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MARGARET WHITE
Mrs. Margaret White
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 3 May 1921]
The death occurred in Stratford on Friday April 22nd of Mrs. Margaret White in her 73rd year. The late Mrs. White’s health for some time had not been good and in the early part of November, 1920, she was compelled to take to her bed. Her physician and family were hopeful of a speedy recovery and on Christmas she ate her dinner at the home of a friend in the city.
A recurrence of the old malady again forced her, in the early part of January, to keep to her room, and she gradually grew worse until the end came. During all her illness, Mrs. White never complained and bore her affliction with that Christian patience and fortitude which characterized her whole life. All that medical skill could do was done ably assisted by the tender nursing of a devoted family, until she passed away on Friday. The late Mrs. White during her life was a consistent member of the Methodist Church, and was very fond of little children, being very much attached to her two grandchildren, Eileen and Margaret.
The late Mrs. White whose maiden name was Margaret Case was born in 1849 at Marshville in Welland County. In 1872 she was married to Frederick Oliver White, who predeceased her in 1891. The happy union was blessed with two daughters, Lotta M. and Freddie Bell. In 1898 the deceased with her two daughters moved to Milverton where Miss Lotta continued her work as a music teacher while the younger sister was appointed assistant to the postmaster. In 1906 she resigned her position and was married to W.M. Rosamond of Almonte. In September 1920, the late Mrs. White with her two daughters moved to Stratford where Mr. Rosamond had purchased a house in the city. During the war in addition to her church activities Mrs. White was very active in doing work for the soldiers whose friend she was, having lost many of her relations on the battlefields of France.
The funeral took place on Monday to Avondale cemetery and was conducted by Rev. W.H. Graham, of Central Methodist Church. The pall-bearers for the funeral were: Messrs. James Torrance, Sheriff T. Magwood, R.H. Coulter, I.D. Atkins, J.G. Grosch and Louis Pfeffer.
Besides a large number of Milverton friends, some of those from a distance were: Miss M. Leeder, Marshville; Mrs. J. Milhausen, Kitchener; Mr. Robt. Bell, Toronto; Mrs. G.E.A. Peart, Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. E.Z. White and Mrs. J. Clark, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Mrs. H. Graham, Listowel; Mrs. Near and Miss P. Stuart, Monkton; Dr. G. Atkin, Banff, Alta.; and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, Lakeside.
The room in which the casket reposed was redolent with the large array of flowers sent by sympathizing friends.
The late Mrs. White was a resident of Welland for many years, and where she had many friends who will learn with deep sorrow of her passing away, and extend to the bereaved family their heartfelt sympathy in the loss of an affectionate and beloved mother.
Died:22 April 1921
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