Merle Eloda DEAN

1920 - 1958  (38 years)

• Name	Merle Eloda DEAN
  Birth	16 Mar 1920	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Christening	3 Aug 1920	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  newspaper article	Obituary in Cobden Sun Jan 1 1959
  Death	14 Dec 1958	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Burial	Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Pakenham Union Cemetery Pakenham, Ontario
  Person ID	I2944	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Emerson William DEAN,   b. 10 Apr 1887, , , Ontario, Canada d. 23 Feb 1963, Pakenham Twp., Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth STANLEY,   b. 1880, Of Cedar Hill d. 2 Feb 1963, Almonte, Lanark. Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1919	St. Paul's Anglican Church Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William S. WOOD,   b. 1917, , Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada d. 3 Feb 1964, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1942
  Children	1. Sandra C. E. WOOD,   b. 8 Mar 1948   d. 31 Jan 1998, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years)   2. Stephen William Emerson WOOD,   b. Abt 1953   d. Mar 2018 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Family ID	F1959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2020

  
  

• Photos		Wood, Wm & Merle nee Dean photograph from the collection of Nancy Wood
  		Wood, William & Merle Dean photograph from the collection of Nancy Moore Wood

  
  

  Documents		Wood, Mrs William S. nee Merle Dean death notice Newspaper clipping, Dec 18, 1958 from the scrapbook of Mrs. John Hawthorn donated to Whitewater Historical Society
  		Wood, Merle Eloda nee Dean obituary The Cobden Sun, Jan 1, 1959

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. WM. WOOD - (1958) The death occurred on Sunday, December 14th, at the Pembroke Cottage Hospi tal of Mrs. Wm. S. Wood in her 39th year. Mrs. Wood, the former Merle Elo da Dean, was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dean of Pakenham. S he was born in Bromley Township on March 16th, 1919, and moved with her pa rents to Pakenham in her early childhood. She received her education in t he public and high schools there. On April 23rd, 1942 she married Willi am Wood, taking up residence for a time in Ottawa and going to Cobden in 1 946 where she resided until her death. Surviving besides her husband, is o ne daughter, Sandra, and one son, Steven, and her parents. The funeral ser vice was conducted Wednesday afternoon at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cobd en. Rev. C. C. Watson officiated. Pallbearers were Irvin and Wesley Dea n, E. D. Hill, Emerson Kohlsmith, Kenneth Eckford of Cobden and Robert Coc hran of Almonte. The flower bearers were Claude Oattes, Donald Dean, Hilli ard Dean and Osborne Bowes. Burial was in the family plot in Pakenham ceme tery. DEATHS WOOD, Merle Eloda - On Sunday, December 14, 1958, at Cobden, Merle Eloda D ean, wife of William S. Wood, in her 39th year. Resting at the Fraser Morr is Funeral Home, Cobden. Funeral service to be held Wednesday at 2 p.m., A nglican Church. Interment in United Cemetery, Pakenham. MRS. WILLIAM S. WOOD The sudden death on Sunday, December 14th of Mrs. William S. Wood of Cobd en and formerly Miss Merle Eloda Dean, only daughter of Mr. Emerson Dean a nd his wife, Elizabeth Stanley of Pakenham Township, has cast a gloom ov er this community where she went to school and was so well and favourab ly known. She was in her 39th year. Surviving besides her sorrowing husba nd are two children, Sandra, aged 10, and Stephen, aged 5 years. The funer al took place from the Fraser Morris Funeral Home to, the Anglican Chur ch for service at 2 p.m. Interment was in the Union Cemetery, Pakenham.

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Church Record - Baptism - Grace United Church Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontari o. [S605635] . [S52] Newspaper - The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), Jan 1 1959 p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S605481] Jan 1 1959 p. 1 (Reliability: 3).