(Teacher, Ottawa Public School Board)

Mom left us while sleeping on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at the age of 89. “Winnie” is survived by her sons Jim (Mary Jane) and Wayne (Gerry). Pre-deceased by Gerald “Joe”, her husband of 57 years, and infant sons Ronnie and Robert. Born in Calverton, Nottinghamshire England and raised in Stonewall, Manitoba mom was the youngest of 9 children born to Arthur and Maria Meads (Wright) and is predeceased by brothers Arthur, John, Frank , Albert; and sisters Lillian Meads, Mary Walker, Viola Appleyard, and Nellie Smith. Grandma’s love, humour, wisdom and kindness with be greatly missed by grandchildren Erin, Matthew, Kaitlin; and great-grand daughters Ava Doak and Mirabelle Henry. Mom loved to reminisce about her teaching days (over 25 years) in Overbrook and Queen Mary Public Schools. Mom began teaching at the age of 17 in rural Manitoba, and never stopped providing life lessons to us all.

Friends are invited to visit at the St. Laurent Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 1200 Ogilvie Road (at the Aviation Parkway) on Wednesday, 4 March 2015 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.. Funeral Service will be held in chapel on Thursday, 5 March 2015 at 1 p.m. Interment at the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Armed Forces at Beechwood Cemetery. Donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.