Obituary of Betty Bandeen

BETTY ISOBELLE BANDEEN Honours B.A. Western Ontario, M.A., PhD. Harvard Born March 10,1929 in Aldborough Township, Ontario. Died June 2,2006 in London, Ontario. Daughter of the late John Robert Bandeen and Jessie Marie Thomson. Betty is survived by her sister Jessie Catherine Bandeen and her partner Donna Rourke. She was predeceased by her youngest brother John Drummond Bandeen and his wife Virginia Shortt. She is survived by their three children; Barbara Bandeen and her husband Miles Toomer and their daughter Jessica; Brad Bandeen and his wife Sue Hutchinson and their daughters Emily and Kimberly; and Janice Bandeen and her husband David Eales and their children Julia and Philip. She is survived by her brother Robert Angus Bandeen and his wife Mona Blair and by their four sons; Ian Blair Bandeen and his wife Karen Elizabeth Armitage and their children Ridge, Grace, Spencer and Darcy; Mark Everett Bandeen and his children, Bradford and Blair; Robert Derek Bandeen and his wife Bonnie Maio and their children Kelsey, Jesse, Jeffrey and Luke; and Adam Drummond Bandeen and his wife Elizabeth OConnor and their children Kismet, Cassius and Duvessa. She is survived by her cousin Janice Brown who spent many hours playing Scrabble with her. Bettys ancestors came to Canada in the mid 1800s from Scotland. She went to school in Duart, Rodney and Ridgetown where she excelled academically. She attended the University of Western Ontario on full scholarship from 1945-1949 and on graduating won two gold medals. She continued on to Harvard on full scholarship receiving her M.A. and Ph.D. She taught at Smith College while completing her graduate degree. She then returned to Canada and taught at Western Ontario as a professor of Old English. Betty had an insatiable love of reading. She had an extensive personal library and her greatest pleasure was spending time in the Widner Library at Harvard. She loved to cook and prepared many exotic dinners for her friends. Betty enjoyed her nieces and nephews - never missing a birthday or Christmas with unusual gifts, often books. In later years she enjoyed traveling internationally with her niece Barbara Toomer. Betty grew up on the farm in Southern Ontario and through her aggressive reading and pursuit of knowledge became a respected teacher. Her sister Catherine became a medical doctor (Gynecology and Obstetrics, Western Ontario), her brother John (BSc. and MSc. Guelph, Ph. D. Wisconsin) was a Professor at Guelph, and her brother Robert (Ph.d. Duke) a business man. Friends may call at the Rodney Chapel on Thursday, June 8th, 2006 from 2-4 pm. Thence to Duart cemetery for a graveside service at 4:30 pm. Rev. T. Godfrey officiating. If desired, memorial contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society or Four Counties Health Service would be appreciated as your expression of sympathy. Arrangementd entrusted to Padfield Funeral Homes (519 785-0810). Online condolences may be left at www.padfieldfuneralhome.com Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Lifes but a walking shadow; a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more Shakespeare, Macbeth Act V Scene V