Parcourez la nécrologie de Shelagh Sally
Telford 2024 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles.
Sally’s great Canadian adventure sadly came to an end on July 1. Canada Day. She was 88.
Shelagh Sally Buchanan was born in Cheshire on April 20, 1936. She married Malcolm two weeks past her 21st birthday. Her new husband was all of 22. They asked for their wedding presents to be cash, so they could move to Canada. They arrived in Montreal the following month. They knew nobody in the city, but they found their way to a rooming house near McGill University and were immediately hired as the night time check in clerks. Their new life in Canada was under way. They spent ten years in Montreal and loved every minute of it.
Hamish was born in 1964, and Amanda followed in 1967. A month later, they were placed in cardboard boxes and loaded into the back of an Austin Mini and moved to Toronto. After the kids started school, Sally completed her high school equivalency, followed by a BA in history at York University, and then a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Toronto. Despite being a non-believer, Sally enjoyed a long career as the head librarian at the Centre for Christian Studies. Aside from her children, and quite possibly including them, Sally was most proud of her career and academic achievements.
Sally was also an assiduous homemaker. Wherever she lived, she maintained an immaculate home, and she was a terrific cook. Her crusty homemade bread was famous throughout Willowdale, and her deserts were legendary. Even people who normally eschew deserts – we are thinking of you Paul – could not resist her sweet creations. But as a child of the Great Depression and post-war food rationing, she also knew how to be thrifty. A family friend once quipped that Sally was the only person he knew who could whip up a meal for eight with a mouse’s knuckle!
Sally and Malcolm loved to spend time at their farm in Hastings County, near the thriving metropolis of McArthur’s Mills. They were tickled when the county decided to name the road to their property Telford Road. It will live on in posterity. When they retired, they bought a gorgeous century home in Port Hope. It was regularly featured in the Port Hope House Tour. Later they relocated to Cobourg, where they enjoyed toiling in the community garden on the shores of Lake Ontario and watching migrating birds. Sally also spent many wonderful days with the ladies associated with the Canadian Federation of University Women.
Sally was predeceased by her husband Malcolm and her sister Anne. She is survived by her children, three grandchildren (Phil, Kate, and Ewan), and her sister Yvonne.
The family would like to thank the Harmony staff at Palisades Gardens for their loving care over the last four years. We would also like to thank the staff at Ed’s House Northumberland Hospice for their support in Sally’s final days.
Sally loved to dance. We invite you to crank up Bennie and the Jets and remember Sally at her finest.
2024
Décès pour la Ville:Cobourg, Province: Ontario
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