Helen Lottie Good

In Loving Memory of Helen Lottie, the dearly beloved wife of Robert Charlton, 26 Western Hill, Durham.

Who died Monday, March 15th, 1920, aged 29 years and 11 months. Will be interred in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, on Thursday, March 18th. Service in the house at 2 o’clock.

“And all my days I’ll go the kindlier and sweeter for her dear sake.”

Death Notice:
The Late Mrs Charlton
Filmore, Saskatchewan

The following particulars regarding the death of the late Mrs. Charlton was sent to The Filmore Press by Mr. Thomas Dale, secretary of the Mission Hall, in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and will be read with interest and sympathy by both relatives and friends in filmore and district.

We regret to announce the tragically sudden death of Mrs. Charlton, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Jas. E. Good, and wife of Rev. R. Charlton, Fillmore, Sask., Canada, while on a holiday with her husband and family in the city of Durham, England.

On their arrival in england, Mr. Charlton had been invited by representatives of the English Conference to take charge of large Mission Hall in Newcastle on Tyne, owing to the illness of Rev. Allen F. Parsons. This they did with unqualified success, ministering to 1200 to 1600 people, as well as carrying on the various agencies connected with such a large Mission Hall.

Mrs. Charlton by her cheery, happy nature and her self-forgetting efforts in the interest of others, became endeared to the Novocastrians who admitted her gladly to their hearts and homes. She went to Durham to spend a holiday with Mr. Charlton’s parents; feeling slightly ill, she went to bed and slept peacefully away before the arrival of the doctor. The event has cast a gloom over the west end of Newcastle (city) where Mr. Charlton laboured, and in Durham city, where the Charltons are so well known and highly respected.

Great sympathy is felt for Mr. Charlton and his two little boys, as well as for the relatives of the deceased lady in Canada.

The funeral which was a large and representative one, was conducted by Dr. Darwin, of Liverpool (representatives of Canadian Conference); representatives from all branches of various churches were present, having travelled miles to follow the cortege; also representative councillors, magistrates, doctors, etc., as well as numerous represetatives from collieries in Durham County where W.B. Charlton Esq. is agent. Wreathes were sent from numerous friends. The Rev. Dr. W.O. Darwin conducted memorial service at Westgate Hall, Newcastle on-Tyne on Sunday, 11th April, 1920. The church was crowded.

Her death was the more felt as the members of the church had arranged and promoted a testimonial to Mr. and Mrs. Charlton for their great services during what ought to have been their holiday.