STENNETT, Gloria Louise – Gloria passed peacefully at Granite Landing in Cambridge on December 29 in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Richard (2011) with whom she shared 59 years of marriage. She is the beloved daughter of the late Lyle (Josh) Meredith and Edna Silverthorne and her dear stepmother Florence Spackman Meredith. Also predeceased by her brother Bob Martin.
Loving and cherished mother of – Melanie and Murray Cornwell: Paul and Megan (Aidan and James), Teresa and Ali Williams (Isaac and Solomon), Sarah Cornwell and Junsik Jun, Emily and Geoff Dietrich (Jack and Elyse) – Lisa Fletcher: (Jeremy and fiancée Alexandra, Gillian and Chad McCarthy (Keira) – Susan and Marc Tremblay (Tyler). Gloria is remembered by her sister Pat Hanley, and the Martin, Hanley and Harrison nieces and nephews who had a special place in her heart.
Former Support Services Manager at Madame Vanier Children’s Services. She was a devoted member of St. John the Evangelist Church in London serving as the People’s Warden and Altar Guild President. Mom was a scholarly genealogist researching over a dozen of our families and volunteering countless hours to the London Genealogy Library for which she was recognized by the Ontario Genealogical Society. She loved knitting for her family, doing jigsaw puzzles, crosswords and entertaining. She adored and spoiled the two pups she enjoyed in later life, Tulip the Wheaton Terrier and Zeus the Poodle. They were her constant and loved companions.
Gloria spent a wonderful Christmas celebration on Saturday enjoying her grand and great grandchildren drinking wine, eating chocolates, turkey, and having fun with the family. We were blessed to have her for 91 years living by her motto “the more the merrier!”
Visitation is Thursday, January 4 from 3-5 pm at Harris Funeral Home, 220 St. James St. at Richmond. The funeral service is to be held at St. John the Evangelist Church, 280 St. James St. at Wellington, on Friday, January 5 at 11 am with luncheon to follow in the Parish Hall. Gloria has asked that donations in her memory be made to the London Food Bank or St. John the Evangelist Church.