Shirley MATHIESON

MATHIESON, Shirley Patricia May (Nee Ward)
May 30, 1936 - December 4, 2014
Lived her life with Grace
Shirley passed away on December 4, 2014 peacefully at her home in Ottawa. Born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia she was the daughter of the late Violet Annie (Brimblecombe) and Cecil Mayhew Ward. She was predeceased by six siblings, Audrey Jarret (Francis) of Aurora, Ont., John Ward (Shirley) of Bridgetown , N.S, Rosalind Jackson (Vance) of Clarence, N.S, Edgar Ward (Beverley) of Bridgetown, N.S., Robert Ward (Shirley) of Wilmont, NS and David Ward (Miriam) of Bridgetown, N.S. She is survived by four siblings, Daphne Rudolph (Dave) of Bridgetown, N.S, Jeanette Myers (Lane) of Greenwood, N.S., Barbara Hosking (Peter) of Dartmouth, N.S and Diana Bowlby (Russell) of Greenwood, N.S. She is survived by her three loving daughters, Cynthia MacEachern (David) of Miami, Florida, Jill Mathieson (Ian) of Oakville, Ontario and Sally Peters (Craig) of Oakville, Ontario and eight grandchildren, Madison and Alasdair MacEachern, Chelsea, Aidan and Lily Morrow and Wil, Megan & Ethan Peters. She also leaves her loving partner Bruce Hayes of Ottawa and his daughters, Kelly Moodie (Eric) and Shauna Fennessy (Jeff) and their children, Kendra and Cameron Moodie and Kayla and Ashlyn Fennessy, who she adored as her grandchildren. Shirley was always ready to laugh with a sparkle in her beautiful blue eyes. She loved her many nieces and nephews with whom she enjoyed spending time. She also enjoyed being around her many friends & family. Shirley lived in Bridgetown N.S., Halifax/ Dartmouth, N.S., Virginia Beach, V.A., London, England and Ottawa, Ontario. She loved to travel, golf, gardening, enjoyed her crafts, a good game of scrabble, entertaining and was an amazing cook. Thank you to the caring Nurses and Staff at the Blood Transfusion Center at the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa. We also wish to thank all of her Doctors who helped her over the past several years and her compassionate Palliative care team. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation or donate blood to your local blood bank. Cremation has taken place. Family and friends are invited to a reception in her honour on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at her home, 603 Glenhurst Crescent, Ottawa from 1-4 p.m. Committal will take place in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia in January 2015.