SHAUGHNESSY, D. Ruth - passed away peacefully at the age of 82 at Peterborough Regional Health Centre in the early hours of Tuesday September 20, 2011. Wife of the late Peter, mother of Rick (Rosemary), Mike (Wendy), Karen (David Hedley, London), Joe (Denise), Dennis (Carolyn), and Donna (David Holzer, San Antonio). Grandmother of Corey and Trish, Mark and Scott, Colleen and Bernadette, Crystal-Ann and Michelle and Joelle, Julie and Kevin, Stephanie and Rebecca. Great-Grandmother of Adam, Alexis, Samantha and Jackson, Annabelle. She is predeceased by her brothers Roger and Jim and parents William and Mary Armstrong. She is survived by sister Pauline (George Lambe).

Visitation at DUFFUS FUNERAL HOME, 431 George Street South from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday. (Parish Prayers 7:30 p.m. Thursday) Funeral Mass in SACRED HEART CHURCH on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 1 p.m. Interment St. Peter's Cemetery. Donations in her honour can be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. On-line condolences can be made at www.duffusfuneralhome.com