Ida Bernice BENTLEY

DAMPIER, Ida 2009-08-06 Mrs. Ida Bernice Dampier, 88 years, of Nipigon, Ontario, formerly of Dawson Court,Thunder Bay, Ontario passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2009, with her family by her side, at her residence in the Nipigon District Memorial Hospital, Nipigon, Ontario. Ida was a homemaker with her husband, family and home being her main interests. She was a commercial fisherman’s wife and loved to be out on the lake fishing with him. She loved to bake and cook with her specialty being fish recipes. Ida also enjoyed traveling with her family to Florida. Predeceased by her parents - Mabel and Ebenezer Bentley, by her husband Harold in 2000, and by brothers and sisters in Nova Scotia; she is survived by six children - Norma Dampier, Lynn (& Jean-Guy) Fortier both of Thunder Bay, Carilyn (& Eric) Ronkainen of Cornwall, Ontario, (Sonny) Harold (& Jane) Dampier of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Sharon (& Howard) Goldberg and Beverly St. Jean both of Nipigon, by twelve grandchildren, by thirty-one great grandchildren and by two siblings - Roy (& Gladys) Bentley and Dot Mansfield both of Fredericton, New Brunswick. According to Ida’s wishes cremation has taken place. A memorial service for Ida and Harold Dampier will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 11 A.M. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Nipigon with the Rev. D. Hilpert-McIlroy officiating. Interment of cremains for Ida and Harold Dampier will follow at Cliffside Cemetery, Nipigon. Friends so wishing may make donations to the Nipigon District Memorial Hospital - Dampier Endowment Fund or to the Lung Association.