Frances Collard

A lifetime resident of the Williamsburg area, Edna Schell passed away at the Dundas Manor Nursing Home in Winchester, on Sunday, December 7, 2014. She was 95.

Edna was born in Matilda Township, on June 26, 1919, to her parents John and Sarah Whitteker (nee Casselman).

On September 27, 1938, she married Keith Schell at the Williamsburg Lutheran Church.  After her marriage, Edna moved into the Schell family home in Williamsburg, and she and Keith had three boys, Robert, Douglas and Larry.

Edna worked in a restaurant, a hair salon and a boarding room in the Dr. Locke days.  She cooked many meals for boarders who stayed on the Schell farm while there to visit Dr. Locke.  She also cooked many meals for the farm hands who worked on the Schell farm.  

Edna performed the secretarial duties in the Clerk’s office when Keith became Williamsburg Township Clerk until 1976, when her daughter-in-law Joan took over.

Edna enjoyed cooking, baking and gardening, and she and Keith did some travelling with close friends and relatives. They took their grandchildren on many summer vacations.  They travelled abroad to the Shetland Islands, to visit her brother-in-law Lyle’s grave site.  

Edna is survived by her sons Bob of Morrisburg and Larry (Annie) of Williamsburg and her brothers Ivan (Shirley) of Williamsburg, Rex (Mary Ruth) of Morrisburg and Glen (Lois) of Perth.  

Edna will be fondly remembered by grandchildren Lorie Hutt (Mitch), Lisa McNairn (Allen) and Lyle Schell (Kim) and by her great-grandchildren Chelsey, Drew, Matt, Derek, Casey, Kylie and Lacey. She is also survived by nieces and nephews. 

She was predeceased by her husband Keith “Casey” Schell, her son Doug, her daughter-in-law Joan Schell, her brother-in-law Lyle, her sisters Doris Casselman, Velda Steinburg and Flora-Belle Whitteker and her brother Ward.   

Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Williamsburg, on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until time of the funeral service at 1 p.m., which was conducted by Rev. Duncan Perry.  Interment followed at Spruce Haven Cemetery, Brinston.  

Honorary pallbearers were great-granddaughters Kylie Schell and Lacey Schell. Pallbearers were great-grandchildren Chelsey Schell, Drew Hutt, Matt McNairn, Derek Hutt and Casey Schell.

Donations to South Dundas Lutheran Community Church or Dundas County Hospice would be gratefully acknowledged by the family. Online condolences may be made at marsdenmclaughlin.com.

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A resident of the Woodland Villa Nursing Home, Long Sault, for the past five years, Agnes Smith (nee Price) passed away there on Thursday, November 15, 2012.  She was 91.

Agnes was born in Aultsville, on November 20, 1920, to her parents Charles Royal Price and Ruth Ellen Price (nee Coughler).

Agnes was always willing to help anyone. She was always kind and considerate to her family, friends and neighbours. She always looked after her family with the best of care and in the most loving fashion.

Over her life, she was a Girl Guide leader, a member of the Order of Eastern Star and a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary. Agnes was a member of the United Church of Morrisburg.

In her early years, Agnes worked at Caldwell Linen Mill and in the Ammunitions Factory in Halifax during the war. She later kept busy raising her three children and working in retail. She worked at Upper Canada Village, then opened “Agnes’ Flower and Gift Shop” in Morrisburg. After this she retired to care for her mother and family.

In 2005, Agnes moved to the Hartford Retirement Home, and after a couple of years there she moved to the Woodland Villa Nursing Home.

A light from our family is gone,

A voice we loved is still,

A place is vacant in our lives,

One that never can be filled,

May her gentle soul rest,

In eternal comfort and peace.

Love Always Mom – Your Family

Agnes is survived by her daughters Heather (Glen) Whitteker of Iroquois and Jeannie (Brian) Whitteker of Williamsburg and her sister Olive (Bob) McIntosh of Iroquois.  

Agnes will be sadly missed by grandchildren Laurie Arsenault, Thomas Whitteker, Michael Montgomery, Julie Montgomery, Lauren Whitteker, Christopher Fraser, Holly Degreaves and 12 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.    

She was predeceased by her husband Hector, her son Douglas, her sister Hilda Price and her brothers Orval, Samuel, Stanley, Claude, Bert, and Royal Price.  

Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Williamsburg, on Monday from noon until time of service.  Funeral service was held at the Funeral Home on Monday, November 19th at 1 p.m., with Rev. Norine Gullons officiating.   Interment followed at Maple Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers were Laurie Arsenault, Michael Montgomery, Thomas Whitteker, and Lauren Whitteker. 

Donations to Woodland Villa Nursing Home or the Canadian Cancer Society would be gratefully acknowledged by the family.  Online condolences may be made at marsdenmclaughlin.com.

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