Edward Ilott
With great sadness, Edward William Ilott, passed
away suddenly at his Summerside home at the age of 80. He
was born in Victoria, BC. and was the last remaining member of his
family. He leaves behind his wife Mary (nee Corr), Williams,
Ilott. They had 39 years and travelled to Europe
and many U. S States. With their union Ed has 12
stepchildren. He lovingly raised Susan and Carol, Joanne
(David) Darrach, Summerside; Beth Jardine, Bible Hill, NS; Phyllis
(deceased) Nay McAvinn, Borden; Bernard (deceased) Debbie Williams,
Augustine Cove, grandson, Jason Williams (deceased), AB; Wendy
(Seymour) DesRoches, Chelton; Gleason (deceased) Williams,
NB; Glen (Debbie) Williams, Calgary, AB; Shelley (Kevin)
Malone, Kinkora; David (Anna) Williams, Lethbridge, AB; Paul
Williams, Summerside; Susan ( Remy ) Page, Cape
Traverse, Carol (Thierrey) Durand, Greenwood, NS.
Predeceased are Ed’s parents, brother, Jimmy and
sisters, Rosemary and Glenna (all deceased) of Victoria BC.
An uncle to Susan (Rick) Foster, Dallas Smith and Roseanne Podwisocki
all from Victoria, BC. Ed was a terrific grandfather to 30
grandchildren. He was an entertainer, jokester, and loved
drawing with the grandchildren and teaching them new rhymes
with actions. He continued this on to his 39 great
grandchildren. They lived in Canada, from PE to BC, New
York, and Korea. He loved dancing where he met Mary Williams
from Kinkora. Hobbies were fishing, cards, bridge, art and
his greatest passion was gardening. He loved his dog Clancy.
He was stationed in Alert, Charlottetown, DeBert, NS, Nanaimo, BC,
Holberg, BC, Borden, ON, Kingston, ON, Egypt and Greenwood,
NS. After retiring from the Air Force, Ed opened a business
for 15 years – « Tommy’s Septic
Services ». He was a member of Wing Summerside,
Summerside Legion. Resting at Lawless Funeral Home, Kinkora.
Visiting hours on Thursday, March 28 from 2 to 5 pm. Borden Legion
Branch #10 will have a service of Remembrance at the funeral home on
Thursday, March 28 at 1:45 pm. Funeral Mass will be
celebrated at St. Malachy’s Church, Kinkora on Friday, March
29, 2019 at 10:30 am. Interment later in St.
Malachy’s church cemetery.
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Edward Ilott 2019..
Décès pour la Ville:Kinkora, Province:I-P-E