Katharine Barton

Obituary of Katharine Alexander Barton

BARTON, Katharine Alexander (nee Cassels) Peacefully on Sunday, June 12, 2005, at Belmont House, in her 83rd year. Survived by her beloved son, Timothy Hamilton Barton and her grandchildren, Ashleigh Caitlin Barton and Brandon Raymond Barton. Predeceased by her loving husband, Grenville Irwin Barton, her parents, Hamilton (Laddie) Cassels, Q.C. and Nanette Cassels (nee Miller), and her brother, Hamilton (Tony) Cassels, Q.C. She will also be missed by her nieces and nephews, Robert and John Cassels, Betty Bignell, Donna and Gordon Munro, and Tony Hooper and Debbie Martell. Her lifelong interests included theatre, music, piano-playing, sing-alongs and skits, Onondaga Camp, the family law firm, Cassels Brock, Lyndhurst Lodge Hospital, Havergal College, Canadian Paraplegic Association and Belmont House. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14. A memorial service will be held in the chapel at 11 o�clock on Wednesday, June 15. Cremation and private burial will be at a later date. Donations to Lyndhurst Lodge Hospital, 520 Sutherland Drive, Toronto, ON M4G 3V9, Canadian Paraplegic Association (Ontario Divison), 520 Sutherland Drive, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4G 3V9 or Belmont House, 55 Belmont Street, Toronto, ON M5R 1R1, would be greatly appreciated.