| 1. | Leila Alfreda Campbell was born on 25 Mar 1909 in White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Earl Campbell and Elizabeth Stewart); died on 22 Aug 1987 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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1987, Wednesday September 2, The Almonte Gazette, page 18
Leila Alfreda Snedden
Leila Alfreda Snedden (Campbell) Snedden died suddenly in Almonte Saturday, August 22, 1987 at 78 years of age. She was born March 25, 1909 in the family homestead overlooking White Lake in McNabb Township, Renfrew County, to Earl Campbell and Elizabeth Stewart. She attended the local one-room school, Arnprior High School and Normal School in Ottawa. She taught at several schools in Ramsay Township until she married William Alex Snedden Sept 5, 1934 and moved to his family farm near Blakeney. Besides raising four children and caring for her husband's mother and aunt, she was a full partner in the operation of Mississippi Holsteins. Leila returned to teaching in 1954 when her youngest child started school. Her pupils at Cedar Hill remember her being there for many years until the new school in Pakenham was built. She retired from teaching in 1970. Her husband predeceased her in 1978, but Leila continued to take an active part in the community in such organizations as the Ramsay Women's Institute, Pakenham United Church Women, Pakenham Senior Citizens Club, Pakenham Horticultural Society, North Lanark Historical Society, and teachers' group, She was also a volunteer at Fairview Manor. Her surviving family members include son Earle and his wife Marilyn Robertson, daughter Kay and her husband Graham Hudson, son Sandy and his wife Marion Sadler, daughter Beth and her husband Brian Keating and 14 grandchildren. Her brother R.J. Campbell and sisters Eileen (Mrs Donald Scott) and Margaret (Mrs Sam Cunningham), all of the same White Lake area, mourn her passing. Rev Tom Lowry conducted the funeral from the Kerry Funeral Home in Almonte with burial at Auld Kirk Cemetery. The pallbearers were grandchildren Bruce and Brian Hudson and Robert, Ken, Murray and Ron Snedden.
Leila married William Alexander "Alex" Snedden on 5 Sep 1934. William (son of William Alexander Snedden and Jane Isabelle "JENNIE" Toshack) was born on 20 Sep 1906 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jun 1978 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 17 Jun 1978 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- William Earle "Earl" Snedden was born on 20 Aug 1935 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 May 2007 in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 23 May 2007 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Kathleen Anne "Kay" Snedden was born in 1936 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Aug 2017 in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 2017 in Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Robert Alexander "SANDY" Snedden was born on 19 May 1938 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Apr 2022 in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 5 May 2022 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Beth Snedden
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1909 - 1987 (78 years)
