Jacqueline Lanthier

Jacqueline Barbara Lanthier (nee Dyment)

It is with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce the passing of Jacqueline Barbara Lanthier (nee Dyment) on Friday, October 28th, 2016, in her 91st year. Jackie was the devoted wife of Ronald Ross Lanthier (deceased January 2nd, 2016) for 71 years. Theirs was a love story made in heaven and we like to believe that they are once again united in the love they shared.
Jackie was born in Toronto on January 5, 1926 to Alice Gertrude Dyment (nee Horwood) and to Adam Elliot Dyment. She is predeceased by three sisters, Audrey (Cam Miller), Moonie (Bill Brown), Betty, and two brothers, Art (Edna) and Teddy (Iona). Jackie was a devoted and loving mother to her 5 children, April Macdonald (John deceased 2013), Bonnie Jackson (Terry), Ronald (Margaret Shackell), Andrea Torrens (Ron) and John (Kim Stanley). Cherished grandmother to 13 grand-daughters, 1 grandson, and great grandmother to 19 great grandchildren. Mourning her loss are many nieces and nephews, who looked to Jackie and Ron as the last surviving members of their parents’ generation.
Jackie moved with her family to Montreal and settled in the Town of Mount Royal where in Grade 10, at Carlyle School, Jackie and Ron first met. Ron was smitten from the start. Following Grade 12, Jackie accepted a position with Ayerst McKenna as a Mycology Technician, in a Canadian Penicillin Plant.
Soon thereafter, Jackie and Ron were married and they started a family. They had a family home on Highfield Avenue for 27 years, until their move to Aurora in 1978.
Jackie was a very successful artist, painting in pastels, watercolour and oil. Mom and Dad’s travels to Charlevoix, Europe and China provided subjects for her landscape creations. Mom was represented by several Ontario Galleries, and at many art shows. Through Cornerstone 52, many of her cards with whimsical winter scenes helped raise money for 6 different children’s charities. As well as her art, she enjoyed Tai Chi, Yoga and babysitting her grandchildren.
Our Mom was creative, unassuming, kind and shy. Hers was a refined beauty, which never dulled with the passage of time. She shunned the spotlight, preferring to be a classic homemaker.
In 2012 at the age of 86, Mom and Dad moved from Aurora to Churchill Place and then to Sunrise Assisted Living in Oakville, to be closer to family. In her final years Mom endured many physical and cognitive health challenges following her diagnosis with Parkinson’s and Osteoporosis. But she handled them with courage and grace. Mom’s final days were spent in her very own bed, showered by love and warmth from family and all the caregivers who had such admiration for both Mom and Dad.
We want to thank the caregivers at Sunrise for their devotion and loving attention to Mom on a daily basis. The family will be holding a private service at Ward Funeral Home for family and extended family, as per Mom’s wishes. Safe journey Mom; the legacy you have left behind is a close-knit, considerate and loving family, which now numbers 51 (and counting). In lieu of flowers, donations to the Oakville Hospital Foundation, directed to the Warm Hug Club for a heated blanket cabinet would be appreciated.
Please visit the Book of Memories at www.wardfuneralhome.com.