Peacefully with her family present at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington on Monday October 27, 2008. Beloved wife of Ben for 62 years, devoted mother of Bob and his wife Lynda, Mary Ellen and her husband John, loving grandmother of Heather and her fiancée Lee, Tim and his partner Sophie, and great grandmother to Samantha and Chloey. Cremation and a private celebration have taken place. If desired, donations of sympathy to the Ontario Humane Society would be appreciated by the family.