Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home

11/12/2025

It is with love and gratitude that we announce the passing of Joyce McKay (née Murray), daughter of Vernon and Roberta Murray of Avonton, Ontario, who peacefully left us at the remarkable age of 97. Joyce was predeceased by her beloved husband, Tom McKay, and their cherished children Leita Stevens ...

11/11/2025

Today, and every day, we remember them.

A Remembrance Day ceremony will take place at 10:45 a.m. today at the Town Hall Cenotaph.

11/09/2025

Congratulations to all the volunteers who crocheted 8,200 poppies to create a moving tribute for .

Today's snowfall adds a beautiful complexity to the simple, important act of remembrance.

11/05/2025

Peacefully surrounded by his family, Jack Hamilton Collins passed away after a brief palliative care stay at St. Marys Memorial Hospital on Nov. 4, 2025. Predeceased by his wife Donna of 51 years, his daughter Candida, his parents and his father-in-law. Jack worked on many farms (mostly pig farms) a...

11/03/2025

A Memorial Service for Pat Hill will take place at the Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home, 47 Wellington St. S. St. Marys on Saturday, November 8, at 2 p.m.

It is with great sadness that the family of Patricia Hill (née Gage) announces her peaceful, but sudden passing on November 29, 2024 at the age of 94, at Wildwood Care Centre in St. Marys. Born in Stratford Ontario, to the late Ross and Doris Gage, Pat was an elementary school teacher in Niagara Fa...

11/03/2025

Passed away peacefully with family by his side on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at Stratford Rotary Hospice in his 78th year. Predeceased by parents Graham (1990) and Mary (2020), Father in law Bill Brown, Mother-in-law Floss and sister-in-law Annette (2024). Rob is survived by wife Kay, son Aaron (Abbie...

11/03/2025

David Wilber Pearson, passed away at the Rotary Hospice in Stratford on Oct 27, 2025 at the age of 78. Predeceased by is wife Phyllis (1996). Father of Sheri Hignett (deceased 2014), Brian (Sokha) and Tracy. Grandpa of Clarke, Kevin, Janica, Jayden, and Jayce. Brother of Linda Pearson, and Donna Sma...

11/01/2025

Laurene Velma Thiel Whigham Smith of St. Marys, Ontario and formerly of Mitchell, Stratford and Brantford, passed away at Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth on Oct. 31, 2025 at the age of 86. Wife of Ronald L. Smith and the late George H. Whigham (1988). Predeceased by her parents Lloyd and Annie (Fisch...

10/31/2025

Thérèsa Laviolette (nee Barbeau) passed away peacefully at home in St. Marys on Oct. 27, 2025 at the age of 91. Predeceased by her husband Jeremie (2005). Mother of Celine (deceased 2021) and Roy Menard, Madeleine and Douglas Hicks, Claude André and Cindy, Jeannine and Rod MacDonald, Gerald (dece...

10/28/2025

Kenneth “Ken” Sterritt passed away peacefully at Kingsway Lodge, St. Mary's, on Sunday, October 26, 2025, in his 99th year. Beloved husband of Dorothy Sterritt for 74 years. Loving father of Kathryn (Pottruff) Noble, Brian Sterritt, Arlene Sherry (Glenn), Cliff Sterritt (Liane Gregory), and Barb...

10/17/2025

Robert “Bob” William Wade, after a long battle of cancer, passed peacefully with his family at his side, at Stratford General Hospital on October 15, 2025 at the age of 72. Beloved husband of Julie, together for 42 years. Father of Peter, and Adam. Papa of Maci and Miller. Brother of Ron (Vicki)...