JOAN ROSAMOND ROUTLEDGE, B.A. (MIX)

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JOAN ROSAMOND ROUTLEDGE, B.A. (nee MIX) September 18, 1920 November 25, 2009 Died peacefully on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 in Kingston General Hospital. Joan was a teacher, master teacher of mathematics and consultant in York Region and authored many mathematics textbooks for grades K-8. Her outstanding contributions to elementary mathematics education resulted in her receiving the Descartes Medal from University of Waterloo in 1974. Joan proudly obtained a B.A. from Queens University after many years of taking courses during summers and by correspondence all while teaching full-time and raising a family of three children with her husband Herbert Errington Routledge (1911 - 2007). Joan is survived by three children, Doug (Sue) Kingston, ON, Rick (Louise) Port Coquitlam, BC, and Pat (Will) Winnipeg, MB; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Online condolences can be sent to http://www.partingwishes.com/memorials/Joan Routledge. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Joan Routledge to St. Clement's School, (http://www.scs.on.ca/giveSCS.asp) or towards a Park Bench at Queens University (www.givetoqueens.ca) would be appreciated.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 28, 2009