STUART, Sylvia -
January 13, 1923 – March 31, 2024
Born in Dundas, Ontario, to Robert and Agnes Woodward.
Sadly missed by her children, Charles, Alexandra, Cameron, Graham and their families.
Sylvia was brilliant, strong-willed and occasionally eccentric. In late 1941, a 20 year-old Scottish RAF pilot assigned to Canada came with a friend for dinner at the Woodward household.
On February 28, 1942, Alexander Stuart and Sylvia were married.
After a brief post-war stay in Scotland, Alex accepted Sylvia's ultimatum of Canada or nothing and the marriage continued for almost 71 years until Alex's passing in early 2013.
Sylvia taught her children that sugar and chocolate were major food groups, and that the main course was something to be endured on the way to dessert.
It was a sad and rare day if there were no home-baked cookies in the house. Sylvia loved tennis, but succumbed to golf as the main family sport.
She was competitive in nature and felt that good sportsmanship was somewhat over-rated. No family get-together was complete without games, usually cards or dominoes, and no quarter was given to children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren. Unsurprisingly, Sylvia won her final game of cribbage only a few days before her passing.
A voracious reader, Sylvia probably lost (or simply misplaced) more library books than most people ever read. She was sharp right to the end, often fretting over the state of Canadian and world affairs. Sylvia recently reflected that one of the keys to her longevity was living in a state of constant denial.
It is now hard to accept that she is gone.
As per Sylvia's wishes (remember the strong-willed part), there will not be a visitation or service.
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