ELAINE AGNES FRAZER (HARLAND)

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ELAINE AGNES FRAZER (nee HARLAND) Passed away peacefully on December 6, 2017 in Perth, Ontario at 80 years of age, after a decade with Alzheimer's. Cherished wife of Doug Frazer (d. 1987); beloved mother of Bruce (d. 1966), Paul (Caroline) and Garth (Catherine); grandmother of Ethan, Noah, Matthew, Naomi, and Eric; sister of Ian, Janet, Hartley, and Lorna; and sister-in-law to Lloyd and Yvonne. Elaine will also be remembered by cousins, and many nieces and nephews, and by Jose and Lisette, whom Elaine welcomed into her family. Elaine filled her life with love and joy, and looked for the good in everyone that she met. She was born in Rivers, Manitoba and grew up in United Church manses, profoundly influenced by her parents, Wesley and Agnes Harland. She was further shaped through CGIT (Canadian Girls in Training) experiences, including serving a term as the President of CGIT-Manitoba, before doing undergraduate studies at United College (now University of Winnipeg). She met the love of her life, Doug, while they were both studying to be United Church ministers in Toronto. Elaine had a passion to work in Africa, which Doug shared, and together they went to Zambia upon invitation from the United Church of Zambia, a partner to the United Church of Canada. They worked in ministry and mission work there for nine years (from 1961 to 1970), and then three more years with the Presbyterian Church in Trinidad (1970 to 1973). After accompanying Doug in ministry for eight years in Stonewall, Manitoba, Elaine was the sole minister of pastoral charges at Kakabeka Falls (Central), Thunder Bay (Broadway-Pinegrove), and Emo (Knox). In her time in ministry at Emo, she also worked for a decade caring full-time for her aging parents, with whom she lived. Elaine will be fondly remembered by many individual people, for the way that she believed in them, the way that she loved them, and for the goodness that she found in them. Paul and Garth are grateful for the excellent care that Elaine received in her final years at Lanark Lodge in Perth. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada. A service to celebrate Elaine's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Knox United Church in Emo, Ontario.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 16, 2017