In Memoriam 1992-1997/Ruth Eyford
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RUTH EYFORD
?—1996
SHARE GRIEF FRIENDS ACROSS CANADA AT LOSS DEAR RUTH EYFORD‘ HER DEDICATION TO COVENANT AND SPIRIT OF WHOLEHEARTED DEVOTION TO INTERESTS CAUSE ILLUMINED LONG YEARS OF SERVICE AS OVERSEAS PIONEER, TEACHER OF FAITH, MEMBER AND OFFICER OF NATIONAL SPIRITUAL
THE BAHA’I’ WORLD
ASSEMBLY AND MEM BER AUXILIARY BOARD. PRAYING FERVENTLY HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HER RADIANT SOUL ALL WORLDS GOD. KINDLY EXTEND HEARTFEL’I‘ SYMPATHY HUSBAND GLEN, CHILDREN HELGI AND THORA, MEMBERS FAMILY.
Universal House ofjustice January 12, 1996
Ruth (nee Monk) Eyford, an exemplar to many for her qualities ofradiance, loving hospitality, steadfast service, and noble character, ascended to the spiritual realm on Wednesday, January 10, 1996.
She was born and raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia. She studied nursing and psychiatric nursing. In 1957 she married Glen Eyford in Montreal, and together they had two Children, Helgi and Thota.
Her service to the Covenant and to humanity as an Auxiliary Board member for both Propagation and Protection, as assistant secretary and later chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, and as member of a number of Local Spiritual Assemblies and national and local committees will be long remembered by her many friends in Canada and abroad. In addition to her heroic administrative service, Ruth served with her family as a pioneer to Iceland and India and, on the homeftont, to St. Albert, Alberta. She also traveled across Canada many times teaching and consolidating the Faith, educating the friends, and providing counseling and encouragement.
Ruth was best known for her tireless service in the field of Assembly development and consultation. Her determination for meticulous research and for the diligent application of the Writings to the development of the community gave many Bahá’ís their first taste of personal and community transformation. Every meeting
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with her was an occasion to study and to seek to apply the Writings to our daily lives. Ruth also applied the healing Message of Bahá’u’lláh to her work as a nurse and counselor in hospitals and volunteer agencies and with the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission.
The wish of Ruth’s many friends for the progress ofher radiant and loving soul can best be expressed by the words of the Beloved Master:
I ask of God to draw thee ever closer, hold thee ever faster, to rejoice thy heart with nearness to His presence, to fill thee with light and still more light, to grant thee still more beauty, and to bestow
upon thee power and great gloryw'
Based in part on an article
prepared by Ruth and Glen Eyford