Carole Fasken

Peacefully at the Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice on December 19, 2019 with Lee by her side, her beloved husband of 38 years. Dear sister of Lyn Rose Freund to whom Carole was particularly close.  Predeceased by her father William Edwin “Ted” Horne, mother Gwendoline Mary Horne (née Taylor) and brother Kenneth Horne. To the staff at the Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice and especially to the palliative care doctor whose compassion and skill eased Carole’s passing, most sincere gratitude.  For her husband Lee, Carole’s spirit may best be evoked by Lord Byron’s poem, She Walks in Beauty…

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

Those wishing, a memorial donation to Canadian Cancer Society in memory of Carole would be appreciated