in 1914, just after Levi’s death.

Levi Probyn died on 17 September 1913, at the age of 34. The funeral was conducted from the family home on Fourth Street East by Rev. C.A. Procunier. It was largely attended, with members of the local Oddfellows Lodge attending as a group.