Recognizing Legacy Gifts
This section honours those people who made a final gift of love to the animals through a bequest to the Ottawa Humane Society.
For more information on leaving a gift in your will to help the animals, please click here.
If anyone wishes to have their deceased donor's name and obituary appear in this section, please click here to send an email to Greg Beck, Manager of Legacy Giving, or call him at 613-725-3166 ext. 268.
The following are listed alphabetically by last name:
Additionally, the Ottawa Humane Society would like to thank the following for their generous contributions:
- The Estate of Marguerite Irene Beaven
- The Estate of Winnefred Velma Coulter
- The Estate of Patricia Edith Davis
Janet Roberta Ferguson
Janet Roberta Ferguson passed away suddenly on August 19, 2008 at the early age of 60. As a recent resident of Steveston, British Columbia, Janet loved the fun and exciting times living in a friendly portside town. Janet spent a long and successful career with Air Canada. Janet spent her childhood and early part of her career in Ottawa which subsequently took her to Houston, Texas and ultimately to Vancouver where she was Air Canada’s Director of Customer Service – Operations, at the Vancouver International Airport.
Animals had always been a part of Janet’s life. Be it her beloved dog Bobo as a child or later in life, nurturing her numerous character-filled cats. They travelled as often as Janet and spend peaceful sunny summers at Lac Girard in Quebec’s Wakefield cottage country.
Following her retirement, Janet’s passion for animals continued. Conceived during one particular cottage summer, she opened “Purple Paws” in 2002 to provide animal care services for absent pet owners in the lower mainland area of British Columbia. Janet’s friends and family members fondly recall stories about the antics and personalities of all her four-legged “Clients”.
Through Janet’s generosity and lifelong love of animals, a significant gift was bequeathed to the Ottawa Humane Society to be used for the benefit of the animals under their care.
