- "Edna Pearl Todd, 87, died at Wellington House, Prescott, Friday, Oct. 3, 2003. She was born Feb. 27, 1916 at Hainsville to Ernest Fader and the former Mabel Gilmour.
At age 18, the family moved to the Point at Iroquois and she worked at the Caldwell Linen Mill as a weaver. On July 26, 1941 she married Kenneth Todd in Williamsburg and moved to Cardinal where she helped care for her ailing father-in-law. She was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cardinal, belonged to the ladies auxiliary of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 105 and quilted with the church ladies.
She enjoyed gardening and her home was adorned with many plants. Her family benefitted from her preserves, pickling and baking. Her apple pie was second to none.
Mrs. Todd is survived by her daughter DeeDee and her husband Garry Kavanaugh of Cardinal and her son Randy and his wife Leslie of Prescott, grandchildren Jackie and her husband Terry Kirkey, Nancy and her husband Danny Bueto, Matthew, Michael and Katie Todd, and great-grandchildren Tara and Todd Kirkey and Tracey and Tyler Bueto.
She is also survived by her brothers Kenneth and Ernest Fader and by a sister, Nelda Brown and sister-in-law Jenny Fader.
Mrs. Todd was predeceased by her husband Ken in 1990, brother Cecil Fader and sister Gladys Gill."
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