- The funeral of the late Mrs. Fanny Dora Edwards, of Cleveland, East Yuna, took place in the Elm Four-Square portion of the
Karrakatta Cemetery on January 12. The service was conducted by Pastor T. J. Turgington.
The late Mrs. Edwards was born at Northam 74 years ago, being the third youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Woolhouse. and her death leaves only one surviving member of a large, well-known and respected West Australian family.
Married 52 years ago at Greenough Flats to Mr. Arthur Edwards, the deceased lady spent her early married life on the Pilbara and Murchison Goldfields and claimed to be the only white woman at the Ford's Creek alluvial gold rush on the Ashburton River where there were over 700 diggers.
She also experienced station life when her husband owned a sheep station near Roebourne. Mrs Edwards endured many of the hardships in the early days on the Murchison and North West and many times her abilities as an able horsewoman were severely tested.
By her demise Western Australia has lost another one of those who never thought any task too great or a day too long. She leaves a husband, son, two daughters, nineteen grandchildren and a brother, to mourn their loss.
The chief mourners were
Mr. A. J. Edwards (husband),
Mesdames Ray Edwards and Karl Wroth (daughters).
Mr. K. Wroth (son-in-law),
Mrs. James Edwards (daughter-in-law),
Miss Annie Edwards (sister-in-law).
Mr. T. Darch (brother-in-law)
Mesdames M. Smith, E. McKay, G. Leach, E. Tyler, N. Howard, and Miss E. Cramer (nieces)
Messrs. W. Woolhouse, H. S. Cramer and R. Leach (nephews), Misses Madge Edwards, Isla, Lavinia and Zol Wroth (granddaughters),
Mr. Alastair Edwards and Master Bill Wroth (grandsons).
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1862 - 1938 (76 years)
