STODDART, Barbara Lou (nee BATES)   - 91, of Toronto, passed peacefully away on December 24, 2021, in Toronto, Canada.

Barbara Stoddart was born in Toronto, Canada, to Marion and Edgar Bates, on October 5, 1930. She married William Stoddart, whom she met at McMaster University, on April 4, 1953.

She attended McMaster University and graduated from Toronto Teacher's College. She was a member of the Saint Andrew's Society and Glenview Presbyterian Church.

She spent many happy times with friends and family Scottish Country Dancing, travelling, holidays at the family cottage in Muskoka, and volunteering for the Toronto Historical Board. Barbara is survived by Christine Haines, her husband Townsend and daughters Sarah and Heather.

John Stoddart, his wife Jocelyne and children Jordan and his wife Lara, great-grandchildren Chloé and Léo; and Alisa, and her husband Philip and great-grandchild Liam; Sheila Rafie and husband Pierre, and children, Christophe and Jéneya.

Services will be held when the family is able to be safe and united to put Barabra to rest next to her husband, Bill Stoddart, at the Saint Andrew's Monument, Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

The family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Briton House and its staff for their care of our Mother in her final years. Address donations to the Saint Andrew's Society.

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