Ada-Lou Bock
- 72 years old
- Born Jul 03, 1937
- Died Oct 03, 2009
- Midland, Ontario, Canada
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Notice of Death
Ada-Lou ("Seed") Bock of Midland, Ontario, age 72, died 8:00 am Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 at Huronia District Hospital in Midland from a massive brain hemmorage.
Ada-Lou was born July 3rd, 1937 Rowatt, Sask. and was an area resident in her youth. She moved to Ontario, where she married and had three children. She lead a full life - as a student / songwriter / entrepeneur / mother / grandmother and friend.
She is survived by her three daughters, Bonnie-Lou Bock, Jori Lynn Bock and Kerri Joanne Bock, all of Ontario. Grandchildren are Alex Bock, Steven Dufour, Kyle and Sage Stevenson. She is also survived by her two sisters in Alberta, Doreen Kellock and Glenda Labelle, along with numerous, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins.
She is preceded in death by parents, Morgan and Alice Jones of Rowatt, Saskatchewan.
She is to be cremated and memorial services to be held in Alberta and Ontario at a later date to be announced.
Thank you to Nicoll's Funeral Home and Innisvale's Crematorium for all their help to our family in this difficult time. Thanks goes out also to the local Barrie chapter of the CNIB for all their support when Ada-Lou lost her sight and could not do the things her eyes had helped her with in the past. As well, the staff and friends at Villa Care Centre in Midland for all their support with our mother in her fading memory years.
Contributions in memory of Ada-Lou may be made to the charity of your choice.
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Curtis L Oct 24, 2009
It's good to remember the whole journey and not just the last days of winter.
I cried and I smiled. I wondered what it would be like to be raised on a small farm in Saskatchewan, having only one pair of shoes, a cookie tin for a lunch box, moving out east to start anew, loving, losing and loving again. Giving all and reaching out. Dependable to dependent. Maybe a reminder to embrace every moment. We always search for a qualifier but maybe life just is.
Sincere thoughts of loss
Maggie Jordan Oct 12, 2009
Her devotion to her girls was admirable and her love for life will always be remembered as someone who believed that life was meant to be lived in the moment and laugh as much as possible!
She will be missed dearly.
Love Maggie
Kerri Jo (Oct 13, 2009)
Thinking of Ada and you all.
Curt, Nancy, Jenn, Paris Labelle Oct 07, 2009
Like others, I have vivid memories of Ada. Fond memories. Yet I can not help but wish I could have known more of her while realizing we all live within the confines presented by time and distance. I remember silly moments. Some good (like when she winked at me and patted me on the head after Warren gave me a stern reprimand for unruly behavior in the Gazebo thing – where the heck was that – the Bay?), some bad (she laughed at me each time I frantically jumped on the couch to escape the miniature jaws of that psychotic dog – Lady Bea). I remember singing the mournful chant of “Those Were the Days” at the ripe old age of 9 and her coming up to tell me that Yes!….we were in fact “older but no wiser, for in our hearts the dreams were still the same”. She was poignant when she sang those lyrics with me and I was too young to understand what she truly meant.
I remember the laugh and the beauty. I remember the indelible Jones connection and wondering if it was a curse or a blessing. I remember her moments of brilliant insight and unmatched gullibility. I remember the flightiness of the artist and the Cheshire cat grin of epiphany. I remember her being so sober it scared me and so impaired that it scared me. I remember dancing with her like only a Jones can dance.
I enjoyed knowing her later in life and knowing all those things that I didn’t get as a naïve nephew. I like that she kept searching for the secret elixir that would free her from the mundane.
I just wish I knew her better. Had more opportunity to spend with her and her diverse and unique children. I look to my mother now and can’t imagine the loss. I can only say to those that new Ada better than I that she made me smile. I always felt that the she “got me” when other didn’t. I found it hard to see her physical changes over the last few years as our paths crossed sporadically but I take solace in Ada’s release from her physical bonds.
I hope all of you can find peace in this difficult and we send all our love and best wishes to you and yours.
Curt, Nancy, Jennifer, Paris
"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity." Gilda Radner
My memory Ada Lou
Fran Betz Oct 06, 2009
Fran