Peacefully passed away at the Magog Hospital, on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. She was 96 years old. She was the widow of the late Bernard Wilburn Hoyt Senior. Their children are Robert (deceased), Bernard Jr. known as Sonny (deceased) and his wife France Pepin of Magog, Bonnie Hoyt from St. John NB, Wanda Waite and Andy Duncan, of Toronto, Ont., Brian Hoyt and Linda Gocher, of Sutton, Que., Stephen and Francine Charette of Gatineau, Que., and Charlene and John deWit, of Brockville, Ontario. Ida has many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great, great, grandchildren.
There will be a graveside service for family at the Massawippi Cemetery at a later date. Cass Funeral Home in Ayers Cliff is taking care of her arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Palliative Care at the Magog Hospital.
The Hoyt family would like to thank the doctors and nurses from Palliative Care who took such good care of our mother.
Ida Dezan Hoyt was born on her family's chicken farm on Fairfax Road, Quebec, which is just outside of Ayer's Cliff. Her parents were Lee and Annie Dezan. Like all of her sixteen siblings, her birth was assisted by her grandmother, Ida Rachel Brown, whom she was named after. Ida loved her life on the farm and she had a happy, wonderful childhood there. She often wrote of her experiences growing up with her siblings, and she talked about how her mother read the bible to them every night.
Ida was a great student in school and subsequently skipped two grades. She was also musically inclined, like other members of her family, and played the violin and harmonica when she was younger. The Dezan family often played their violins together for recreation. Ida liked to sing too, and she wrote a song, which in later years was published.
Ida's creativity continued over the years as she wrote many poems and a few short stories, besides being a frequent writer to the Letters to the Editor of her local newspaper. Subsequently, several pieces of her writing were published by The Sherbrooke Record. Ida won several awards of recognition and merit for many of her works in national and international competitions. Her last creative accomplishment was to write a fiction novel.
Ida worked at Butter's Memorial for several years and loved the children she worked with like her own. Ida was a kind, caring, soft-hearted individual. She later went on to teach Special Education as an Occasional Teacher for the Eastern Townships English School Board. Ida was very interested in politics, was an avid reader, and loved to listen to music. She loved her family deeply.