It is with great sadness the family of Ivy Kathleen Russell announces her passing on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at Rainycrest Long Term Care, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ontario.
Ivy was born on September 9, 1903 in London, England to the late Richard and Fanny Nichols. She was the youngest of four children, and the daughter of a naval family.
In London, Ivy worked as a receptionist and secretary in a real estate firm. She immigrated to Canada in 1920 with her mother and father, and settled on a farm at the bend in the river in La Vallee, Ontario where they operated the Sunnyside Poultry Farm for 20 years.
On June 30, 1927 she was united in marriage to Alfred Russell and later moved to Fort Frances, Ontario in September of 1940, where they have lived since.
Ivy was a member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and choir, a member and past noble grand of the Redwing Rebekah Lodge 109, long time member of the Order of the Eastern Star #80 (Evergreen Chapter) and member for years of the Horticultural Society, where gardening was one of her most important interests.
For many years, she worked on the Music Festival Committee, was a member of the C.P. & T. Committee (Humanitarian Services), and the Fort Frances Kennell Club as Ivy was very fond of dogs.
Ivy often sang solo selections for the Rebekahs and Eastern Star, and through out her life had an interest in painting and art.
She was predeceased by her husband Alfred Elmo Russell; one sister, Elsie Lavina Hardy; and two brothers, Richard Herbert Nichols in England and Ronald Astle Nichols in Ear Falls, ON.; and one niece, Doris Penny of Ripley, Surrey, England.
Ivy is survived by her daughter, Shirley Anne Russell of Fort Frances, ON.; great nieces and nephews; and friends and staff at Rainycrest.
Cremation took place in International Falls, Minnesota.
A memorial service to celebrate Ivy’s life was held on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at Rainycrest Long Term Care in Fort Frances, Ontario with Pastor Diane Clifford officiating.
Interment took place in Riverview Cemetery in Fort Frances, Ontario.
Should family and friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to Fort Frances “Friends of Animals Foundation”, Box 545, Fort Frances, Ontario, P9A 3M8, or in care of Green Funeral Home, P.O. Box 427, Fort Frances, ON., P9A 3M8.
Online condolences may be made in care of www.mem.com.
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