Northern
Star Lismore, NSW.
1 July
1952
Two Sisters
Die Within
Four Hours
CASINO,
Monday.—-Two Casino sisters died within four hours of each other at Casino
during the weekend.
They were
Mrs. Alma Lillian Nicolia, 41, and Mrs. Ethel May Scofield. 55, daughters of the
late Joseph and Mrs. Lancaster of Lennox Street, South Casino.
Mrs.
Nicolia, who had been ill for a number of years, was for the past three months
living in Casino and being cared for by her sister, Mrs. C. Wilkinson, of West
Street, South Casino.
She came to
Casino from Sydney, in which city she was residing with her husband, Francis,
and children, Shirley and Brian.
Mrs.
Scofield had been visiting Mrs. Nicolia when she collapsed after a stroke about
7p.m. on Friday night, and died at 4 a.m. on Saturday in the Casino Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Nicolia
died at 12.15a.m. on Saturday, less than four hours earlier.
Mrs.
Scofield did not know of her sister's death.
Mrs.
Scofield had also been ill but her death was unexpected.
She had been
living with her husband, Matthew, in retirement at Broadwater. Their only child
is Mrs. Henry Boston, of Bentley.
Mrs.
Nicolia, a convert to the Roman Catholic faith, was buried from St. Mary's
Church, Casino, by Rev. Fr. J. Dougherty, assisted by Parish Administrator,
Rev. Fr. J. Relihan, at 1.45 p.m. on Sunday, and Mrs. Scofield was buried an
hour later from St. Mark's Church of England, Casino, by Rev. Canon. O. Vann.
Both women
were born in Casino.
Besides
their respective families they were survived by their 75 year-old mother Mrs.
Lancaster, sisters, Mrs. T. Waters (Rose Bay, Sydney), Mrs. C. Wilkinson, Mrs.
H. Child and Miss G. Lancaster (Casino), Miss Pearl Lancaster (Brisbane), and
brothers Joseph and Laurie (Casino), and Stanley (Sydney).
Mrs. Alma Lillian Nicolia, and Mrs. Ethel May Scofield's father's family tree.Link to the Children of Joseph and Mary Ann lancaster.
