Elizabeth Bailey (Barker)
There is a beautiful song of faith that says “Goin’ home, goin’ home, I’m a goin’ home; Quiet like, some still day, I’m just goin’ home”. In her 96th year on July 3rd, 2018, a quiet, still day, Mum went home to be with her Lord, and to reunite with her husband Fred and two of her sons, Allen and Harold. As a child Elizabeth had many homes before settling with her parents in Fenelon Falls, ON. She arrived in Listowel in 1940, met and married Frederick Bailey and together they started a family.
Mum is survived by Marianne and Calvin Ciphrey of Cobden, Kenneth and Melody Bailey of Listowel, and Lynne and Joe Ruppel of Listowel. She dearly loved her twelve grandchildren; Daryl Bailey, Neil and Christy Bailey, Philip and Amie Ciphery, Rhonda and Malcolm Blaedow, Mary and Steve Manuel, Joseph Ciphery, Rebecca and Brad Minaker, Joshua and Kristen Bailey, Glenn and Jennifer Scott, Adam Scott, Cameron Ketchabaw, and Victoria and Stephen Chard. The family kept growing and Elizabeth has 19 great-grandchildren, with number 20 arriving this month, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation was at The Salvation Army, Listowel on Tuesday, July 10 and the Celebration of Elizabeth’s Life was held there on Wednesday, July 11. Major Bruce Jennings and Major Wendy Johnstone officiating. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Listowel.
Memorial donations to Listowel Salvation Army, or the Listowel Memorial Hospital Palliative Care appreciated, and may be made through Eaton Funeral Home, Listowel.
Online condolences at www.eatonfuneralhome.ca
