April 12, 1938 - October 3, 2024

In Loving Memory ~

A sweet, yet feisty wee Scots woman who defied expectations, by surviving her serious childhood haemophilia and Lupus conditions, to reach adulthood and the New World, where she raised her son David with her loving Canadian husband, Bob, after an ill-fated marriage to the fianc茅 of her youth.

Agnes, whose life started out in a humble single room tenement, was a wonderful singer and dancer who, in childhood, entertained fellow Glaswegians in the bomb shelter, and continued to dance her way through life, entertaining family, friends and neighbours at many a gathering over the decades. Agnes also shared her great voice, with those of others, at many a dinner table, church gatherings, as well as choirs, locally and in Eastern Canada.

Always curious and chatty, Agnes quickly made new friends wherever she went, which, after the first 20 years in Scotland, included 25 years in Montr茅al, ~20 years in Morrisburg, Ontario, 5 years in both Nanaimo and Courtenay, and the last decade in Comox.

Unable to pursue her youthful desire to become a nurse, due to the health challenges of her teens, Agnes later found an outlet for that passion through volunteer work with the Canadian Lupus Association, and Wheels on Meals - for which she and her husband accepted a Governor General's award, as well as other organisations. She also worked in a variety of jobs, of which she was most proud of having worked at Rolls Royce, and as a Nanny in her Montr茅al days.

Predeceased by her husband, Bob Campbell, who succumbed to poor cardiac health in 2004, Agnes' positive outlook, charm, loving disposition and smile will be missed by all who knew her, including her brother and paternal twin sister in Glasgow, her son, David Ogilvie, granddaughter Ollwyn Warner Ogilvie, grandson Tobi, cousins in Canada and Scotland, and their families.

Agnes suffered an unwarranted back injury just over a decade ago, in a fall from a push, during a silly dispute, with her autumnal husband of the time, over who was making breakfast. That injury aged her 10 years in a period of a few months and cut short her dancing days (although she was known to dance with her stroller on occasion!). But it was cancer, in the form of a neuroendocrine tumour of the lung, and associated complications, that eventually ended her song - which could still be heard late August in the Emergency Room of the CV Hospital!

Still, Agnes resisted and bore the eventually terminal cancer through the last years of her life, with the resilience and faith that had allowed her to survive the severely haemophilia-impacted injuries of her youth, life-long lupus, and celiac disease, in overall good form. All must eventually pass, as has Agnes, but only after enduring, in the tradition of many a Scottish stoic, great suffering through the last year, due to brutal incontinences compounded by cumulative weakening caused by the cancer.

Many thanks are given to the doctors, nurses and physiotherapists who have attended to Agnes' increasing healthcare needs over the last years. And more love and hugs to the home care aids of Classic LifeCare's home support team who supported Agnes' home life over her last years, and to those of Island Health's Community Support Services, who stepped in with further assistance as Agnes' needs increased in 2023. Such services are invaluable, especially when provided by the kind of caring and conscientious ladies whom we have had the honour of supporting us.

Thanks also to the Comox Valley Hospice Society for hosting and supporting my Mom's last week and final transition, as she bravely faced the natural end of her song, as hastened by the unfortunate disease with which she grappled for ~4 years.

Finally, thanks to the church congregations, and various activity/social groups, and their members, as well as friends and neighbours, who welcomed Agnes in the communities where she has lived her life.

A Service, in remembrance of Agnes, will be held October 28, at 1 pm, at St. John the Devine Anglican Church, Courtenay.