DEVITT, Jean McKay (Smart) - Passed away on Monday April 4, 2022 in her 102nd year.
She is predeceased by her husband Carl, her parents John (Jack ) Smart and Annie Smart, her youngest sister Audrey Smart and her sister-in-law Helen Devitt.
She is survived by her sister Pat Dixon of Summerland B.C., sons Wayne (Patti), Terry (Judy) and Larry (Susan), grandchildren Melissa and Michael (Amanda), Greg (Sandra) and Shelley (Jon Agnew) and Kyle (Jenn), Rebecca and Matthew (Amanda) and great great-grandchildren Lila and Gibson, Maggie and Nolan, Emily and Madelyn, Liam and Grace and Jayden and Harlie.
Mom was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta on March 2nd, 1921. She met her future husband while he was training for the Signals Corps in Grande Prairie. They married before he was deployed to Australia.
While Dad served in the Second World War, Mom packed up her infant son and moved across country to live with her new in-laws in Bowmanville. How brave she must have been to leave everything and everyone she knew to make such a move.
She was involved from the start in the formation of the Memorial Park Association as the park was developed and the clubhouse built.
Mom was inducted into the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 in the category of Honorary member for her contributions to the community for 25 years.
She was a long time member of Trinity United Church and was actively involved in church choir when she and dad moved to the Niagara Region to operate a retail business.
Even though they lived across the country from each other and saw one another infrequently, Mom and Aunt Pat kept in touch with weekly phone calls. Aunt Pat was near and dear to mom’s heart to the very end.
Her life was one of love and commitment ….. for her family, community and church. She served all for many, many years.
Cremation has taken place. A private family interment will take place at the Devitt’s Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held at Morris Funeral Chapel, Bowmanville, Ontario, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 6 to 8 pm.
Donations in Jean’s memory can be made to Devitt’s Cemetery or CHARITY of choice.
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