After a long, hard fought battle with cancer, our dear mother Barbara Joan Rowland passed away peacefully on Friday May 19, 2023 at Markham Stouffville Hospital surrounded by her family and lots of love. She was 92.

Mom valiantly battled cancer for over 15 years, and had undergone numerous invasive procedures and treatments to keep the cancer at bay through the years, but recently, her cancer returned with a vengeance and was inoperable. Faced with suffering from incurable, terminal cancer and several other serious medical issues, Mom made the incredibly brave and difficult decision to end her life on her terms (and with dignity) via a medically assisted death. She fought as hard as she could right up until the end and faced her own mortality head on with stunning courage. Man was she brave.

So many people are gonna miss her. Her loving children, Craig and Wendy. Her friends and colleagues at Markhaven. Her friends and neighbours on Trothen Circle. Her dear sister Doreen, nieces and nephews and extended family. And on and on and on. But nobody is gonna miss her more than my sister Wendy and I. We loved and absolutely adored her. We looked up to her and respected her to the fullest. We loved her to bits and thought the world of her. To us she was the greatest mom in the world.