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Eleanor Cole - 6 August 2005

COLE, Eleanor. Peacefully in the Ottawa Civic Hospital on August 6th, 2005. A quiet and gentle woman who leaves behind her broken hearted husband of 50 years, Donald. She is survived by her devoted daughter and best friend Mary-Ann (Christopher Harnel), her loving sons Donald (Louise), Brian (Sue), Garry (Anita), and Tom (Jackie). She was predeceased by her beloved twin sons David and Richard, who were accidentally killed at age 16 on June 19th, 1979. Eleanor was born in a granary on parents farm in Camp Morton, Manitoba on July 8th, 1933. At the age of 17, she taught grades 1 to 8 in a one room school house. She met her husband Donald in 1952 and was married April 9th, 1955. She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren Carolynn, Chris, Tina, Allison, Scott, Jimmy, Jennifer, David, Danica, Sasha and Damon, 3 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends, Family will receive friends at the Pinecrest Visitation Centre (2500 Baseline Road, Ottawa) on Monday, August 8th from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, August 9th from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the Pinecrest Remembrance Chapel on Wednesday August 10th at 11 a.m. Interment will be followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Childrens' Wish Foundation of Canada would be appreciated.

 

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