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CADOGAN,
Elda
Magill (née
MAGILL)
of Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home, Miramichi, New Brunswick,
a journalist, poet, playwright and short story writer, died Tuesday,
November 18, 2003, at 7: 47 a.m. at the age of 86. As a playwright,
she was best known for her one-act-play, Rise and Shine, which
has the distinction of being one of the most frequently-performed
Canadian plays ever written. It has been performed in every province
in Canada, in 47 states in the U.S., and
in England, Ireland,
Australia and South Africa. A German translation was Canada's
representation in a worldwide cultural exchange in Bonn, Germay.
In 1992, the University of Guelph added the Elda Magill Cadogan
Collection to its extensive theatre archives. The collection
included correspondence, manuscripts, printed editions, advertisements,
review and programs related to the play. In 1993, the university
obtained her voluminous collection of memorabilia on the Stratford
Festival She attended the theatre's premier performance in 1953
and took a special interest in the organization after moving
to Strfatford in 1985. Born December 17, 1916 at Mount Forest,
Ontario, she was the only daughter of Robert, a lay minister
at Conn, and Katherine Herron
MAGILL.
She grew up in Woodstock,
where her writing was first published - a story and poem in the
Woodstock Sentinel Review - when she was 8. She graduated from
Woodstock Collegiate Institute, where she was valedictorian for
her class and, after completing a business course, was employed
at the Woodstock Sentinel Review. In 1939, she married George
CADOGAN, of Woodstock.
The couple later purchased newpapers in Durham, Ontario, Pictou,
Nova Scotia and Oromocto and Newcastle, New Brunswick. George
CADOGAN died in February, 1996. Mrs
CADOGAN won several awards
for her newspaper articles and she and her husband were the first
husband and wife team to be named honourary life members of both
the Atlantic and the Canadian Community Newspaper Associations.
While in Stratford, Mrs.
CADOGAN was an honourary member of the
Writers Club of Stratford and a member of the Canadian Authors
Association, the Noon Book Club and the Good Book Club. She was
a member of Saint John's United Church, Stratford. She was also
a contributor to The Beacon Herald for several years. In September,
1999, she moved to a retirement residence in Frederiction, New
Brunswick, where she could be closer to some of her family members,
and recently moved again, to Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home
in Miramichi.
An animal lover, Mrs.
CADOGAN usually had at least one cat in
her life, and once a dog as well.
She is survived by two sons, David (Michelle), of Miramichi,
New Brunswick, and Michael, of Scarborough; daughter Katherine
HILDER
(Stephen,) of Prince George, British Columbia, and Elizabeth
Jean MORGAN
(Dan,) of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Also surviving
are six grandchildren, Joanne (Allen
IRVING) and Colin
CADOGAN,
Craig CADOGAN and Sheryl
UDEH
(Obi) and Kristin and Leslie
HILDER,
and one great grandchild, Benjamin
UDEH. In addition to her husband,
she was predeceased by four brothers, Max, Rex, Weston and Robert,
and a daughter-in-law, Susan
(YOUNG)
CADOGAN.
Friends will be
received and the Stratford, Ontario W.G. Young Funeral Home for
visitation Friday evening November 21st from 7: 00-9:00 p.m. and
for the funeral service Saturday morning, November 22nd at 11: 00
a.m. Reverend Greg
WHITE/WHYTE of Saint John's United Church will officiate.
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