We are so sorry for your loss. Aunt Sylvia was an amazing woman, who was incredibly proud of her family.

Please accept our deepest sympathies.

With Love

- Zeke, Shelley, Curtis and Christian Myers

Grandma will be missed very much. I, like many of my cousins will always remember her art. Specifically the hand panted wooden eggs we received every year as holiday presents. She had many grandchildren and there was many holidays so I can only imagine the time she spent painting them as they were very detailed. I coincidentally have two separate memory’s involving eggs! I remember visiting my grandma as a child and when I was hungry she always made me boiled eggs as a snack, she use to have a metal egg slicer and I found it so neat as a child to slice the egg and eat the pieces. My grandma held the church close to her heart and I know god welcomed her through heavens gates with open arms. I know she is with grandpa once again. We love you grandma, may you rest in peace.

I'll always remember Grandma as a kind woman of devout faith. She loved cooking for her grandchildren—as a seafood-loving kid, I especially loved her fish stew. Grandma was also a talented artist. She hand-painted wooden eggs to celebrate her grandchildren's birthdays and holidays—everything from Santa and the Easter Bunny to Dracula and Harry Potter. I still have my collection, with two Halloween-themed eggs proudly displayed in a "cabinet of curiosities" I've curated with my partner, Miriam. Grandma's dementia had begun taking hold when I moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 2021, but she expressed excitement that I would soon be living in the province where she was born. I think of her whenever I make day trips to the beautiful seaport city of Saint John. She is loved and missed.

Kathryn Thorn Sunday December 7, 2024. It’s not easy to sum up in just a few short words what I appreciated most about my mother, so I’ll share a few memories. Baked beans, blood pudding, cod liver oil, fish on Fridays, sandwiches and cool aid on hot summer days, plum pudding at Christmas and roast beef dinners with Yorkshire pudding on Sundays. My mother was a great cook and did her absolute best to feed a family of 9 on a very tight budget. I could have done without fish on Fridays, (lent was absolute torture for me). When I was around 13 I had a massive crush on a boy at school. He and I were both invited to attend an upcoming birthday party of a classmate. After sharing with my mother how much I liked this boy my mother decided that some minor adjustments to my appearance had to be made. Together we picked out a pattern and material to make me a new blouse. I can still picture it to this day, it was pink with white polka dots, something I usually would not have been caught dead in. With ice cubes, tweezers, make up and rollers in hand, she transformed a tomboy into a princess. The night was a success, the boy noticed me for the very first time. This was one of my favourite memories. Many years later after all four of my grown children had left the nest and my husband Dave travelled on business my mom would come over and spend the night with me. We would order Chinese food and watch a movie together.In the morning I would make her a cup of tea (which was either too strong or too weak) I hope they have decent tea in Heaven. I could go on with many funny and heartfelt stories about my mother. My mother instilled in me the importance of tradition and faith in God. She loved my father and I know it was a great deal harder for her to be without him all these years than she led on. I’m proud of how well she handled the last few years of her life. After being diagnosed with dementia, my mother had to give up her home along with her independence which she cherished so much. I’m thankful for how easy she made it for me and my siblings to move her into a care facility.

My mother was a proud woman who cared about her appearance (particularly when attending mass), she had a real sense of style. I love you mom Kathy.

My mother was a strong woman, I learnt my strength from her. I admired how strong her faith was I used to say she could move mountains with her faith. One of many memories I have is taking her shopping and to lunch. Joe Nichols song came on tequila makes her clothes fall off on the radio. She said" turn it up" then proceeded to sing along I thought" who is this woman?

My mom adored her grand children. She would call me when a new school year was beginning and say " we are going shopping get the school list" myself my sons and mom would go to zellers and get school supplies then to Swiss chalet for lunch which was one of her faves. I am thankful for her and will miss her dearly.

Amy Harris

There are so many things I can say about my mom. I must start with - I adored my mother and, when I was younger, I would not leave her side. I drove her crazy, especially when she was in the kitchen and I insisted on "helping" her with everything. I also thought my mother was the most beautiful person on the planet. So much so that in Grade One, my Show and Tell was simply that. I stood in front of the class and described my beautiful mother to the class. After school my classmates all wanted to see her, so to our home we went. Well, my mother had 3 small children at home, a four bedroom home to care for, meals to make, laundry to do, etc. She was dressed in her housecleaning clothes, with her hair in rollers under a mesh hairnet and no makeup. We were both absolutely humiliated when my classmates pointed out that she was not beautiful at all. To them I say - Look at the picture. There are so many more stories I could tell. I will close with - I am the woman I am today because of my mother. She taught me to be strong, independent, kind, faithful and hardworking. She inspired me to be a feminist and was the first person to tell me that a girl can do anything a boy can do and that "often the best man for a job is a woman". When I was 7 years old and told her I was going to be a lawyer and then a Justice when I grew up, she didn't laugh - she had faith I would do whatever I set my mind on. We loved the same books, the same movies and TV shows and artists and could talk for hours over cups of tea. She had a wonderful sense of humour and at times found humour in the absurd. An example was her finding the movie "Dude, Where's my Car?" hilarious. I love you mom and will miss you forever, Jenni

When I was a young boy, we stayed with our cousins at there house while my parents were away. Sunday morning was time to go to church, and Auntie Sylvia sat me on the bed, and proceeded to comb my hair to get ready for church. With a big smile on her face she flipped the front of my hair up (probably with some gel), and said something I never forgot......She said " this looks very good like this David, you look just like your Uncle Frank, and he is the most handsome man in the world" It was said with love and kindness, and a huge smile.....and I carried that memory with me my whole life. One of the last times I saw her was in Calgary, at a wedding, and she held my hand the whole time I was there.., she had a great sense of humor and made me laugh more than I think even she realized. I love you Aunt Sylvia, my condolences to all my cousins who I know are grieving right now...while she resumes holding Uncle Frank's hand