LITTLE, Margaret Isabel (MacLean) - Passed away peacefully on April 9, 2021, surrounded by her four loving sons. She was 96.
Predeceased by her beloved husband of 70 years, Wallace Little, and survived by her sons John (Carol), Tom (Pat), Robert (Linda), James (Linda), her grandchildren Anna (Nao), Alexandra, James, Christopher, Katherine (Alex), Stephen, Alison (John), Derek, Peter, Danielle, Ryan and great-grandchildren Charles, Hannah, Max and Aaron.
Born in Alliston on March 28, 1925, the only child of the late Ralph Alexander Charles MacLean, KC, and Sarah Isabel Mitchell MacLean, she attended the University of Toronto where she studied Greek and Latin.
During the war, at her mother’s insistence (“Stop moping around the house”), she attended a community dance where she met Wallace Little, whom she described as “an attractive young second-lieutenant who had come roaring down from Camp Borden on the back of a big Harley-Davidson.” It was the beginning of a deep and abiding love affair that not even Wallace’s death, 75 years later, could extinguish.
They were married in 1949 and moved to a log cabin on the bank of the Humber River in Woodbridge. Moving just down the street to a large property that had been part of the family farm, they raised four boys and various dogs in an idyllic rural setting.
Isabel had a quiet but unshakeable faith that allowed her to accept the challenges of aging with dignity and serenity. Throughout her life, she led her family by example and was the rock upon which Wallace and her four boys built their lives. She will be much missed.
A special thanks to the staff at Briton House, particularly Hilaria and Elaine, for their kindness to Isabel.
Due to COVID-19, a private family service will be held.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Christ Church Woodbridge or another charity of your choice.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help :
Psalm 121 King James Version.
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