Adelina COCHRANE

LYON, Adelina (Rusty) Canada - Born July 22, 1922 to Maude Elizabeth (Jones) Cochrane and William Cecil Cochrane passed away peacefully on her 86th birthday, July 22, 2008 in Kingston General Hospital, just blocks from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at Queens University. Rusty was born in Morrisburg, Ontario where she attended elementary and high school, receiving three scholarships. She earned Letters on the triumphant Golden Gaels Women's Basketball Team, and played the lead role of Princess Ida in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Princess Ida presented by the Queens University Glee Club. She married her husband of sixty one years, Douglas Campbell Lyon, in Deseronto, Ontario on April 26, 1947, a marriage will go on through eternity. They had three children, Lorna Margaret (Barkey), Richard Douglas, and John Lorne William. After obtaining her Teachers Certificate from Lakeshore Teachers College, Rusty taught with the North York Board of Education where she was highly recognized for planning and implementing the English as a Second Language (ESL) program in public schools. Rusty, her brother John and sister in law, Charlotte, sang with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and went on their European Tour in 1972. Rusty was an accomplished pianist and singer, bringing a great amount of joy and pleasure to all around her. In 1974 when Doug retired from the RCAF, they moved to Napanee, Ontario where Rusty continued her teaching career with the Lennox Addington Board in Napanee. She retired in 1987, after spending two years on the Steering Committee of the Primary Writing In-Service Group which developed the communication guidelines for the Primary Division Formative Years Curriculum and Program. Rusty had six sisters, Patricia, Isabella, Doreen, Katherine, Norah and Jessie, and three brothers, Irving, John and Robert. She has six grandchildren, Shaun, Mark, Robert, Richard, Amanda and Nicole. A private family service will be held at the WARTMAN FUNERAL HOME, Napanee. Donations to a charity of choice would be appreciated by the family. 11177108