JACKSON , MARILYN (MARNY) JANE
On Friday, October 17, 2014 at Lanark Lodge, Perth, Ontario in her 83rd year. Predeceased by her beloved husband Barrie William Spinks Jackson, her Brother, Hugh Kyle and her grandson, Cavan Jackson. Loving mother of Stephen (Carol), Michael (Shawna), Kyle and Wendy (James McIntosh). Grandmother to Rowan, Willie, Mac, Jasper, Julia, Lily, Jade, Madeline and Olivia. Sister to Irene Armstrong. Marny lived life fully with grace and a great sense of style. She was a visual artist having studied with Varley in Montreal and having completed her education years later at the Ontario College of Art. She was a recognized fibre artist and a master at all things related to spinning, dying, weaving and presenting fibre arts. She was also a newspaper woman, a retailer, a traveler, a great cook and good company. She will be missed by her family and by a great host of friends and acquaintances. She was much loved and will be much missed. A memorial service will be held at Lanark Lodge in Perth, Ontario on November 4, 2014 at 2:30 P.M. Donations may be made to St. Andrew's Church Out of the Cold Program info@standrewstoronto.org