RUTH HAYWARD (HALLIDAY)

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RUTH HAYWARD (nee HALLIDAY) Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Auntie, died Friday, December 28, 2007 at Misericordia Place, 44 Furby St. in Winnipeg. Ruth was born August 5, 1909 in Carlyle, U.K. and immigrated with her parents Francis (Pop) and Georgina Halliday to Canada when she was three years old. She wed Wm. R. (Bob) Hayward on August 6, 1927 and was a life-long resident of West Kildonan. Her husband and best friend, Bob predeceased her on April 2, 2007. Ruth is survived by her four children, Ruth Ilczuk, Doreen and Frank, Robert and Rita Hayward and George Hayward; also surviving are seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Ruth was a lifetime member of the Royal Canadian Legion and a volunteer visitor at Deer Lodge Hospital for many years. She was an avid bowler with Chalmer's Ladies League and a knitter for the Christmas Cheer Board for countless years. The family thanks and remembers the many Home Care personnel as well as the staff at Misericordia Place for their kindness, care and respect given to our Mother. Cremation has taken place and interment will take place at a later date for the family. If friends so desire, memorial donations in Ruth's memory may be made to the Alzheimers Society or a charity of their choice.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 05, 2008