Friday, January 10, 2020
What a lovely picture of Eleanor! She will always be in my heart. I met her when I was about twelve and she has been my favorite cousin ever since. Our childhood adventures occurred in Rimbey, Irma, Swan Hills, and Vermilion, to name a few of the hot spots, and she spent one year living with our family in Sherwood Park.
I admired her fine sense of humor, unbelievable resilience and uncanny ability to accept life as it came, even at the ripe old age of twelve. Well read, articulate and self-contained she grew up in many of the small towns of Alberta with her father, a School Principal, in a time when Principals were rotated throughout rural Alberta. I always marveled at how she navigated these changes and we had such fun when we were together.
I was so happy when she met Rick and Wainwright became her home. He was her person from day one! A home, two wonderful sons, a daughter- in- law she delighted in, and two precious grand children reflect her deepest wishes and her greatest loves.
My deepest sympathy to Rick and family.
Laurie
