MARGARET OGILVIE
Margaret Ogilvie may have been small in stature, but her impact on local healthcare was enormous. As a trained clinical psychologist, and frequent cottager-turned full-time resident, Margaret understood the importance of having access to local healthcare services close to home.
When she and her husband Bob built a permanent home on Aylen Lake, they also joined on as monthly donors to the St. Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation.
“While the Ontario Government paid for Hospital expenses and staffing, it does not pay for the equipment needed to run the operation,” Bob said. “Hospitals are tasked with obtaining funds for that equipment and Foundations shoulder that responsibility - which means that the local community, through the Foundation, steps up to do so.”
Margaret was also a director on the St. Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation board and was chair for several years.
“She was passionate about the Hospital, the Foundation, and the community,” Bob explained. “She viewed social responsibility as fundamental to the human condition. Margaret devoted much of her working life and retirement to community service.”
Margaret was also a founding member of the Madawaska Valley Hospice Palliative Care board and became a trained Hospice volunteer. She would have never imagined that she herself would eventually receive care at the hospice in 2023.
“She and her family will be eternally grateful for the compassionate and loving care she received there in her final days, surrounded by those she loved and who loved her,” Bob said.
Following her passing, the family asked for in memoriam donations to be directed to the Foundation. A year later, they purchased a leaf on the In Memory mural to create a lasting legacy for Margaret.
“We are certain that Margaret would approve,” Bob said.
The In Memoriam Mural provides a meaningful way to remembering your loved ones through the engraving of elements like leaves, ducks, stones etc. The Foundation allows for In Memoriam donations to be used by family members towards the purchase of an element in appreciation for their support of the Hospital by directing In Memoriam gifts to the hospital.
For more information and pricing call us at 613-756-3045 ext. 217 or drop by the Foundation office and pick up a brochure.
