LEWIS, MARGARET ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON MARCH 18, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON HAROLD LEWIS AND HIS WIFE JAY OF VULCAN. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN IRELAND.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND SIDNEY IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND HER PARENTS.
MARGARET WAS BORN AT LOMOND COUNTY OF MYROE, IRELAND ON JULY 17, 1922. SHE MET AND MARRIED SIDNEY WILLIAM WALTER LEWIS IN IRELAND ON FEBRUARY 21, 1945 AND CAME TO HALIFAX WITH HER SON IN 1946 AS A WAR BRIDE. THEY FIRST RESIDED IN TORONTO THEN MOVED NORTH TO RICHMOND HILL WHERE SHE WORKED FOR THE SIMPSONS SEARS COMPANY FROM 1963 UNTIL MOVING TO THORNHILL, ONTARIO IN 1968. SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE VILLA NURSING HOME FOR HANDICAPPED ADULTS AND CHILDREN, WHERE SHE HAD MANY CLOSE FRIENDS. SHE RETIRED FROM THERE IN 1984. IN 1986 SHE CAME TO VULCAN WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
IN HER YOUNGER YEARS, SHE WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN SINGING WITH THE SALVATION ARMY. SHE ENJOYED GARAGE SALES, PLANTS AND FLOWERS AND THE WARMER MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
MARGARET WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE RICHMOND HILL LEGION AND THE VULCAN ORDER OF THE ROYAL PURPLE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL HE HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. FOLLOWING CREMATION HER ASHES WILL BE INTERRED IN THE VULCAN CEMETERY FIELD OF HONOR.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, #200, 1609 – 14 ST. S.W. CALGARY, T3C 1E4.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.