Ruth Althea Horley

RUTH PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 IN FORT FRANCES, ONTARIO

SHE WAS BORN IN RAINY RIVER ONTARIO ON JUNE 22 1929. RUTH GRADUATED FROM GRACE HOSPITAL REGISERERD NURSING PROGRAM IN WINNIPEG. AS A YOUNG NURSE SHE WENT INTO NORTHERN CANADA AND WORKED FOR NORTHERN AFFAIRS FOR MANY YEARS.

THIS WAS ABOUT 1950. A TIME WHEN THERE WHERE NO CELL PHONES AND VERY FEW ROADS RUTH TRAVELLED BY DOG TEAM, CANOE AND PADDLE AND BY SMALL BUSH PLANE, TO CARE FOR THE FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE TERRITORY SHE WAS ASSIGNED. THERE ARE FEW STATIONS IN NORTHERN CANADA THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER.

IF YOU COULD GET HER TO REMINICE ABOUT TIMES PAST, SHE SPOKE ABOUT BEING WEATHER BOUND. BY AIR AND LAND. A PERSON HAD TO TRAVEL PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER.

SHE IS REMEMBERED AS BEING A SPECIAL AUNT RUTH…. SURVIVED BY HER SISTER FAITH, SISTER IN LAW CAROLE, NIECE CATHY , NEPHEWS CHRIS, ROBERT, PETE, WILLIAM AND MANY GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

MEMORIAL TO BE HELD AT GREEN FUNERAL HOME, FORT FRANCES, ONTARIO IN MID MAY. DONATIONS IN HER MEMORY MAY BE MADE TO LAVERENDRYE GENERAL HOSPITAL.

ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE IN CARE OF WWW.GREENFUNERALHOMEFORTFRANCES.COM.