Kathleen Meggs
In Memory of
Kathleen Anne
Meggs (Herron)
1926 -
2014
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Obituary for Kathleen Anne Meggs (Herron)

Kathleen Anne  Meggs (Herron)

MEGGS, Kathleen Anne (née Herron), R.N. Kathleen (Kay) completed the earthly portion of her journey through life in Montreal on October 29, 2014. She was the loving friend and companion for over seven decades, wife and soul-mate through more than six, of the Rev. Peter A.H. Meggs and mother of Geoffrey (Jan O’Brien) of Vancouver, Anne Michèle (Jean-Guy Gauvin) of Montreal and Paul (Cathryn Clarke) of Peterborough; grandmother of Caitlin and Claire Meggs, Alexandrine, Karine and Thomas Gauvin, and Lukas and Levi Meggs; and great-grandmother of Léa Bolduc and Matthew Meggs.

A memorial eucharist will be held at St. Matthew’s Church, 217 First Avenue,?Ottawa, on November 8, at 12 noon followed by a reception. Those wishing to make a donation in Kathleen’s memory are asked to make them payable to the Sisters of St. John the Divine, 233 Cummer Avenue, Toronto, ON, M2M 2E8 (www.ssjd.ca), to Lupus Canada or a local Lupus organisation (www.lupuscanada.org) or to Hospice Care Ottawa (www.hospicecareottawa.ca).

A graduate of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing, Toronto, in 1947, Kathleen served as a nurse in Kirkland Lake Regional Hospital, Sunnybrook and Wellesley hospitals (Toronto) and for 15 years, later in life as a palliative care volunteer in hospitals and homes in Ottawa.

In addition to her lifelong interest in her profession she was, for over 50 years, an Associate of the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine whose Mother House is in Toronto. She was an active participant in Jewish-Christian Dialogue while living in Toronto, and in Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Ottawa.

A social democrat throughout her life, and member of the New Democratic party, she lived for others : her family, her church, her patients, political prisoners, to whom she wrote letters on behalf of Amnesty International, and all with whom she came in contact. A voracious reader, she also studied bookbinding for many years and bound a number of her own favourites.