Mrs. Barbara Edna Elizabeth Dickson Brubacher

Suddenly at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Survived by her loving husband Russell with whom she shared 57 years. She is the youngest daughter of Maurice Fredrick Dickson and Edythe (nee Tilton). She was the devoted mother of C.F. MacFarlane Pittman (Marie of Calgary) and Gregory Arthur Pittman (Bettie of Ripley, Ontario). Grandmother of Tamara Wagner (Dr. Dennis of Calgary) and Michael Pittman (Sandie of Calgary) and Colleen Pittman of Ripley, Ontario. Great grandmother to her special "joys", Glenn McTavish (Pittman) of Ripley, Ontario and Sara & Ryan Pittman of Calgary. Although she worked most of her life, she made a happy home for her family until she retired as Business Administrator of St. Paul's College at the University of Waterloo. She was a staunch Anglican, and in her earlier years was active in the life of the "Church of the Holy Saviour" in Waterloo. During her business years she took pleasure in being a member of a professional women's organization called "Pilot International", originating in the USA. She was a past president. She is predeceased by her parents, her sisters Phyliss Peterson of California, Shirley Cummings of Goderich, brother J. Harry Dickson of Cornwall and first husband Arthur MacFarlane Pittman (1947). Visitation will be held at Coutts Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, 96 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge on Sunday April 11, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9pm. Funeral service will be held at Trinity Anglican Church, 12 Blair Road, Cambridge on Monday April 12, 2010 at 2pm. Online condolences can be made at www.couttsfuneralhome.com