Wedding of Alma Shepherd and Rowland Whittet
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My father was Rowland MacGregor Whittet, he was married to Marjorie Rassmussen. His father was Rowland George Whittet whose wife was Alma Victoria Shepherd. His father was Rowland Cross Whittet whose wife was Sarah MacGregor.
Fletcher Shepherd was a prominent St. Marys, later Toronto, architect. It's great to have a photo of him.
The Fletchers were members of the Knox Presbyterian Church in St. Marys. After it was destroyed by fire in 1905, Fletcher Shepherd was the architect who designed the replacement red brick structure on the old foundations.
Deborah Krause Whittet wife and Irene Tertu Vaino second wife continued the surname Whittet
Irene Terttu Vaino, beloved wife of Rowland S. Whittet, passed away peacefully into the company of her Savior on February 16, 2020. She was born to respected school teachers Niilo and Darja Kiirikki in Salmi, Finland, in 1929. World War II forced her family westward from their Karelian home. Irene met and married civil engineer and Finnish army veteran Edmund Vaino of Tartu, Estonia, in the year 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden. Both of Irene’s parents died unexpectedly in 1951. Irene, then 21, took her three oldest siblings under her wing. In 1958, she emigrated with her husband and young son Jaan to New York. Their daughter Helene was born soon thereafter. Irene’s sister Kaija and brother Niilo soon followed the Vainos to the United States.
The Vaino family resided in the Quincy, Massachusetts, Finnish Community for many years. The family acquired property on St. George Road in South Thomaston, where they summered. Irene made it her home after Edmund’s death in 1991.
Irene wed her sweetheart, Rowland “Steve” Whittet in May 2019 and made her home with him in Thomaston.
Irene was a beloved member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Rockland.
Private interment will be at Wiley’s Corner Cemetery, St. George. A reception celebrating her life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, August 20, 2021, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Rockland.
Irene is survived by her loving husband, Rowland S. Whittet son Jaan Vaino of New York daughter Helene Groarke of North Carolina grandsons, Paul Bishop and David Vaino, and numerous nieces and nephews.
To share a condolence with Irene’s family, visit their Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.
Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
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