Obituary of Margaret Bannister

Peacefully in her 80th year at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Thursday, January 19, 2012. Margaret Anne Bannister of Ailsa Craig. Beloved wife of the late Charles Kenneth (Cap) Bannister (1983). Loved mother and mother-in-law of Charles Edward (Ted) and Maja Bannister, David and Anne Bannister, Douglas and Lin Bannister and William (Bill) and Jana Bannister. Loving grandmother of Sarah and Phil Chisholm, Andrew and Stephanie (Nutt), Robbie, Dan and Shannon, Carlee, Jim and Nissa. Great-grandmother of Sadie Chisholm. Predeceased by her parents George and Isabel Cruickshank and by her sister Dorothy (Dot) and Alan Flynn. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Betty and Base Eberly, George Cruickshank and Judy Guest, and Marion Warren. Much loved by her many nieces and nephews. Margaret was an active partner in the family farm near Nairn, and worked for many years as a nurse at Strathmere Lodge before her retirement. She was a dedicated volunteer in palliative care, an Elder at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Beechwood and a member of the Eastern Star, Parkhill Chapter. Visitation Sunday at the T. Stephenson Funeral Home, 171 Main Street, Ailsa Craig, from 2 p.m. until 6. p.m. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, January 23, 2012 at Ailsa Craig Community Centre, 155 Annie Ada Shipley Street, Ailsa Craig, at 11 a.m. with refreshments following. Cremation and private interment service at a later time. Donations in memory of Marg may be made to the VON or Strathroy Middlesex Hospital Foundation.