Etc. -- Alice Maud (Scofield) Barrett's 1921 obituary
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A lightly edited partial transcription of the Poirt Dover column on page 10 of the 31 Mar 1921 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.

Port Dover

Thursday of last week Alice Maud Barrett, wife of H. B. Barrett of H. M. Customs, passed away after several months of severe illness, which was borne with cheerful fortitude. Mrs. Barrett was born in Port Dover being the youngest daughter of  the late N. B. and Mrs. Scofield.

Mrs. Barrett was an accomplished elocutionist and her services were always given freely in the furtherance of any religious or patriotic purpose, or any plan wehich would lead to the betterment of the village in which she made her lifelong home.

Cultured, amiable, thoughtful for others and always cheerful, Mrs. Barrett made many friends who regret her passing away when but in her fifty-first year.

She leaves her husband, H. B. Barrett, three children, Quinton H., Winnifred and Lola, and three sisters: Mrs. W. Sovereighn of Port Dover, Mrs. S. R. Kennedy of Toronto, and Mrs. F. W. Denton of Vancouver, to mourn her demise.

 

  
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