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Death of Miss Edna Sanderson 29 March 1949 The Tumut and Adelong Times |
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As was previously mentioned in our
columns, the death of the late Miss Edna Jane Sanderson occurred in
the Goulburn District Hospital on Sunday, 13th March, 1949, after a brief
illness extending over six weeks. The subject of this obituary had been
training as a mental nurse at Kenmore, Goulburn for the past twelve
months and was extremely popular with all her mates at the Kenmore
Hospital and also at Kunama, Batlow and Tumut. She was the only daughter of Mrs. E.
G. Stockwell, of Kunama, and was 18 years of
age. She was born at Wagga Wagga, her mother being a native of the Yarrangobilly and Tumut districts and her father was Mr.
Fred. Sanderson, also a native of Tumut district. The aunts
are Nellie (Mrs. J. Martin, Tumut), Miss Lizzie (Tumut), Maud (Mrs. Jack
Dunn, Yarrangobilly Caves), May
(Mrs. Charlie Dunn, of Ganmain). Messrs. Bert and
Harry Sanderson, of Newtown, are uncles. The casket was brought by train from
Goulburn to Tumut on Tuesday, 15th March. The mortuary arrangements
were in the hands of Mrs. Craig, of Goulburn, and on arrival at
Tumut was placed in All Saints' C. of E. The funeral at Tumut was
conducted by W. W. Beavan & Son after a
short service by Rev. Broadfoot. Later the remains were laid to rest in
the C. of E. portion of the new cemetery, the service being read by
Rev. S. Broadfoot, who had christened and
confirmed her. The pallbearers were Messrs. Tom Martin,
Victor Giddings, Ken Wilson, Don. McKenzie, Fred. Peel and Harry
("Pop") Peel. Floral tributes were sent by the following:-
Loving mother and step father;
Nellie, Jack and family; Jim and Les; Auntie Lizzie; May, Charlie and
family; Freda and Dorris; loving aunts; Maud,
Jack and family; the Moorhead family; Mr. and Mrs. E. Quinn and family;
Mr. and Mrs. Mick Barbour; Ian and Jean Crampton;
Mrs. Julia Feint and Roy; Ossie, Dot and family;
Jack and Sarah Wortz; Bill, Millie and family;
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gilchrist and family; Tom and Elsie Edwards and
family; Tom and Hazel Dunn and family; Mr. and Mrs. Roy McGrath and
family; Mr. and Mrs W. J. Oddy and family; the
Sheather family: Freddie and Kathleen; Edith and
Victor Passlow and family; Thea,
Tom and family; Elsie and Mervyn Power; Freda and George; Victor and
Cassie Giddings and family; Mrs. Fred. Feint and family; Joe and Rene
Stubbs and family: Mrs Ida Harris and family; Mr. and Mrs. J.
Thatcher; Pearl and Arthur Shelley; Terry and John; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Brown and family (Mrs. Brown snr.); Leo and Alice Hoad, Bruce
and Colin; C.W.A. Yarrangobilly Branch,: Allan and
Ivy Lawson and family; Mr. and Mrs. A. Gilchrist and family; Bob Hughes,
Peggy, Dick and family; Mrs. Woodbridge and family; the Wilson family, Kunama); the Kunama Box Co.;
the Matron, Sisters and nurses of Ken- more Mental Hospital:
Kenmore Mental Hospital Amenities Associa- tion; Betty, "Bumper," Marshall, Gwen, Pat, and
Doreen: Mrs. Barber and Dia and Mr. E. H. Shallick. |