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BELOVED POET LAID TO REST
[Welland Tribune March 13, 1940]
Glowing Tribute Paid To Long Life and Service
Fenwick, March 13—Friends and neighbors gathered on Tuesday afternoon to pay their last respects to Miss Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald, who passed away early Sunday morning. A short service for intimate friends was held at the family home, “The Tall Evergreens,” then the funeral cortege proceeded to the Friends church, Pelham Corners, for the public service. The pastor, Rev Stanley Van Every, officiated.
It was fitting that the final ceremonies for Miss Wetherald should take place in the place so closely associated with the life of the Wetherald family. Here for many years, Mr Wetherald, father of the deceased, preached for divine worship, and Miss Wetherald herself was always a faithful adherent.
Mr Van Every paid glowing tribute to the long life of love and service of the one who had gone. She had not really died, as her spirit would live eternally in the many lyrics she left behind and which were so much a part of herself, the pastor stated.
Six friends of many years standing acted as bearers, Frank Page of New Dundee, Wm. Dorland of St. Catharines, J.A. Daboll of Ridgeville, Stewart S. MacInnes of Welland and Walter McRaye of Grimsby and Louis Blake Duff of Welland.
After a short service in the church, the remains were reverently laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery.
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