Rave Aoverce reat unere aredey AUGUST | AAT Cstorie A celebration of tives well lived and people well loved Read more Life Stores oF semcae com Gardener fostered charity and friendships esa by janis Ramsay ancy Bumstead never had ale Whether they were filled with books. dead as cote. fell on London,” welcome a baby boy. Given her past exp and app of those who had helped, Nancy was desirous to give back to the Barrie community. In 1976, Nancy joined the Quo- ta Club, an international service club that assists deaf children. She also became a lifetime member of the Barrie Fair Board. At fair time she would make as many entries as possible to be sure the fair was well represented “The house was always full of warm smells.” Sellers said. “She would cook pies and bread - all manor of foods — for the fair The kitchen would look like a bomb had gone off as every flat surface was covered with cool- ing pastries.” Nancy also entered her dried flower arrangements in the fair and would hang flowers from her own garden to dry upsade down throughout the house Nancy tock pride in her home spending me fring 1 up to her hing both inside and out “As a child, when we moved here | can remember my mom in the driveway. building the fence all the way around and putting in the paving stones. Then when we built an addition. I remember my mother up building the roof.” Nancy was handy and not only intricate ceramic dolls using a kiln in her garage Known for her gardening skills. Nancy was a lifetime member of the local Barrie Horticultural Society and was an integral part of bringing Communities in Bloom to Barrie in 1997 ordinator Mona Boyd could count on getting a sample of Nancy's plum jam made from her the fruit trees in her back yard Boyd said Nancy was an ener- getic. smart woman who was a trailblazer. She was one of the first residents to turn her front boule- vard into a “She was like a mom to me,” Boyd sant “She had that magnetic Personality and wanted to teach people She was «4 very caring and giving person. If she made a com mitment to you, you knew you had her for life.” Constantly busy. Nancy. right up to the last week of her life. always had people around her and was frequently out at aight whether it was volunteenng or soctalizing w f . seach as the Red Hat Ladies Nancy's favourite flowers were orchids and daylilies, and she even started the latter, win nung prizes for her daylily creations “She took great pride in that. She wanted to try it and do it. It takes a lot of experience.” Boyd said After Nancy's death, Boyd was one of the few special friends who were 7 aeminay the opportunity to take flowers from Nancy's Napier Street home to remember her by Boro a battle with cancer. ancy died at Hospice Simeove on pare 12, 2014 Share your loved one's story by clicking on the icon at Simocoe.cor Me Family always came , first for jack-of-all-trades Stanton by Mike Dodd t's not the years in the life. but ton never a day go to waste. And, i is hours, he never fe i thing in his life. The Ron left behind died at age 77 on 1 had for his family. “For my dad, the family was a former councillor and reeve of the Township of Orillia, and a County of Simcoe councillor. ) 2 Stanton said “tarnity was everything” to his ded Ron Stanton. SUBMITTED PHOTO “Dad loved the construction side of the business and we'd al- ways have one project or another and was very proud of what he lished.” In 1980, when extensive renova- completed to make responsibility for running the re- sort business to his children. Ron * and Irene eventually retired from the resort business to spend their winters in Fort Myers. Pia. Later a life, they enjoyed travelling to destinations, including aiiaes through the South Pacific. “My dad was also a very prolific reader. especially in his later years when he health difficulties. And books dealing with World War Il were of c * said .