PURDY, Lenore Ethel (nee EATON) - September 7, 1928, North York, Ontario – July 28, 2024, Windsor, Ontario Daughter of Roy and Pearl (Walker) Eaton, and the youngest among a large extended family.
Lenore grew up in Toronto and Hamilton, with happy summers on the Burlington farm of a much- loved aunt and uncle.
A gifted vocalist from an early age, Lenore sang in choirs through much of her life. Her marriage to United Church minister, Lawrence (Lawrie) Purdy in 1950, started a partnership full of love and laughter that lasted 48 years.
Lenore's warmth made the Purdy home a welcoming space for the family's many friends, both in Canada, and during four years with the church in Trinidad and Tobago.
Lenore thrived in the often overlooked job of clergy spouse, an essential, albeit unpaid, anchor of the congregations they served.
Throughout her life, Lenore's first thought was for other people, not only for family and her many dear friends, but also for the caregivers and staff who helped her as her needs increased.
She left this life peacefully, secure in the knowledge that she had both loved well and been deeply loved.
Lenore will be greatly missed by the family she treasured: children, Jennifer (John Palmer), Joanna (Peter Bell) and Lawrence (Pippa Lawson); grandchildren, Aaron Palmer (Amy Palmer), Lydia Palmer, Joseph Bell (Kathleen Burzycki) and Justin Bell (Victoria Maria); and great-grandchildren, Ophelia, Imogen and Lysander Palmer.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 1 p.m., until a Celebration of Life service at 2 p.m., all being held at Families First – South Windsor (3260 Dougall Ave., Windsor, Ontario, 519-969- 5841). Cremation to follow.
