b'Orval Nelson(continued from page)InJanuary1918sheNURSE AGNES FORNERIcontractedptomaine poisoningandbronchi-N WorldWarOne.A Canadian War Hero treatment of Canadian soldiers whotis.Themedicalreport stated her illness was a result of active service conditions. Agnes wasurse Agnes Florien ForneriAgnes and her sister, also named sent to England to recu-is one of the most honouredperate. After a few days Canadian nurses who died inshe insisted on returning Althoughto service and worked shewasnotborninScugog,norin the No. 12 Canadian did she live here, but she did haveGeneralHospitalin distinct ties to the community andBramshott, England.visited here many times.Here again she gaveOVERRIDGE specializes in: Her father, the Reverend Richardherselftoatireless Gas, Wood andForneriwasthefirstministeratschedule caring for theElectric FireplacesCanadian soldiers. SheHer gravestone in Bramshott Canadian MadebothGreenbanksSaintAgnescollapsedagainfromChurchyard, Hampshire, England.Furnaces and ACsAnglicanChurchandtheChurchexhaustion. In spite ofThe Canadian Army Medical corps Quality BBQs of the Ascension in Port Perry. Hetransfusionsandsur- crest is in the centre of the cross. and AccessorieshadbeenassignedasanAnglicangery, she died on April 24, 1918.She was 39 years old.priest to Uxbridge, Reach and ScottAgnes was given a full military funeral and was laid Townships in 1866.While servingto rest in the cemetery in the churchyard of St. Marys asthepriesttoSt.James AnglicanBramshott.She lies at rest along with 350 Canadian sol- Come in and see for yourself!ChurchinUxbridge,heorganizeddiers who died as a result of their wounds.905-985-0715buildingcommitteesandsuper- AgnesForneriiscommemoratedonplaquesat170 Casimir St., Port PerryvisedthebuildingofSaintAgnesSt. Lukes Church in Kingston, the Memorial Hall inProudly Serving Port Perry & Uxbridge For Over 30 Years! Anglican Church in Greenbank andKingstons City Hall and her name was added to the the Church of the Ascension in PortBellevilleCenotaphatamovingceremonyinJuly Perry.2019. She is the only woman to have her name on the TheChurchofStAgneswasmemorial.opened in September 1868 and theAfter the death of her husband, Agnes sister Kate ChurchoftheAscensionhelditscared for her widowed father until his death in 1924 at opening service in February 1869.the age of 86.He was buried beside his wife in the cem-In 1876, in Port Perry, he marriedetery at Adolphustown. KateMcDermot,daughterpioneerAgnes Forneri was 39 years old at the time of her family of Port Hope. His brother-in- death. She never married. Agnes was one of eighteen law, the Reverend C. E. Sills officiatedCanadian nurses to die while on active service in the at the wedding. Kates sister was theCanadian Medical Corps. wife of Rev Sills. Rev. Sills becameNurse Agnes Forneri in her Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform. Scugog is proud to have played a part in her short but the priest at Port Perry in 1886. heroic life. We remember her with honour.The Fornerises moved to Belleville and then to Adolphustown where heAgnes and her sister, also namedhadbeenwoundedinaction.JustBy Paul Arculus, Focus on Scugogagain organized the building of an- Kate after her mother, both went tobeforeherarrivalattheBrighton other church.This was the exquisiteOttawa to attend the Lord StanleyHospital, Agnes received news that stone church of St Alban the Martyr. Institute,acollegefornursingherbrotherDavidhadbeenkilled Their daughter Agnes was born infounded by Countess Stanley whoseat the Battle of Vimy Ridge. He wasFor your SACRIFICE .Belleville and was their fourth childhusbandhaddonatedtheStanleyblown up in an attack on a machineFor our FREEDOM . THANK YOUandoldestdaughter.AgneswasCup for hockey. Agnes attended fromgunnestandhisbodywasnever most probably named after the first1903 and graduated in 1906 and herrecovered. church that her father had built, St.sister Kate graduated in 1911.Agnes poured herself into her care Agnes in Greenbank. The FornerisesBy 1917 their brother David hadfor Canadian soldiers at the Brighton had six children but Kate died of arisen to the rank of Lieutenant in theHospital and in July 1917 she was as-lungailmentin1896attheyoungCanadian Army. Agnes volunteeredsigned to the No.8 Canadian General age of 44.toserveintheCanadianArmyHospital at Saint-Cloud near Paris.1451 Reach St., TheFornerifamilyfrequentlyMedicalCorpsinFebruary1917Her first assignment was to help in visitedPortPerry,Uxbridgeandandwasimmediatelydispatchedthetreatmentofsoldierswhohad1346 Hwy 7A, Port PerryPort PerryGreenbank to see old friends and toto the Military Hospital in Brightonbeenwoundedatthehorrendous289-385-6951www.bryantsautomotive.ca 905-985-7282introduce them to their children. England.HereshehelpedintheBattle of Passchendaele.46 FO FOFOCUCSUS S NEOPVTEEMMBBEERR2200126047FOCCUUSS NSOEVPETMEMBEBRER 2 0220016'