PENDLETON BAXTER, RHODA - 1928 - 2012 - Rhoda Miner Pendleton Baxter of Ottawa, one of Canada’s outstanding musical artists, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Her beautiful lyric soprano voice was heard for many years on radio, television and in concert halls throughout the nation and in the United States. She grew up on Deer Island, NB and received voice training at Mount Allison University, and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Beloved wife of Stuart Baxter of Ottawa, she is also survived by her daughter, Rachel Baxter and son-in-law Hazen Brien of Irishtown, NB, and son Christopher Baxter, Ottawa. Other survivors are her cousins, Marjorie Lee Mitchell of Deer Island, NB, and Manville Pepper of Kamloops, BC, and her sister in-law Joan Pendleton and niece Lori Pendleton of Charlottetown, PEI, her brother-in-law John Baxter of Brantford, ON, nephew Dr. Fred Baxter of Ancaster, ON, and niece, Anne Baxter Bernhardt of Paris, ON.
To honour the memory of Rhoda Pendleton Baxter, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Cancer Society would be appreciated. A memorial service will be held at Christ Church Cathedral, 420 Sparks Street/429 Queen Street, Ottawa, ON, on Tuesday December 18 at 10:30 am.