Margaret Isobell Cope

Margaret Isobell Cope (nee Scott) passed away peacefully on March 8, 2025. She had been struggling with Alzheimer’s disease over the past decade and is now at peace.

Margaret was born on January 11, 1941 in New Liskeard Ontario, daughter of the late Harry Barr Scott and Edna Martha Terry. Marg married Bob (Robert Barry) Cope at Hillview United Church on October 6, 1962. They were blessed with a long and happy marriage of 61 years filled with love and many shared interests. They enjoyed spending time with family, friends, and travel until Marg’s dementia progressed.

Marg had a long career in banking, retiring in Peterborough in 2002. She enjoyed long walks, gardening, golfing, curling, bridge and euchre, and was an avid reader. Marg was a kind and giving person and a cherished wife, mother, and grandmother. Bob and Marg moved to Ottawa in 2016 to be closer to family as her dementia progressed.

Marg is survived by her son Jeff and daughter Judy (David Camellato), grandchildren Matthew, Brendan, and Lauren, and her brothers Pat and Allen. She is predeceased by her husband Bob and her sisters Mary, Norma, and Sandy.

We will miss her greatly, although we have been missing her for quite some time already. Thank you to the wonderful caregivers at St. Patrick’s home for your compassion and care of Marg over the past two years. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada would be appreciated.

Alzheimer’s

by Dick Underwood

You didn’t die just recently, 

You died some time ago. 

Although your body stayed a while, 

And didn’t really know.

For you had got Alzheimer’s, 

You failed to comprehend. 

Your body went on living. 

But your mind had reached its end.

So we’ve already said, “Goodbye”, 

To the person that we knew. 

The person that we truly loved, 

The person that was you.

And so we meet again today,

To toast your body’s end. 

For it was true and faithful, 

Until right at the end.

And so, when we remember, 

We’ll think of all the rest. 

We’ll concentrate on earlier, 

And remember all the best.

For in the real scheme of things, 

Your illness wasn’t long. 

Compared to all the happiness, 

You brought your whole life long.

We think of you as yesterday, 

When you were fit and well. 

And when we’re asked about you, 

It’s those things that we’ll tell.

And so we meet in remembrance, 

Of a mind so fit and true. 

We’re here to pay our last respects 

To say that, “We love you”.