FAMILY  FOLIAGE.

Myrtle Eva Fowler  (1920 ~ 1992)

 

5.3.4.8. Eighth child of Martha J. Adams and R. Wesley Fowler, Myrtle Eva Fowler (Patterson), was born October 20, 1920, in Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Ontario. 

  Myrtle was adopted by Lizzie Adams and George Patterson after the death of her mother, two months after her birth.

  She married Albert William Pearce, son of Henry Rupert Pearce and Minnie Pearl Rickard, January 4, 1941, in Toronto, Ontario and had four children:

 

• (5.3.4.8.1)  Larry Albert  (1942 ~ )

• (5.3.4.8.2)  Richard Henry  (1944 ~ )

• (5.3.4.8.3)  George Wayne  (1946 ~ )

• (5.3.4.8.4)  Elizabeth Pearl  (1952 ~ )

 

  Myrtle E. Fowler Patterson Pearce died March 15, 1992, aged 71 years and Albert W. Pearce died January 28, 2000, aged 86 years in Bowmanville, Ontario and are interred at Bowmanville Cemetery. 

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----- MARRIAGE -----

 

Patterson—Pearce

A quiet wedding was solemnized at Church of Christ, Keele St., Toronto, on January 4, 1941, when Myrtle Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Patterson, Leskard, become the bride of Albert Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Pearce, Newcastle. Rev. H. Phillips officiated.

  The bride wore a becoming blue satin frock with white accessories and fingertip veil, and carried a bouquet of narcissi, snapdragon and baby’s breath. She was attended by the groom’s sister, Miss Patricia Pearce, who wore a rust taffeta gown with brown accessories and a corsage of narcissi and snapdragons. The groom was supported by Mr. Elmer Fowler of Orono.

  Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. L. Bullied, Humberside Ave., Toronto. After a short honeymoon the happy couple will reside at the home of the groom’s parents at Newcastle. Bowmanville Statesman, Jan. 9, 1941.

 

 

----- OBITUARIES -----

 

Myrtle E. Fowler Patterson Pearce

A resident of Newcastle Village for 51 years, Myrtle Eva Pearce, died in Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, on Sunday, March 15, 1992. In her 72nd year, she had been ill eight months.

  Born in Clarke Township, she was educated at Leskard Public School. The daughter of Wesley Fowler and Martha Adams, she was raised by George Patterson and Elizabeth Adams.

  She was married January 4, 1941, to Albert William Pearce. She lived on the family farm and for the past 28 years in a new home on a piece of the farm.

  A homecare worker for six years and a sales clerk for seven years at Toms and Sons, Newcastle, retiring 20 years ago. Prior to her marriage she had worked at various places.

  She was a member of Newcastle United Church, where she taught Sunday School for 15 years. For 50 years she was a member of the Women’s Association, the Friendship Club and U.C.W.

  Surviving are her husband, sons Larry and wife Barbara, Newcastle, Ric and wife Marilyn, Port Perry, Wayne and wife Kim, Bethany, daughter Elizabeth and her husband Ted Walton, Bowmanville, eight grandchildren, a sister Mae Scott, Brampton, sisters-in-law Myrtle Bird, Oshawa, and Rita Fowler, Peterborough. She was predeceased by brothers Albert, Elmer (Pat), Jim and Fred Fowler and two step-sisters Elsie and Effie Strong.

  Funeral services were held on Tuesday at the Morris Funeral Chapel, Bowmanville, with the Rev. Donald Stiles officiating.  The soloist was Glen Allin. Pallbearers were nephews John Fowler, Garfield Fowler, Jamie Coleman, Peter Pearce, Doug Hockin and John Stinson.

  Floral contribuations were received from E.D.S. of Canada, Staff of Newcastle Guardian Drugs, Staff of Munich Reinsurenace, Mayor and Members of Council Township of Scugog, Newcastle Senior Bowlers, Manvers Pine Ridge Video and Oldtimers Hockey Association, Staff of Harden and King, T.D. Bank, Bowmanville, Sun Life Trust, Toronto and Br. 178 Legion Hockey Team.

  Interment Bowmanville Cemetery. Bowmanville Statesman, Apr. 8, 1992.

 

Albert W. Pearce

Julu 1, 1913 ~ January 28, 2000

Albert William Pearce was born on Silver Creek Farm, Newcastle to Henry Rupert Pearce and Minne Pearl Rickard and lived his entire life in Clarke Township, now Clarington.

  On January 4, 1941, he married Myrtle Eva (Fowler) Patterson, and together they had four children. They were a loving and close couple for 51 years.

  Starting as a child in 1918, with his sister Peg, he began delivering milk when Dr. Walton-Ball, a summer resident at the lake, asked the Pearce’s to supply him with milk. As other cottagers moved in, the Pearce’s found themselves in the dairy business. Albert didn’t graduate grade 12, he quit that spring because he was needed to work at the farm. In 1934, when Mitch Hepburn’s government brought in a law requiring the pasteurization of milk, the Pearce’s sold their dairy business to the LeGresley’s of Newcastle, who owned and operated Newcastle Dairy. Besides carrying on the farm, Albert worked for Newcastle Dairy, then for Glen Rae Dairy, and finally for the dairy division of Beatrice Foods as one proprietor succeeded another.

  About 1963 the farm was sold to Reginald Steen, a descendant of early owners. Albert, his wife Myrtle, and their four children and mother Pearl moved to a new bungalow built on a lot severed from the farm to the east of the old house. Albert retired in 1978 and was honoured by friends and relatives by a party held at the Newcastle Community Hall. In 1995 after Myrtle passed away, he sold his house and moved to Parkview Apartments in 1996.

  He was a life-long member of the Newcastle United Church, serving on many different boards. He started the Couple Club with his wife Myrtle, and they both loved square dancing. Albert always loved playing cards and used to go to Solina on Friday nights. He was on the committee to get a bowling alley started in Newcastle, and bowled since 1959, starting the Newcastle Seniors Bowling League. He was a founding member of the Newcastle Seniors, and at Parkview he organized card parties on Wednesday afternoons.

  If you couldn’t find Albert in the summer, he probably was at Kendal Park, Soper Creek, or Newcastle Memorial Park watching baseball. In the fall you’d find him watching the Durham Lords (Durham College), and in the winter watching hockey, even going to Wasaga Beach to follow a Newcastle team. He loved gardening, Blue Jay Baseball, the Toronto Maple Leafs, but most of all he loved his grandchildren.

  Albert will be sadly missed by his four children: Larry and his wife Barb of Newcastle, Ric and his wife Marilyn of Port Perry, Wayne and his wife Kim of Bethany, and Elizabeth and her husband Ted Walton of Bowmanville, and his grandchildren: Mike, Jeff, Kevin, Trisha, Viki and John, Kirk and Gail, Adam and Jason. Brother of Kenneth Pearce of Stratford, Peggy Visser of Toronto, Patricia Stinson of Chesley and Margaret Hockin of Oakville, and missed by many nieces, nephews and lots of cousins. Friends called at Newcastle Funeral Home, and his funeral service was held at Newcastle United Church on January 31, 2000, followed by interment with his wife Myrtle at Bowmanville Cemetery.

  The family would like to thank all their relatives, friends, and neighbors for their kind words, cards and expressions of sympathy. He will be sadly missed by all. Bowmanville Statesman, Mar. 15, 2000.

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