Maria Heemskerk writes at about 5 am (ADT) on 29 April: >Hi to all my family, friends, and listserve buddies. I just wanted >to let you know my Mom Jean Casey Pate passed away after suffering a >hip fracture, then a severe stroke while in the hospital. She >passed April 24, 2007 in Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey BC. Her >funeral will be Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Immaculate Conception Parish >in North Delta, BC (just off Scott Road and 88th Avenue.) Sorry I >couldn't contact you all personally, we have been back and forth to >Delta the last couple of weeks, and are going again Monday for the >prayers and funeral. > >I do have to say we are going to celebrate her life, not mourn >her. She and Dad are together again, and we want to remember her as >a wonderful Mom, "Jill of many trades", caregiver to our Dad, and a >help to all who needed her. > >It was too late to put an obit in the paper, so I will let anyone >who was close to her know the details. > >If anyone is researching the Casey/ Merlin family from the >Chezzecook/Halifax area and Prospect area, I have lots of family >genealogy to share. This is for my listserve buddies. > >Mom grew up in Halifax, and she and Dad moved to BC in 1950, driving >across north America in a little Anglia, with three small children. If anybody would like her contact information, please write me offlist. Joe -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe http://makowiec.org/