Sister Dora [SEP] cause of death
enable her to visit housebound patients more easily.
Death.
In 1877 Sister Dora developed breast cancer. She decided against an
operation and kept her disease a secret. She died on Christmas Eve 1878, aged 46. At her funeral on 28 December, the town of Walsall turned out to see her off to Queen Street Cemetery, borne by eighteen railwaymen, engine drivers, porters and guards, all in working uniform.
Legacy.
- The former Walsall General Hospital was renamed Walsall General (Sister Dora
daughter of Alfred Yule.
- Harold Biffen — habitually (almost contentedly) down-and-out friend of Reardon. Biffen scrapes an existence from tutoring. Finally he commits suicide.
- Dora Milvain — Jasper Milvain's younger sister, who moves to London following her mother's death. With Jasper's encouragement, Dora enters onto a career writing for children and encounters early success. Eventually, she marries Mr. Whelpdale.
- Maud Milvain — Jasper Milvain's sister, who also moves to London following her mother