Kathleen Hamilton MacLeod Barkes passed away peacefully in her 92nd year on January 15, 2019 in Sidney B.C. . Predeceased by her parents Joyce Hamilton and Eugene Weston, and her sister Edith Main. She is survived by her husband Ernest Barkes and her six children, Robert (Mirthala), Laurie (Ian Thomson), Bonnie (Pierre Lapointe), Judy Connor, Kathie (Dave Gunn), stepson Greg Barkes, grandchildren Amy and Jonathan Williams, Philippe and Catherine Lapointe, Crystal, Meghan and Craig MacLeod, Candice and Matthew Connor, and Katelyn, Jethro, and Molly Gunn; and great grandchildren Davia, Degan, Olivia, and Raiya.
She received a degree from the Ontario College of Fine Arts, as well as a Registered Nurse Diploma from Hotel Dieu Teaching Hospital. Kathie was active in every community that she lived sharing these talents and love of people.
Kathie was the embodiment of love and light and a beacon of faith and inspiration. She was passionate, creative, purposeful, kind, and noble in thought and action. She lived her life with intention and was fully engaged in her endeavour to make this world one of unity and peace. She touched the souls of her family and all those around her and infused them with her creative spirit to live their life to the its fullest.
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