Leila Alfreda Campbell

1909 - 1987  (78 years)

• Name	Leila Alfreda Campbell
  Birth	25 Mar 1909	White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204576698
  _FGRAVE	204576698
  Death	22 Aug 1987	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	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.
  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	I29770	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Earl Campbell   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Stewart   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Alexander "Alex" Snedden,   b. 20 Sep 1906, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Jun 1978, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1934
  Children	1. William Earle "Earl" Snedden,   b. 20 Aug 1935, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 May 2007, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)   2. Kathleen Anne "Kay" Snedden,   b. 1936, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Aug 2017, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)   3. Robert Alexander "SANDY" Snedden,   b. 19 May 1938, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Apr 2022, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   4. Beth Snedden
  Family ID	F10354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2020

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Mar 1909 - White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Death - 22 Aug 1987 - 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