Louisa Merle Gooding was a daughter of Robert James Gooding and Julia Ann Krigner. In a delayed Birth Registration in 1940, her mother declared she was born in Galt on September 14th, 1906 and her tombstone gives a date a month later on October 14th, 1906.
Merle's family were of the Salvation Army religion, a faith she followed all her life. She married Major Cecil Augustus Pretty sometime after the death of his first wife in 1951 and rose to the rank of Brigadier in "The Army".
Merle's family were of the Salvation Army religion, a faith she followed all her life. She married Major Cecil Augustus Pretty sometime after the death of his first wife in 1951 and rose to the rank of Brigadier in "The Army".
Louisa Merle Gooding was a daughter of Robert James Gooding and Julia Ann Krigner. In a delayed Birth Registration in 1940, her mother declared she was born in Galt on September 14th, 1906 and her tombstone gives a date a month later on October 14th, 1906.
Merle's family were of the Salvation Army religion, a faith she followed all her life. She married Major Cecil Augustus Pretty sometime after the death of his first wife in 1951 and rose to the rank of Brigadier in "The Army".
Merle's family were of the Salvation Army religion, a faith she followed all her life. She married Major Cecil Augustus Pretty sometime after the death of his first wife in 1951 and rose to the rank of Brigadier in "The Army".
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{Salvation Army crest}/ Pretty/ In loving memory of/ Mrs. Brigadier Merle/ October 14, 1906/ January 21, 1983/ Beloved wife of Cecil A./
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