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<div itemprop="description">It is with deep sadness that her family announces the death of Major Marie-France &quot;MF&quot; Cotton, CD. After a valiant fight, she passed away at the Ottawa General Hospital on 21 August 2015 surrounded by family and friends. Marie-France is survived by her husband, PO2 Deven Stoyles CD and their children, Joshua and Sarah, as well as her mother, Th&eacute;r&egrave;se, and her brothers, Pierre and Marc. <br /> <br />Marie-France enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1988 as a Medical Assistant. After working at the Base and the Base Hospital in Valcartier, she was accepted as a Personnel Administration officer candidate and attended Coll&egrave;ge Militaire Royale in Saint-Jean and the Universit&eacute; du Qu&eacute;bec a Montr&eacute;al. Following employment in Saint-Jean and deployments to Haiti, Bosnia, and Cyprus as a Logistics officer, she was promoted to Major in 2006 and posted to Petawawa the following year, where she served in a number of positions including Deputy Commanding Officer of 2 Service Battalion and the Commanding Officer of Personnel Services, 4th Canadian Division Support Group. Her last posting was to Military Personnel Command where she served with distinction as the Staff Officer to the Commander, Lieutenant-General Millar, who awarded her the Commander's Commendation in June 2015. <br /> <br />Funeral services will take place on Friday, 28 August 2015, at the National Military Cemetery at Beechwood in Ottawa &ndash; visitation 1200-1345, funeral service 1400, with a reception following from 1500 to 1700. It would be appreciated if those who wish to attend would advise her Designated Assistant, Commander Lynn Bradley, at LYNN.BRADLEY@forces.gc.ca. Should friends and colleagues desire, contributions may be made to the Ottawa General Regional Cancer Center, in lieu of flowers. Information is available at http://ohfoundation.ca/current-projects/patient-care/ottawa-hospital-cancer-centre. <br /> <br />C&rsquo;est avec une profonde tristesse que la famille du Major Marie-France &quot;MF&quot; Cotton, CD, annonce son d&eacute;c&egrave;s. Apr&egrave;s un combat vaillant, elle est d&eacute;c&eacute;d&eacute;e &agrave; l'H&ocirc;pital g&eacute;n&eacute;ral d'Ottawa, le 21 ao&ucirc;t 2015, entour&eacute;e par sa famille et ses ami(e)s. Marie-France est surv&eacute;cu par son mari, M 2 Deven Stoyles, CD, et de leurs enfants, Joshua et Sarah, ainsi que sa m&egrave;re, Th&eacute;r&egrave;se, et ses fr&egrave;res, Pierre et Marc. <br /> <br />Marie-France s&rsquo;est enr&ocirc;l&eacute;e dans les Forces arm&eacute;es canadiennes (FAC) en 1988 comme adjointe m&eacute;dicale. Apr&egrave;s avoir travaill&eacute; &agrave; la Base et l'H&ocirc;pital de la Base de Valcartier, elle a &eacute;t&eacute; accept&eacute;e comme officier d'administration du personnel et a assist&eacute; le Coll&egrave;ge militaire royal de Saint-Jean ainsi que l'Universit&eacute; du Qu&eacute;bec &agrave; Montr&eacute;al. Apr&egrave;s son affectation &agrave; Saint-Jean et les d&eacute;ploiements &agrave; Ha&iuml;ti, en Bosnie, et &agrave; Chypre en tant qu'officier de la logistique, elle a &eacute;t&eacute; promue au grade de major en 2006 et affect&eacute;e &agrave; Petawawa l'ann&eacute;e suivante, o&ugrave; elle a occup&eacute; un certain nombre de postes, y compris celui de commandant adjoint du 2e Bataillon de services et en tant que Commandant des Services du personnel du Groupe de soutien de la 4e Division canadienne. Sa derni&egrave;re affectation &eacute;tait au Commandement du personnel militaire o&ugrave; elle a servi avec distinction comme officier d'&eacute;tat-major aupr&egrave;s du commandant, le Lieutenant-g&eacute;n&eacute;ral Millar, qui lui a d&eacute;cern&eacute; la Mention &eacute;logieuse du commandant en juin 2015. <br /> <br />Les services fun&eacute;raires auront lieu le vendredi 28 ao&ucirc;t 2015, au Cimeti&egrave;re militaire national Beechwood &agrave; Ottawa - visites de 12 h &agrave; 13 h 45, le service fun&egrave;bre se tiendra &agrave; 14 h, suivi d&rsquo;une r&eacute;ception de 15 h &agrave; 17 h. Il serait souhaitable que ceux qui d&eacute;sirent assister en avise son assistante d&eacute;sign&eacute;e, Capt Lynn Bradley, au LYNN.BRADLEY@forces.gc.ca. S&rsquo;ils le d&eacute;sirent, les ami(e)s et coll&egrave;gues peuvent faire une contribution au Centre r&eacute;gional de canc&eacute;rologie de l&rsquo;H&ocirc;pital d'Ottawa, au lieu d&rsquo;envoyer des fleurs. L'information est disponible au http://ohfoundation.ca/current-projects/patient-care/ottawa-hospital-cancer-centre. <br /></div>