Margaret Edith Easto KIDD

MAY 25, 1918-MARCH 4, 2008 MARGARET EDITH EASTO KIDD In Kensington Gardens, Toronto, where she was extremely well cared for by the outstanding staff. A graduate of Oakwood Collegiate and the University of Toronto, Margaret spent her entire adult life in the education and nurturing of children, the advocacy of children's rights, and the teaching of adults who looked after children. She directed Day Care #1, the first federally funded child care centre in WW2 Montreal, contributed to the home and school associations where her children attended school in Toronto and Ottawa, taught early childhood education at Seneca and Centennial Colleges and Ryerson University in Toronto and Seva Mandir in Udaipur, India, and served as a provincial inspector of child care centres for the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Ser vices. She was a lifetime supporter of the CCF and NDP . Predeceased by her husband J. Roby Kidd, Margaret leaves her children Bruce (Phyllis), Ross (Puseletso), Alice (Doug), David (Anne) and Dorothy (Else) and her grandchildren Keneilwe, Musonda (Martins), Katebe (Isaac), Oratile (Mogotsi), Neo, Cearan (Salima), Miko, and Robin (Camilche) and ten great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held later this year. If you would like to be notified about it, please email dkidd10@gmail.com or call 416-567-9730. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Kensington Gardens, 25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto M5S 2L9 and/or the Margaret Kidd Fund, Institute for Child Study, University of Toronto, 45 Walmer Road, Toronto M5R 2X2.