To Lynda and family, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I will always treasure the fondest memory of hearing Margaret’s gentle voice reading to your mom in hospital, such a dedicated and loving granddaughter. Big hugs from me to you.
RUTH I. CLARK,
2021
It is with great sadness that Lynda Clark-McTaggart (Dwight) and Ruth Anne Mills (Gary) announce the passing of their dear mother Ruth Ireen Clark. Ruth is predeceased by the husband William Clark, her parents Emil and Agnes Kadlec, brother Lou and sisters Grace Hansen (Glen) and Agnes Ulmer (Leo). Ruth will be missed by her brother Fred Kadlec and her grandchildren Margaret and Christopher McTaggart (Dayna Wlasichuk) and Eric and Matthew Mills as well as many nieces and nephews, friends and neighbours.Ruth was born in Bladworth, Saskatchewan. She attended teachers’ college and began her teaching career in a one room school in Silver Lake, Saskatchewan. After the war she and her husband Bill moved to Toronto where they started several successful small businesses. Ruth began teaching again in 1961 for the then Borough of York Board of Education where she taught for 30 years. Upon her retirement from teaching she and Bill moved to Beeton, Ontario where Ruth continued to live until 2015. She is a member of the Retired Teachers of Ontario.Ruth loved children and teaching. She loved to cook and entertain friends. She especially loved travel, singing, dancing and music and had no greater pleasure than to hear her grandsons sing and play the guitar. In her retirement years she traveled the world with her dear friend Ruth Bolt visiting many exotic destinations and making friends wherever she went. Her kind and giving heart, easy laugh and her willingness to love everyone she met made her a wonderful friend to many.Cremation has taken place at French Family Funeral Home & Crematorium and a Celebration of Ruth’s Life will be held on Sunday, March 20th at Extendicare, Kirkland Lake at 2:00 p.m. Another Celebration of Ruth’s Life will be held on Sunday, April 3rd at Rod Abrams Funeral Home (1666 Tottenham Rd. Tottenham, ON). at 2:00 p.m. Ruth will be laid to rest in the Trinity United Cemetery in Beeton, ON.In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Strong Start to Reading www.strongstart.ca (a literacy program that supports children in need of a literacy boost) or Camp Oochigeas www.ooch.org (a camp that supports children who are affected by childhood cancer).Offer Condolence for the family of Ruth I. Clark