Jessie Agnes McDonell

1899 - 1975  (76 years)

• Name	Jessie Agnes McDonell
  Birth	11 Apr 1899	Oso Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61324977
  _FGRAVE	61324977
  Death	27 Nov 1975	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: After effect of a stroke, One and a half years
  	1975, Thursday December 18,The Almonte Gazette page 3 Jessie Agnes Snedden (nee McDonell) Relatives and friends were saddened to learn of the death of Jessie Agnes Snedden on November 27, 1975 at her residence in Almonte, Ontario. She died in her 77th year after a 1 ? year illness resulting from a stroke. Born in Oso Township, Frontenac County, a daughter of the late Robert and Mary McDonell, she attended elementary school in Maberly, Ontario, and two years of secondary school in Perth, Ontario. She then embarked upon a career of school teaching in the small Ontario towns of Plevna, Clarendon, Parham, Zealand and Thessalon. Also, she spent several winters in Palm Harbour, Florida, teaching the children of the Coleman family. She moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she worked in a Trust Company and completed her Junior Matriculation at night school. While in Toronto, in 1932, she met and married David Wilfred Snedden, a pharmacist. In 1934, she moved with her husband to Almonte, Ontario, where they purchased and operated a local drug store. She raised a family of three boys and saw them all graduate with engineering degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She taught part time in the public schools in Almonte, and assisted her husband in the drug store for 39 years until their retirement in 1973. She was a faithful member of St Paul's Anglican Church and was active in groups in the church and in the community. She was dearly loved and will be sadly missed by he husband, Wilfrid, son Bill, his wife Shirley, and their children Cathy, Rick, and Jane of Bancroft, Ontario; son David, his wife Kay, and their children Joanne, Barbara, Brian and Doug of Belleville, Ontario; son Don, his wife Beverly, and their children Sandra, Janet, Heather and Linda of Deep River, Ontario. She is survived by two brothers, John of Maberly, and Byrns of Toronto; two sisters, Addie (Mrs J. Rutherford), of Manville, Alberta, and Jean (Mrs Jack Crawford) of Peterboro. She was predeceased by three brothers, Harry of Perth, Joe of Maberly, and Herbert in World War I, and one sister Gwendoline (Mrs Jack Buchanan) in Edmonton, Alberta, The body rested at Kerry Funeral Home, Almonte, Ontario. The burial service was held in St Paul's Anglican Church on November 30, 1975, conducted by Rev G.F. Bickley and Rev R.J. McCrea, with interment in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert, Burns and Ronald McDonell, Earle and Alexander Snedden, and John Crawford, all nephews. Many beautiful floral tributes and charitable donations were received from the family and friends in the community. To those who knew her well, her life was a living testament to her faith in God. Her devotion to her church and her kindness towards others were always foremost in her life.
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I29748	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert McDonell,   b. 7 May 1862, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Oct 1944 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Sergeant,   b. 6 Aug 1863   d. 16 Dec 1925 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F10353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Wilfrid "WILF" Snedden,   b. 30 Oct 1897, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Apr 1982, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1932	Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. David Snedden   2. Donald "Don" Snedden   3. William Robert "Bill" Snedden,   b. 5 Nov 1934   d. 24 Oct 2017, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F10349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2020

  
  

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  Marriage - 11 Jul 1932 - Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: After effect of a stroke, One and a half years - 27 Nov 1975 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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