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EVA ANNIE McCLELLAN
Former County Home Superintendent Passes
[Evening Tribune, 18 January 1965]
A former superintendent of the Welland County Home for the Aged, now Sunset Haven, Mrs. Eva McClellan died on Saturday, January 16, at the Greater Niagara General Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past four months, in her 90th year.
Born in Newbold, Worcestershire, England, she came to Canada in 1883 residing first in Niagara Falls before coming to Welland.
Her husband, the late George B.McClellan, was superintendent of the County home for the Aged and was succeeded by his wife, who had been matron on his death. Mrs. McClellan served a number of years as Superintendent before retiring in 1942. She is remembered as a touch-liked and highly respected county employee.
Previous to the McClellan’s tenure at the home, Mrs. McClellan’s father, the late John R. Hemmings, also served as superintendent.
Mr. McClellan also served as manager of the Welland County Agricultural Society which operated the annual county fair.
For the past five years, Mrs. McClellan has resided at the Eventide Home, Niagara Falls. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church in that city.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. E.C. Webb, Bessie, of St. Catharines and Mrs. Grenville Townsend, Elinor, of Niagara Falls; two grandchildren, Mrs. Paul Kozik, Ann, of St. Catharines and Judy Townsend of Niagara Falls; two great grand-children and one sister, Mrs. A.T. Krafft of Cooksville.
The late Mrs. McClellan is resting at the Morse and Son Funeral Chapel, 5917 Main St., Niagara Falls, where services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. Entombment will follow at Fonthill Mausoleum.
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