- Mather, Sadie E. - At the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth ON on Friday, April 11, 1975, Sadie E. Foster, in her 73 year, beloved wife of William A. Mather, dear mother of Arnold, Kelowna BC, Raymond, Fort St John BC; and William E.Mather, Ottawa; Dear sister Nellie Ennis, Mrs. Jessie Smith, Mrs. Violet Code, Mrs. Fannie Blair, Mrs. Gertrude Skaug, James, David and Charles Foster, the late Joseph Foster; also survived by 5 grandchildren. Funeral Service was conducted in the chapel of the Blair and Son Funeral Home, Perth, Ont. on Monday, April 14 at 2pm, Interment Elmwood Cemetery.
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Sadie E. Mather
The many friends of Sadie E Mather were saddened to learn of her death on April 11 at the GWM Hospital from having another heart attack after recovering from her previous one in 1974.
She was born born in Fallbrook in 1902, the daughter of Archie Foster and Fannie Gibson.
After graduating from school she entered the employ of the Bell Telphone as operator and also worked for the Perth Shoe Co.
In 1926 she married William A. Mather and farmed at Balderson until 1950 when they moved to Perth where he was employed as general foreman for Lanark County.
She is survived by her husband, William A., and three sons and their families: Mr and Mrs Arnold Mather, Larry and Glenda of Calgary; Mr and Mrs Raymond Mather, Brian, Kevin and Sharon of Fort St John BC; and William E., of Ottawa.
She took an active part in her church work as she was a life member of the UCW, a life member of the Women's Missionary Society and a member of the Balderson Women's Institute. She was the first president of Lanark Lodge Women's Auxilary.
Besides her family, she is survived by five sisters, Mrs Nellie Ennis, Mrs Jessie Smith, Mrs Violet Code, Mrs Fannie Blair, Mrs Gertrude Skaug; three brothers, James, David, and Charles. She was predeceased by her brother Joseph who passed away in 1969.
The funeral was conducted in Blair and Son Chapel by Rev. G Richardson and Mrs W.J. Newson sang "The Old Rugged Cross". Heerbert Watt, Chris Bell, Lindsay Campbell, Harry McLenaghan, Lloyd Greer and Robert Richardson acted as pallbearers, with interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
The many floral tributes and doncations to the various societies are deeple appreciated.
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1902 - 1975 (72 years)
