Ruth Emma PERKINS

MacDONALD, Ruth Emma. Peacefully at the Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, at the age of ninety-four years. Beloved wife of the late R. Burns MacDonald and loving mother of Dan MacDonald, Nita and her husband Donald Reed and Mary Susan MacDonald of Toronto. Dear grandmother of Stephen Reed and his wife Jessica of Chicago and Michael Reed and his wife Kate of San Francisco. Also survived her brother Russell Perkins of Brockville, her sister Jean Edson of Toronto and by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her brother Channell Perkins and her sister Marion McFadden. Family and friends are invited to a ceremony in celebration of Ruth's life which will be held in the Chapel of the Irvine Funeral Home, 4 James Street East, Brockville on Monday, December 11, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. followed by a gathering in the funeral home reception centre. Interment will take place at Oakland Cemetery at a later date. In remembrance, donations to the Burns and Ruth MacDonald Memorial Fund (for the promotion of public safety) of the Rotary Club of Brockville, Box 255, Brockville, ON, K6V 5V5, will be gratefully acknowledged by the family.Visit a Celebration of Life online memorial at: www.irvinefuneralhome.com . Published in the Montreal Gazette on 11/20/2006