LONGBOTTOM, JEAN DOROTHY (nee Ross)

April 20, 1922 to May 3, 2019  

It is with sadness, but joy for a life well lived, that we announce the passing of Jean on Friday, May 3 at the Ottawa Montfort Hospital at the age of 97 years. A devoted mother, grandmother, wife, friend, community member and neighbour, Jean was the matriarch of the Ross family and the last of seven children. Married in 1945, Jean was the beloved wife of the late Murray Longbottom (1975) and the loving mother of Dianne Tomkins (Brian), the late Carol Wood (2011), and Ross Longbottom (Carlies) and grandmother of Alyssa (James), Matthew (Perla), Alexander, Justin (Anne Marie) and Andrew (Elizabeth). 

 A funeral for Jean will be held at the York Funeral Centre, Toronto, on Saturday May 11 with visitation starting at 1 p.m. followed by the service at 2 p.m. Light refreshments will follow. Cremation has occurred.

In memoriam donations to the Montfort Hospital Foundation are appreciated. 

  



Afterglow
I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun;
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.