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Madeline Lough passed away peacefully at the Ottawa General Hospital on Thursday November 15 2001 surrounded by her family. "Maddy was a sweet, loving, wonderful person, enriching the lives of all who knew her. She was strong, brave, feisty and independent, with a quick wit and wry sense of humour. She did many things over the course of her life, always learning and never afraid to try something new. When stricken with cancer in her fifties, she refused to give up and in fact, she fought the disease for over twenty years. Maddy was not the kind of woman who complained, nor did she invite sympathy or pity. Instead, she took life as it came always searching out the good things, seeing the bright side of life. Madeline understood that happiness came from within and she helped others realize it a well." Maddy is predeceased by her husband Wilbur "Pat" Lough and by her parents Clarence and Eva Reid. Survived by her sons William and wife Norma Cassidy and James and wife Michelle Ellis; grandchildren Sean, Michelle, Alexander and Erin; sisters Shirley Parr and Joyce Haggerman; brothers Jim, Delbert, and Wayne Reid, sister-in-law Gladys Sills. She will be sadly and sorely missed by her entire family and will always share a piece of our hearts. Service was held at the Bellevile Funeral Home and Chapel, on Saturday November 24 at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family would appreciated donations to the Canadian Cancer Society. The Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 25, 2001