This page lists, in chronological order, thirty-one obituaries for and tributes about L.M. Montgomery published after her death in 1942.
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1942 (29)
Calgary Herald. “Noted Canadian Authoress Dies.” 25 April 1942, 1.
Free Press (London, ON). “Famous Author Dies Suddenly.” 25 April 1942, 18.
Globe and Mail (Toronto). “Noted Author Dies Suddenly at Home Here.” 25 April 1942, 5.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 359–62.
Guardian (Charlottetown). “Death of Famed Island Writer.” 25 April 1942, 1, 11.
Guardian (Charlottetown). “Lucy Maud Montgomery.” 25 April 1942, 4.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 363–64.
New York Times. “L.M. Montgomery, Canadian Author.” 25 April 1942, 13.
Ottawa Journal. “L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Author, Dies.” 25 April 1942, 6.
Toronto Daily Star. “‘Anne’ Books Author Mrs. Macdonald Dies.” 25 April 1942, 28.
Calgary Herald. “Famous Canadian Author Passes.” 27 April 1942, 4.
Gazette (Montreal). “Burial to Be in P.E.I.” 27 April 1942, 22.
Guardian (Charlottetown). “Funeral from Green Gables on Wednesday.” 27 April 1942, 1.
Ottawa Journal. “L.M. Montgomery’s ‘Anne.’” 27 April 1942, 8.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 365–66.
Patriot (Charlottetown). “Funeral from ‘Green Gables.’” 27 April 1942, 1.
Patriot (Charlottetown). “Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Ewan Macdonald (Lucy Maud Montgomery).” 27 April 1942, 5.
Guardian (Charlottetown). “Body of Island’s Beloved Authoress Home for Burial.” 29 April 1942, 1.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 367–68.
MacAdam, A.J. “At Rest.” Guardian (Charlottetown), 29 April 1942, 4.
Globe and Mail (Toronto). “L.M. Montgomery Rests beside Sea.” 30 April 1942, 11.
Guardian (Charlottetown). “Island Writer Laid to Rest at Cavendish.” 30 April 1942, 1, 11.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 369–72.
Patriot (Charlottetown). “Famous Writer Is Laid to Rest.” 30 April 1942, 4.
MacArthur, T.H. “Lucy Maud Montgomery.” Patriot (Charlottetown), 2 May 1942, 4.
Peterborough Examiner. “The Creator of ‘Anne.’” 2 May 1942, 4.
Also as “[Happiness of an Inoffensive Sort]” in Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Mary Henley Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston, 340–41. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2007.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 373–74.
The Publishers’ Weekly (New York). “L.M. Montgomery.” 2 May 1942, 1675.
Saturday Night (Toronto). “L.M. Montgomery.” 2 May 1942, 3.
Also as part of “[L.M. Montgomery’s Last Poem]” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 375–77.
Saturday Night (Toronto). “L.M. Montgomery’s Last Poem.” 2 May 1942, 25.
Also as part of “[L.M. Montgomery’s Last Poem]” in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 375–77.
Times Literary Supplement (London). “L.M. Montgomery.” 2 May 1942, 220.
The Family Herald and Weekly Star (Montreal). “Anne of Green Gables Creator Is Dead.” 6 May 1942, 39.
McAnn, Aida B. “Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery.” The Maritime Advocate and Busy East (Sackville, NB), June–July 1942, 19–22.
The Presbyterian Record (Toronto). “L.M. Montgomery / Mrs. (Rev.) Ewen Macdonald.” June 1942, 165–68.
Also in The L.M. Montgomery Reader, 1: 378–84.
“From Sea to Sea.” The Canadian Author and Bookman 18, no. 2–4 (December 1942): 26–31.
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1944 (2)
“Creator of ‘Green Gables.’” The Canadian Author and Bookman 20, no. 3 (September 1944): 24.
“An Estimate.” The Canadian Author and Bookman 20, no. 3 (September 1944): 24.
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