BORN

1939

DIED

2010

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McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home and Chapel

1411 Hunt Club Road

Ottawa, Ontario

Yolande Ainsley Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 15, 2010.

Ainsley, Yolande

After a valiant and courageous battle, Yolande slipped away peacefully at the age of 71 on Monday, December 13, 2010. Predeceased by her dearly loved father George Aimé Ainsley, her mother Sylvia Gilbert, and brother Bertrand Ainsley. She will live on in the hearts and lives of her children, Linda Thuler, Janet (Bill Kerekes), and Daniel Miller (Brigitte Lessard), her grandchildren, Chris and kyle Kerekes, Janic, Céline, and Annie Gaudreau, her great grandchild Xavier, her brothers and sisters, Félicia Tremblay, Raymond (Réjane Gagnon), Ginette, Jean-Marc (Gaétaine Côté), Rachel (Mivil Fortin) and Christine (Alain Bossé), and several nieces and nephews. Visitation at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 1411 Hunt Club Road, on Monday, December 20 from 10 to 11 a.m. followed immediately by a memorial service in the chapel at 11 a.m. A reception will follow the service. Special thanks to the staff of Saint-Vincent Hospital for their wonderful and compassionate care. The family is requesting no flowers and, as an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Online condolences at www.mcevoy-shields.com.

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December 26, 2010

Suzie Fortin

Toutes mes condoleances a Linda, Jenny et Dan. We truly would have liked to be there for you on Monday but you were in our thoughts. We miss you and we send our sympathies to you and the family.
Suzie, Chris, Maxim

December 19, 2010

Pierre-Luc Fortin

Toutes mes condoléance pour Linda, Janet, Dany et les autres, j'aurais aimé être avec vous en ce moment difficile. Mes pensées et mon amour se tourne vers vous pour vous donner la force de passer à travers cette épreuve.

December 17, 2010

Danielle et Rodrigue Potvin

À Rachel, Mivil et toute la famille

Même loin de vous tous, sachez que nous sommes de tout coeur avec chacun de vous - nos prières et nos pensées vous accompagnent - toutes nos sympathies à la famille .

De tout coeur Danielle et Rodrigue xx

December 16, 2010

Yvonne et René Perron Desjardins

Dommage que nous soyions si loin. Nous tenons cependant à vous dire que nous sommes avec vous tous en pensée. On vous embrasse.

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