Kathleen Richmond Barclay Bowley

BARCLAY BOWLEY, Kathleen Richmond, BA, UE. On Tuesday, 16th November 2010, in Peterborough, Ontario, Kathleen Richmond Barclay, loved wife of the late Robert Eric Bowley. Proud and loving mother of Gordon (Brenda Shannon), and of Frances Mary Thornington (Rob). Delighted grandmother of Erica (Carlos Hernandez), Lucas, Blake (Jenny Liu), Catherine and Alexander Bowley and of Sarah, Mark and Christopher Thornington, and great-grandmother of Elena, Jacob, Noëlle, Sofia and Antonio. Daughter of the late Sarah Richmond Stovel and Robert George Barclay, sister of Mary Jane Gray and Robert Barclay of Toronto and John Barclay of Ottawa. Served overseas in W.W.2 in the W.R.C.N.S. (W-169) 1942-1945 as Petty Officer Wren Writer. B.A.(Hons.Eng.& Hist.) Queen's University 1949. Achieved U.E. designation in 1988. Past President, Archivist and Honorary Life Member of C.F.U.W. Peterborough Club, Treasurer of the Club Awards Fund Committee. Family historian for Barclays of Pickering, Dows of Glen Dhu, Mackenzies of Kirkfield and related families. Past President and Honorary Life Member of the Kawartha Branch of O.G.S. Costumed volunteer for twenty years at Lang Pioneer Village. Former member of Anglican church choirs in Ottawa, Toronto, Richmond Hill and Peterborough, and of the Peterborough Symphony Choir. Memorial Service to be held at ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH (99 Brock St.) Peterborough at 2:00 pm on Saturday, 20th November, The Venerable Gordon Finney officiating. For those who wish to commemorate Kathleen through donations, a gift to The Ban Righ Foundation of Queen's University, 32 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N8, would be much appreciated. Online condolences may be made at www.comstockfuneralhome.com.