Smyth, Rhona Beverley (Cornell) Rhona Beverley Smyth (nee Cornell), in her 84th year, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Wednesday September 26th, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband Harry and her parents Frances Eliza Cooper and William Henry Cornell. Rhona was the beloved mother to Donald and Douglas (Jackie); cherished grandmother to Justine and Jeffery. Special friend of Gloria and Frank Ryan. "Nanny Rhona" was a second mother to all those that knew her and passed through the front door. Rhona received her Red Rose in 1950 from the Ottawa Civic Hospital School of Nursing. Following her graduation, she gave care to those at the Great War Memorial Hospital, Wiseman's Private Hospital and Rideau Regional Centre where she retired in 1992. Rhona's family is profoundly grateful for the special care their mother received from Perth Community Care Centre, GWM Hospital, Dr. Derek Tyrrell and Gloria Ryan. Friends may pay their respects at Blair and Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore Street West, Perth on Friday September 28th, 2012 from 2:00 to 5:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. A celebration of Rhona's life will be held in the Blair and Son Chapel on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. Interment with her husband Harry in the Elmwood Cemetery, Perth. For those who may want to honour Rhona with a donation in her memory, in lieu of flowers, please consider the Children's Wish Foundation or the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation.