Ed, Sandra and family, I am so very sorry to hear the sad news of Ethel’s passing. She truly was a lovely, very special lady. The joy she brought to everyone whether through her gardening, music or just her vibrant personality will be a treasure we all will carry with us. Ethel was an inspiration. I really enjoyed meeting her when she moved to Ottawa. We had many fun times at concerts and get togethers with her. The matriarch of your family will be missed.

My it only seems yesterday since you died to join your brothers and sister. You were always the positive person who loved her flowers ,her walks ,her music and reading.To go to university and obtain two degrees was no small endeavour especially at a time when few women attended.Thank you for all the beautiful letters you sent me over the years. And which l keep.You are only one of four cousins who have died these past two years each one has contributed to society in different ways,one a surgeon ,a social worker.a teacher,and an accountant.A good record.Love always Penny

I have such wonderful memories of family visits with Aunty Ethel. Always so sweet, calm and that wonderful laugh.  I was in awe of how she could sit down at the piano and play just about anything if you hum a few bars.  Our deepest condolences to the entire family. 

Shirley, Andrew, Ben and Aaron

McLeod Family. 

I was so sorry  to hear  of your loved ones passing  most recently. I was your Mother's  care  giver at the last when she was in Scenic Acres Retirement Residence. May she rest in peace with the angels 😇. 

I have fond memories of Ethel and Doug. They were neighbors of my parents for many years.  I remember Ethel and her fantastic flower gardens!  🌼 

So sorry to hear of Ethel's passing, I still get a smile when I drive by the old house in Pleasant Villa and think of all the piano lessons that I took while Doug pitter pattered around the place. 

When ever i entered the Condo Building in Orleans where we resided, walking  past #105, if it was my lucky day, I would be enriched to a recital from Ethel on the piano.
Though it has been awhile, I miss those times and the sounds only a piano can provide...

I am so sad over this news. Love and prayers.

Ethel and Douglas McLeod were exceedingly happy together.  

Ethel loved clothes. She sewed, she knitted, she adored the New Look and she had a story for every article of clothing.

A happy day in 1957 when Ethel married Charles Short.

Ethel loved her siblings. Here we see Jean, Jim, Shirley, Ethel and Mel Roberts, or as she referred to them, the Famous Five. She said large families were rare in the Depression, and that made them special. Every one in the family had a story, which she treasured.

Ethel was a historian.  To visit a museum with Ethel was to learn twice as much as the museum had to offer.  She introduced me to painters Vincent Van Gogh and Gustaf Klimt, china and pottery from Austria to England, and the early Christian church in Rome.

To Ethel's family. I met Ethel a few years ago when she accompanied A Chord east on the piano. She was loved by all of us and missed when she left for Calgary. She was a truly beautiful soul. Claire  Lamarre-Goyer,  Ottawa

Fond memories playing music with such a beautiful soul,

Ethel stands in the center of our group.  Her piano playing added much to out music and her sweet and caring personality was missed when she moved to Calgary.  She was a lovely person.

To all of her family,  I am sorry for your loss. Ethel was a wonderful, cheerful Lady, and an extremely talented pianist.  I had the good fortune to sit beside her at our A-Chords East orchestra, playing Bass to her piano magic. No matter what scale we had to play in, or how difficult the piece, she would just hit it! I also had the good luck to give her a ride to practices and gigs, and we always had interesting chats. Smart, talented and so sweet. We have lost a  good one. We could use a few more like Ethel. 


Ethel was a wonderful woman and the best neighbor. I met her in the laundry room of our apartment building. She took my laundry basket thinking it was hers(as it was the same as hers)but older,from that day on we became friends and good neighbors. Ethel was very talented and also had a green thumb. I can look over at the apartment and still see the beaufull flowers she planted. RI P my beautifull friend 

Singing brought the gift of Ethel into my life, and what a gift it was - such a loving, kind and talented woman! She was a wonderful accompanist for the River Singers in Gagetown, and later directed Side by Side, a small group of women who love to sing and took our music to nursing homes, churches, the Queens County Fair. So many laughs! Her patience with an enthusiastic if not always talented group always left us leaving a rehearsal happy and looking forward to the next. Her spring time daffodils were such a joy. The world is definitely a better place for having had Ethel.
Sincere condolences to all her family, and thanks for letting us know.

 Carol and I were playing music together when I met Ethel. Carol would  bring her to the Sunday Bluegrass jam sessions and she would play the piano. During one of the conversations I realized Ethel was a deeply spiritual person and I have no doubt about where she is today. I miss her gentleness and her smile. I can only imagine the music she's playing now...

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Ethel Mcleod

2 septembre 1935 – 30 septembre 2022

Foster's Garden Chapel Funeral Home & Crematorium

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