Heather Jean INGHAM

1937 - 2023

HEATHER JEAN INGHAM Died peacefully in her 86th year on November 25, 2023, in Oakville. Born January 6th, 1937, in Tianjin (Tientsin), China. Middle daughter of Olympic champion Eric Liddell and Florence Liddell (nee MacKenzie). Raised in China until the age of four, when her father sent her, her sister, and pregnant mother to Canada in 1941. Her father remained in China where he died in February 1945. The family of four lived in Toronto until her mother remarried and moved to Binbrook, Ontario. Heather graduated from the Victoria Hospital Nursing program in London, Ontario in 1958. She married Gerald (Jerry) Ingham of London, Ontario during a blizzard November 29, 1958. They raised their family in North York, Ontario. Summers were spent at Bruce Beach, a little piece of 'Heaven on Earth'. After retirement (2001), she spent six months each between Bruce Beach and their Oakville condo. Heather is survived by her beloved husband of 65 years, Jerry; her four children; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and three sisters. In lieu of flowers, donations to: Ian Anderson House (Oakville), South Bruce Grey Heath Centre (Kincardine), and the Canadian Red Cross Funeral and Tea after: 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 9th, Trinity United Church, Oakville