Virginia Ann FOX

KENNEDY, Mrs. Virginia Ann - It is with deepest love and gratitude that we announce the quiet and peaceful passing of Virginia Ann Kennedy (nee Fox), at home, on Monday, 5 May 2008, after a lengthy and courageous struggle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Beloved Wife of Donald A. Kennedy, cherished Mother of Lynn Kennedy, much loved Gramma to Sarah Masterman-Lees (James Lees) of Cam, England, Ian Masterman of Dundas, and Bryce Masterman (fiancée Sarah Krompart) of Toronto. Virginia will be dearly missed by her husband Don, whom she married in October, 1952. They shared a strong and loving bond throughout their decades together, spending many happy times boating on Lake Erie, including excursions along the Niagara River, and into the Finger Lakes and other points of interest. They lovingly and conscientiously took care of their home, enjoying each other's company, and the birds and animals that populated their yard throughout the changing seasons. Born in Welland on 9 November 1930, my mom was known to many of her young friends as 'Ginny.' She attended high school in Welland, completing her studies at Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario, where she made fast friends with a number of her fellow students, maintaining life-long correspondence with a few of those she met during her time there. Following graduation she worked for Welland Hydro, as well as E. S. Fox Plumbing and Heating, before becoming a full time homemaker, and, eventually, with the same entrepreneurial spirit in which she was raised, became owner and landlady of Forest Row Apartments in Port Colborne. My mother is predeceased by her father Ted (E. S.) Fox, mother Adah Fox, and brother Eb (Edward) Fox. We would like to thank the many people who helped my mother in recent years, including the compassionate and loving kindness of the paramedic emergency teams who attended her as recently as two weeks ago, the health care teams at the Welland County General Hospital, CCAC Niagara and its affiliates, and, in particular, the wonderful palliative care given to my mother at home by Nurses Jocelyne Molnar and Kim Gatt (Paramed). Many thanks and much appreciation to the skilled and attentive care my mother received from personal support workers Leeann Simones and Sifelani Mzambi (St. Elizabeth's), particularly in her final days, and to Kathy Youngblut for assisting over the past weekend. Thank you to CCAC Case Manager Kelly Karner for orchestrating this fabulous care team, and to Jane Gordon at Hospice Niagara. Finally, special thanks and appreciation go to Dr. Sandra Hartman for guiding us through the final days of my mother's life. Only a prayer away, you are with us now and always. Friends will be received by the family from 2-4 & 7-9 pm. Thursday May 8th at the JAMES L. PEDLAR FUNERAL HOME, 1292 Pelham Street, Fonthill, where the funeral service will be conducted in the chapel on Friday May 9th at 11:00 am. Interment Fonthill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to The Lung Association or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Online condolences may be forwarded through www.pedlarfuneralhome.ca A donation in memory of Mrs. Kennedy is being made to the Welland Hospital Foundation through the Pedlar Funeral Home Lifetime Memories Award. 11079067