Obituary: Berwick Register May 8, 1947
After an illness of three months, the death of Mrs Ermina (Rainforth) Palmer, widow of Robert Bordman Palmer, occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs Frank W Saunders, Weston, Thursday, May 1. Mrs Palmer was born at Windermere, January 13, 1872, daughter of Miles and Margaret (McKenzie) Rainforth, and lived there till her marriage, after which she and her husband lived a few years in Massachusetts, and they then returned to their native county and bought a home in Somerset, where the greater part of their married life was spent. Early in life she became a member of Berwick Baptist Church, and was active in church and community life and did a great amount of work for Red Cross. She was a lover of flowers, and it was noted by many people that her care of them made her home and surroundings beautiful. Her husband died in 1936, and a daughter, Olive, in 1930, as she was ready to graduate from Chelsea Memorial Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. Surviving are a son, Miles, Kentville; three daughters - Mrs F Gordon Sanford (Cora), Weston; Mrs Floyd M Smith (Ruby), Clarence; Mrs Frank W Saunders (Delia), Weston; twelve grandchildren (one of whom, Frederick Sanford, had lived with Mrs Palmer since he was three months old), and three great grandchildren. Two sisters - Mrs George Hutchinson and Mrs George Fancy, Morristown - and a brother, Frank Rainforth, Windermere, also survive. Funeral services, conducted by her pastor, Rev W E Cholerton, were held at the home of her grandson, Frederick Sanford, Weston, Saturday afternoon. Berwick Male Quartet sang "That Beautiful Land" and "Going Down the Valley". Burial was in the family lot in Berwick cemetery. Pallbearers were four nephews - Lorrimer Whitney and Hazen Rainforth, and Hartley Hutchinson."