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From: Connie Murdoch <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] hooray for Annette!
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:01:16 -0500
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I second, third or fourth the hooray! I've been sending all the notices to
my mom's best friend who was also a warbride and who married my Dad's best
friend - she is Connie Vaillant (I was named after her) and she and another
friend Betty Potter - who married my Dad's cousin were good friends from the
day they each arrived in our small villiage of Murillo just outside of Fort
William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). My Mom, Maisie Williamson loved
to attend the warbride events in Winnipeg that she went to. If anyone on the
list recognized their names please speak up because I'd love to hear from
you.
My mom passed away on February 27th of this year and my Dad passed away
about 2 months later. His ashes were reunited with her on their 61st wedding
anniversary. Dad had said just a few weeks before that this would be the
first time in all their years that they hadn't been together on their
anniversary. So we made sure that the funeral was on the right day so they
could be together again.
My Mom would have loved to have gone to Halifax, and if she were still here,
I would have made sure she got there somehow. She was an organizer and a
joiner and loved to have fun with these sorts of activities. She was always
organizing Halloween and Christmas parties in her apartment building - just
a real spark of life. I've been following all the excitement but with a lot
of sadness in my heart knowing that she's not here to enjoy it. It would
have been right up her alley and it makes me miss her so knowing how she
would have loved it and picturing her face, and hearing her sing (in my
head) all the old songs with her accent coming back full force as it always
did when she got together with her Scottish friends and started to sing. I
once took her and Dad to see Vera Lynn at the local auditorium for their
anniversary, and she sang along with all the wartime songs. It was a great
show. I miss them so much. Last year they laid the wreath at their Long Term
Care facility and it was bittersweet. I had no idea that would be their last
rememberance day.

----- Original Message -----
> Thanks, Linda! As you know it's a labour of love. I am one of the
> fortunate
> people to have a war bride in my family tree. The only difference is that
> my grandmother was a war bride from the First World War. She came to
> Canada
> in 1919.

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