Hope Sibbald Thompson

Hope Sibbald Thompson 1921-2012



A great-great grand-daughter of early Ontario pioneer Susan Mein Sibbald of Eildon Hall, Sibbald Point, passed away gracefully in her ninety-first year, in the care of her dedicated physician-of-record and longstanding friend George Burrows.

Hope was an alumnus of Sutton Public, Sutton High, Havergal College and the Ontario Teachers College. Amongst her proudest accomplishments, foremost of which was being a teacher at Sutton Public School, was her opportunity to be one of the original founders of what has become the Georgina Association for Community Living.

Hope was similarly proud to have received the "Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement," for her heritage advocacy on behalf of St. George's Church, Sibbald Point and for Eildon Hall (Sibbald Memorial Museum) in Sibbald Point Provincial Park.

A Memorial Service, led by Hope's cousin the Reverend Canon Thomas Martyn Sibbald Kingston, will be held at St. George's Anglican Church, 408-410 Hedge Road, Sibbald Point, Sutton West, Ontario on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

At her request, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Georgina Association for Community Living (Box 68, Sutton West, ON L0E 1R0), and to Heritage St. George's (Box 88, Sutton West, ON L0E 1R0.)