It is with great regret that we must inform you of the passing of Betty (Elizabeth) Ames, who was our mother, grandmother, granddaughter, and friend. She passed away on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 at the Stedman Community Hospice in Brantford. Our hearts are filled with sorrow as we do so. Unfortunately, she passed away while she was a proud part of the community.
The knowledge that she is reunited with her loyal husband and our father, Jack (2012), as well as the fact that she is greeted by members of her family and friends who also went on before her, is a source of comfort for us.
A mother who is always caring and committed to her children, Barry, Brenda Hastings (Scott), and Heather Kruis (Jim), and who is the mother of Heather Kruis. Gramma who wears an apron and is proud of her grandchildren, including Erica and John, Travis and Sam, Emily and Stu, Ben and Leah, and Nathan, Mark, and Madison. She is also pleased of her grandchildren. Additionally, she showed Anna, Natalie, and Lillian the utmost love and affection as their grandma. It is her sister-in-law Shari Foster who is a devoted aunt to a huge number of nephews and their families. Shari Foster is also her sister-in-law. And in addition to that, she is Bob Foster’s sister.
Due to the fact that she had spent her infancy on a tobacco farm in Woodbury, Mom took a great deal of pleasure in her links to the southern region. After getting married to Jack, the couple relocated to Paris in order to begin their lives together. From the beginning of their life, they settled in Cambridge and St. George, which is also where they raised their children. Later on, they moved to Troy, and then when they reached the age where they could retire, they moved back to Paris.
Mother was a person who was strongly committed to the community, and she became an active member of each and every community in which she resided, regardless of where she was. She worked as a librarian in St. George, and she was also an actor who took part in a number of community theatrical plays.
Her passion for reading was obvious, and she appeared in a number of these shows. Not only did she have a deep love for reading, but she was also a member of the Women’s Institute for life. Mom had the opportunity to live out her religious beliefs at First United in Cambridge, St. George United, and St. Paul’s United in Paris.
These were the venues where she was able to live out her religion. She will be remembered fondly for her work in the kitchen, where she showed all of us that love can be conveyed through food, as well as for her dedication to working in pastoral care for a number of years. Both of these accomplishments will be remembered with affection.
Mom has shown us many things, like what it means to be pleasant, the significance of family values, and the importance of performing acts of service in your society. All of these things could not have been taught to us without her.
We are able to find some degree of serenity that comes from the knowledge that she received such wonderful care from the kind workers at both Boston General Hospital and Stedman Community Hospice.
