Nancy Meredith Rattle

Nancy Meredith Rattle (née Pearson) passed peacefully with her children by her side on May 11th, 2023.

Born in Guelph, Ontario, on March 2nd, 1951 to Toby and Ed (both predeceased), Nancy is survived by her children Coburn (Mark) and Mark (Shawn), and grandchildren Lachlan, Cohen and Tallulah, as well as her sister Janet (Glenn) and brother Jonathan.

After graduating from nursing school from the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1972, Nancy spent most of her career at the Great War Memorial Hospital in Perth, Ontario. During the final 20+ years, you could find Nancy as a staple in the Emergency Room, where patients always knew that if they got her as their nurse, they could be sure they were going to be well taken care of!

During her career, Nancy not only worked tirelessly as an advocate for her patients, but also as a strong voice for her nursing colleagues and the nursing profession in her roles with the Ontario Nurses Association as a member and President of the local chapter.

Stemming from her years as a palliative care nurse, Nancy was a fervent advocate for end-of-life care and dying with dignity. Over the years, she supported many friends and community members through their end-of-life process in their homes.

Always a lifelong seeker, Nancy’s interests were broad. She was an avid gardener, a beekeeper, a poet, a jewellery maker, a rock and gem collector, a music enthusiast, a traveller, an art lover, an environmentalist, and a concerned global citizen. And of course, we would be remiss if we didn’t talk about her talents in the kitchen; quite simply, food was Nancy’s love language. She took great pleasure and pride in feeding her friends and family with her culinary creations – sometimes elaborate and exotic and other times simple and comforting, but always delicious and made with love (and lots of butter!).

Nancy was a dedicated supporter of many local causes as well as other broader health and wildlife organisations. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Lanark County Grannies (https://grandmotherscampaign.org/findagroup/lanark-county-grannies/), Operation Smile (https://www.operationsmile.org/), or the Perth Emergency Department of the Perth & Smiths Falls District Hospital (https://psfdh.on.ca/foundations) in her name.

A private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.