MILDRED MAE GOUGHNOUR (MANSBRIDGE) (GIBSON - 1979)

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MILDRED MAE GOUGHNOUR (nee MANSBRIDGE) (GIBSON 1954 - 1979) February 22, 1931 - January 3, 2013 Peacefully at home in Lexington, Virginia of Colon Cancer. Born in Boissevain, Manitoba in 1931 the eldest child of Ethel Mildred Kilmury and Victor Edward Mansbridge. Mildred studied nursing at Grace Hospital graduating in 1952. She married Reg Gibson in 1954 and had four children. Living and nursing in Winnipeg, Oakbank and Selkirk, Manitoba. Mildred moved to Saudi Arabia to work in 1981, where she met Roger Goughnour. They returned and married in 1984 and settled in Virginia. Mildred continued to nurse right up to her passing, volunteering for many organizations and working at Free Clinics. Mildred was known for her great style and her magical ability to make incredible arrangements out of what most would consider weeds. Mildred was predeceased by her brother Eric and his wife Irene and is survived by her husband Roger Goughnour, her sisters Shirley Kitchen and Betty Bertram (Clair), her cherished nieces and nephews. Children: Janine - Steinbach, Bonny (Karl) - Vancouver, Will (Mary Lou) - Edmonton, Jim (Marli) - Victoria; her loving grandchildren, Arel (Troy), Andrew (Molly), Evan, Elyse, Zachary, Teanna, Elicia, and her great-granddaughter Saige. Thanks and deepest appreciation to the skilled services of the Rockwood Hospice nurses. May we all continue to share the adventurous spirit and love of the creation of beauty Mildred inspired in us! Be at Peace.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 19, 2013