Obituary of Leola Conacher

LEOLA VERYL CONACHER OBITUARY A LONG COURAGEOUS, ADVENTUROUS LIFE HAS COME TO AN END MARCH 1, 2017. HER CHILDREN MURIEL CONACHER (EARL), MARLENE ROBERTSON (THE LATE BILL), MARGARET ROSE LIMNIATIS (GUS), CAMERON CONACHER (KELLY) ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER. LEOLA IS PREDECEASED BY HER BELOVED INFANT CHILDREN MYRNA & CLIFFORD. LEOLA LEAVES AS A LEGACY THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, SHAWN, DANA, JAMES, THE LATE WARREN, GAVIN, MARK, WARD, QUINN, NICHOLAS, JAMES, C.J., MACKENZIE, SARAH, FIFTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND ONE GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILD. LEOLA WAS BORN IN LANCER, SASKATCHEWAN ON MAY 5, 1913 TO BERT & PEARLE ROSE, THE NINTH OF TEN CHILDREN;MILTON, PERCY, WALTER, VERA, EVA, TED, FRANK, FRED & FERN AND SHE IS THE LAST TO REUNITE WITH THEM. LEOLA WORKED IN HEALTH CARE FOR MANY YEARS IN SASKATCHEWAN AND ONTARIO AT VARIOUS HOSPITALS. SHE ENJOYED LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AT THE HELLENIC HOME IN TORONTO FOR THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY. OVER THE SPAN OF HER LIFETIME OF 104 YEARS SHE SAW MAJOR CHANGES IN THE WORLD AND HER MIND WAS KEEN AND ALERT TO THE VERY END. HER INTEREST IN CURRENT EVENTS AND IN FAMILY & FRIENDS WAS REMARKABLE. DONATIONS TO W. ROSS MACDONALD SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND BRANT AVENUE, BRANTFORD 519 759-0730 OR THE HELLENIC HOME 11 WINONA DRIVE, TORONTO 416 654-8631 WOULD BE APPRECIATED. SERVICE DETAILS. MARCH 11, 2017 3:00 PM EASTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, 310 DANFORTH AVENUE, TORONTO, ONTARIO REFRESHMENTS IN THE PARLOUR FOLLOWING THE SERVICE A SECOND SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR THE MANY RELATIVES IN SASKATCHEWAN FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT IN THE MERVIN CEMETERY NEAR HER INFANT CHILDREN MAY 6, 2017 2:00PM MERVIN ANGLICAN UNITED CHURCH, MERVIN SASKATCHEWAN REFRESHMENT IN THE MERVIN COMPLEX FOLLOWING THE SERVICE