Beaumont, Jean Elinor (née Jean ElinorMcNeil) (Died)

BEAUMONT, Jean Elinore (née McNeill) Jean died peacefully and in comfort at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on February 7, following complications from an earlier surgery. Much-loved wife of Dick Beaumont, wonderful mother to Cathy, Rick and Stephen Beaumont, loving mother-in-law to Shawn Laari, Angela Beaumont and Maggie Beaumont, doting grandmother to Andrew and William Beaumont, sister and sister-in-law to Sheila and Robin Nasmith, aunt to Trevor, Karen and Shane Nasmith. The elder daughter of Bill and Edna McNeill, Jean studied physiotherapy at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1954. A chance meeting on a Toronto-Montreal train changed her life, something she knew instinctively, as the next day she told a friend she had just met the man she was going to marry. Dick and Jean were married on May 26, 1956, and began their life together in St. John's, Newfoundland, moving to Halifax in 1958, where Cathy and Rick were born, and to Beaconsfield, Quebec in 1964, where Stephen was born. Jean returned to practicing physiotherapy once the kids were older, using her mind and hands to ease pain and speed healing for many, many people. Jean, Dick and Stephen moved to Oakville in 1979, and it was here that Jean put down her deepest roots, becoming active in the community and St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, playing tennis and socializing at the Oakville Club, and gaining many dear friends along the way. After she retired from physiotherapy, she worked part-time as an exercise instructor for people with osteoporosis at the Colborne Centre. In 2011 Jean was nominated for the Community Spirit Award of Appreciation, in recognition of her invaluable contributions to the community. Jean loved travel, her home, books, a good laugh, a cold martini and, most of all, her family. She lived a rich and fulfilling life, and will be sorely and deeply missed by many. A visitation will be held at Ward Funeral Home, 109 Reynolds Street in Oakville, on Friday, February 14, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. The funeral will be at St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church at 1541 Oakhill Drive, Oakville, at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 15, followed by a reception at the Oakville Club, 56 Water Street, Oakville. If desired, in lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Oakville Hospital Foundation. Please visit the Book of Memories at www.wardfuneralhome.com.