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STRUTHERS,
Jean
Laurie (née
BOWLEY)
Peacefully, and with characteristic grace, in her eighty-eighth
year, following a fifteen-day illness, on 4 July 2007, at University
Hospital in London, Ontario. Born 6 October 1919 in Adelaide
Township, Middlesex County; third of four children of Walter
and Eva BOWLEY.
Graduate of Strathroy Collegiate Institute and
of Westervelt College in London. Lived vibrantly, generously,
kindly, affectionately. Loving wife for nearly fifty years of
Jack STRUTHERS of London (d. 1991) and, later, loving partner
for over eleven years of William
BOWIE of Grand Bend (d. 2006.)
Predeceased, too, by her elder sister, Mary
BOWLEY, her older
sister, Anne
KEMP, her younger brother, Walter
BOWLEY, and by
other Friends, among them, her older sister's husband, Jim
KEMP,
Fred and Jean Hammerton, Win Schell.
Loving mother of Doctor J.R. (Tim)
STRUTHERS and ever-appreciative
friend of his wife, Doctor Marianne
MICROS, both professors of English
at The University of Guelph. Loving and especially proud grandmother
of their daughters Eleni
KAPETANIOS and Joy
STRUTHERS, and fond
friend of their respective partners, Dan
BORTOLLON and Rob
STEFANYK,
all of Guelph. Loving aunt of Penn
KEMP, of Jamie
KEMP, of Frank,
Marc, Joel, and Luke
BOWLEY.
Mentor and friend to many others.
Herself now repeating, as her mother had said to her, "I will
always be with you." And she will. All those around her being
reassured, made finer, made resplendent, by her presence. Individuals
are invited to remember Jean in their own personal ways, by continuing
to be their own special selves. Cards, words, remembrances may
be sent to The Struthers Family, 75 James Street West, Guelph,
Ontario N1G 1E5. Any financial donations may be directed to the
organization of each person's choice or to "London Health Sciences
Foundation, Critical Care / Intensive Care Unit," 747 Baseline
Road East, London, Ontario N6C 2R6. Heartfelt thanks are extended
to the good souls already named, particularly Penn
KEMP, along
with Jean's very special friend, Ursula
WEINHARDT,
Jean's caregivers,
Cheryl GOCAN and Sylvia
REED, her doctor, Keith
FERGUSON, the
staff in the Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital, and
those other relatives and Friends of Jean's and her family's
who shared, appreciated, returned Jean's love and delight and
dignity, who strive to keep these qualities alive.
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