McMURTRY, Ria Jean (née Macrae) McMurtry - Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died in the early morning of October 11, 2023.
Mom was born on August 11, 1933, to Harry and Jill Macrae.
She was predeceased by brother, Billy; and is survived by sisters, Janet and Margie. Mom married Roy McMurtry on April 18, 1957.
Six children, twelve grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren followed.
Mom led an exemplary life; loving, kind and generous with everyone.
Gracious and elegant, never seeking the spotlight, she shone brightly. She was an accomplished pianist, though she shared her gift with only a few. Mom is also survived by her loving husband, Roy; children, Janet, Jim, Harry, Jeannie, Erin and Michael; children-in-law, Ross, Laurie, Deborah, Patti and Chris; grandchildren, Lauren, Marlena, Aidan, David, Devin, Caillin, Thomas, Matthew, Tynan, Callie, Zoey and Kaia; and great-grandchildren, Elliott, Finn, George and Cotty.
A funeral service will be held at Calvin Presbyterian Deer Park United Church, 26 Delisle Avenue on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., with a reception to follow. Please, no flowers.
If you wish to support a charity close to Mom's heart, please consider Parkinson Canada, which funds research into a disease that afflicted her and a grandfather, and afflicts a son and a niece.
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