Passed away peacefully on Sunday Feb 16th at 103 years young.
In the words of her great grandson, she was “a gentle great grandmother, elderly but strong, a smiling happy woman with cheery red rose cheeks, pale skin and white curly hair.”
She will be missed by her son Sidney Dickinson (Kathie) and his children Cindy MacCulloch (husband Ian, children Zoe, James and Charlie), Kelly Cameron (husband Michael, children Jack, Max and Henry) and Matthew Dickinson and by her daughter Elaine James and her children Michael James (Allie) and Shelley James.
Eleanor was born on December 10, 1921, to Robert (Fred) and Mary Sherrard (nee Keegan) in Kemptville, Ontario. She grew up on her family’s homestead, a farm in Bishop Mills, where she would drive her horse drawn sleigh to her small schoolhouse in the winter (no ‘snow days’ then!). And she would spend summers playing in the fields with the girl next door, Alfreda, who was her best friend for 95 years.
In 1943 Eleanor married Arthur Dickinson and they had 3 children, Sid, Elaine and Joan. Eleanor raised her children and then eventually became a Social Worker, working for the Ontario Government for many years.
Over her 103 years Eleanor saw many changes. As a young girl Eleanor would take a ferry from Prescott to Ogdensburg New York to go shopping because you couldn’t get mayo and nylon stockings in Canada! She golfed most Wednesdays with Kathie’s Mom and drove her beloved Lincoln until she was well into her 90’s. She loved her golf, she cooked and gardened, listened to music, played video games and stayed up late at 99. She will be missed, but it was definitely a “life well lived”!
Arrangements entrusted to Fawcett Funeral Home - Collingwood