August 19, 1948 – October 6, 2024
Karen Lee Stewart, 76, handed away peacefully snuggled beneath a heritage quilt, at Hospice Wellington on October 6, 2024. Karen was surrounded by loving household and nurtured by the superb, caring employees and volunteers of Hospice Wellington.
Karen grew up on a dairy farm in Norwood Ontario, daughter of Gordon and Doreen Stewart. She created treasured recollections together with her mother and father and 4 siblings and lots of group pals and neighbors all through her Norwood years. Influenced by the worldwide change college students by way of the Junior Farmers program, Karen loved a 12 months travelling by way of the British Isles, studying, sight-seeing and tasting her manner by way of the countryside. This journey grew to become the primary of many world travels that she would finally get pleasure from over her lifetime. These rolling inexperienced fields, stone fences and herds of grazing sheep, would eternally be etched in her favour.
Karen’s youth additionally concerned 4-H, summers as a counsellor at Camp Quin-Mo-Lac, Sunday college trainer, and her 12 months because the Peterborough County Milk Ambassador. After graduating from Sir Sandford Fleming Faculty with a diploma in social providers, Karen grew to become a entrance line employee with the Childrens’ Assist Society in Whitby. Her ardour for little one welfare, and a decade with CAS, led her to additional training. It was a courageous transfer to downtown Toronto so as to earn her degree at York College. From there she attended Sir Wilfrid Laurier for her masters degree in Social Work.
In 1984, Karen returned to Peterborough to work on the psychiatric division at Civic Hospital, serving to others and making a distinction. As her profession advanced, the good individuals at Sheridan Faculty invited Karen to hitch their employees in 1986. At Sheridan, she was capable of train, lead and affect college students and different school for 25 years within the social work program. Her profession was centred by her beliefs and keenness to repeatedly advocate for social justice on the earth.
Karen’s life was elevated to a wholly new airplane of happiness when she met and fell in love with Doug Ing. Collectively, they travelled, dined and argued in regards to the insurance policies and protocols of sharing desserts. Doug’s superb daughter Jessica, son Chris and their households, added great layers of pleasure and achievement to Karen’s life. Karen and Doug moved to Rockwood in 2011 and accomplished their domesticity by adopting Griffin, their rescue canine. Because it turned out, Griffin rescued Karen each bit as a lot as they rescued him. As life would have it, Doug handed in 2013, leaving Karen and Griffin, and their supportive Rockwood group to hold on. As soon as once more, Karen discovered goal and that means, working with the East Wellington Group Providers, and volunteering with Hospice Wellington.
Karen is predeceased by her accomplice Doug Ing (2013), mother and father Gordon (2016) and Doreen (2018), and her youthful brother Ron (2020).She is survived and might be missed by brother Scott (Madeline), sister-in-law Heather (Ron), sister Lori (Peter Loucks), sister Michelle (Michael Clow), Jessica Ing (Jesse Baer-Hennnig), and Chris Ing (Brittany Heath). As nicely, her loving niece, nephews, nice niece and nice nephews.
A celebration to honour Karen’s blessed life, might be held on Sunday December 1, 2024 on the Springfield Golf and Nation Membership, 2054 Gordon Avenue Guelph. Displays and lengthy Stewart good-byes will begin at 1:00 pm.
Karen liked and served her group. In lieu of flowers, we request donations, in her honour, be made to:
Hospice Wellington, Guelph Ontario or
East Wellington Group Providers, Erin Ontario
Look after the household offered by Passages Cremation and Burial
