GLOVER, Jo-Anne
1947 – 2021
FLORA JO-ANNE (nee AMBROSE) GLOVER died July 25, 2021, age 73, at the Kirkland and District Hospital, Kirkland Lake, Ontario with her husband Bill and son Rob by her side. “Jo-Ann” was born August 7, 1947 in Midland Ontario to Margaret Lorraine “Peg” Murday, a registered nurse, and John Kitchener Ambrose, a journeyman electrician, both parents predeceased. She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, William Alan “Bill” Glover, of Kenogami and three loving children; Christi Erin Loughrey (husband Ned) of Cantley QC, William Michael “Bill” Glover (wife Lynn) of Ottawa and Robert John Patrick “Rob” Glover (wife Kate) of Shepherd Lake. Jo-Ann is also survived by 7 adoring grandchildren: Rowan and Quinn Glover, Sam Loughrey, twins Jack and Charlie Loughrey, Billy and Peter Glover. Also survived by her only sibling, an older brother John Steggles Ambrose (wife Diane) of Toronto, plus nieces and nephews.
Jo-Ann was a 1965 graduate of Midland High School and the Midland Business School before working as a stenographer at Sun Life in Toronto. She returned to her hometown of Midland to work at the Motorola Plant and the new RCA plant where she met her future husband Bill and married him in Sudbury on April 15, 1968. Together they had 3 children and lived in many mining communities across Ontario, British Columbia, Yukon, Montana and Arizona. Jo-Ann was a selfless and nurturing mother, a cook and baker extraordinaire, a gardener with a true green thumb who loved to spend time with her grandchildren. Jo-Ann returned to school, where at age 40, she earned a diploma in Food Management at Northern College. She was a soccer coach, s Girl Guide leader in Stewart BC, founding member of the Elliot Lake Daycare Cooperative, founding secretary-treasurer of the Kirkland Lake Ringette Association, a tuck shop volunteer, member of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Kirkland and District Hospital and more recently Treasurer of the Lillico Road Association. Jo-Ann and Bill travelled together to all 10 Canadian Provinces, all 50 US States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. In 2014 they designed and built a retirement home on their cottage property on Lake Kenogami, where Jo-Ann nurtured her flower gardens, enjoyed baking, boating, long nature walks and family barbeques. She will be missed dearly by family and friends for her loyalty, her homemade jams, her artistic flare, her fashion sense, her quick wit and her beauty, inside and out.
Donations can be made in Jo-Ann’s name to the Blanche River Health Foundation – Kirkland Site (www.blancheriverhealth.ca/brh_website/index.php/foundation/donate-now)
Arrangements entrusted to the French Family Funeral Home and a private family service is planned.
1947 2021
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Décès pour la Ville:Kirkland Lake, Province: Ontario