PHYLLIS AUDREY JOHNSON (TAPPER)

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PHYLLIS AUDREY JOHNSON (nee TAPPER) It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Phyllis Johnson on Thursday, January 31, 2002 at St. Boniface Hospital. Phyllis was predeceased by her husband Leo in 1960 and sisters, Leda Tod in 1994 and Doris Davies in 1996. She leaves to mourn her passing two daughters, Flora (Val), and Rita (Mike) grandchildren Michele (Craig), Donna (Colin), and Monique (Payton), Sara, Adam, Matthew, Amanda (and their father Doug), and Christiane; great-grandchildren, Cory, Nikita, Wesley, Jesse, Hannah and Meghan. She is also mourned by her sister Fanny Davies and her brother-in-law George Davies, as well as many nieces and nephews. Thanks to the staff of the Palliative Care Unit at St. Boniface Hospital and special thanks to Dr. Hugh W. Smith for his wonderful care through the years. Funeral mass will be celebrated on Monday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m. in St. Bernadette Roman Catholic Church, 820 Cottonwood Rd. Viewing will take place prior to the service at 1:00 p.m. Interment to follow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Hwy. 1 East at Navin Road. In lieu of flowers, donations in Phylliss memory may be made to the St. Boniface Research Foundation, Palliative Care, 409 Tache Ave, Room D 1003, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6. What is Dying: A ship sails, and I stand watching Til she fades on the horizon. Someone at my side says, she is gone. Gone where? Gone from my sight, thats all She is just as large as when I saw her the diminished size, And total lost of sight Is in me, not in her. And just at that moment, When someone at my side says... She is gone, there are others, Who are watching her coming And their voices take up a glad shout. There she comes. That is dying. P. COUTU & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 156 Marion Street 949-4864

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 02, 2002