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LOUISE PATRICIA (LANGE) WATSON
Date of Passing: Apr 17, 2006
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryLOUISE PATRICIA (LANGE) WATSON Louise passed away the morning after Easter on Monday April 17, 2006 unexpectedly but peacefully, from a stroke, at St. Boniface Hospital. She was comforted in her passage by her sons and daughters-in-law and members of the family. Louise was part of a large and close family that became larger and closer over the years, and who shall all meet again. She was the daughter of Fred and Signe Lange, and one of five children, Audrey, Louise, June, Jack and Lynda, all growing to maturity in the same big old house in East Kildonan. Louise met Dave Watson in high school and they married while Dave was enlisted in the RCAF during the Second World War. After the War, they settled in Elmwood and East Kildonan where they raised a family of two sons, Lang and John. Louise now joins her husband Dave, Father and Mother Fred and Signe Lange, and older sister Audrey, who have predeceased her. Louise was very much loved, and loved in return, by all of those who make up our extended family, her children, Lang Watson with Chris, and John Watson with Edith; her grandchildren, Kate, Stephen, David Robert, Adam, and David Patrick with Sara; and her surviving siblings and their families, sister June Cameron and daughter Jane; brother Jack Lange with Allie and sons, John with Sandra and Eric and grandchildren, Jonathan and Stephanie; sister Lynda Lange with Dan and daughter Karen Peterman with Mark, and sister Audrey's daughter Lynda Mendella and grandchildren, Paul with Carrie and Audrey with Robert. The majority of the family lives in Winnipeg with some in different points across Canada. Louise would also like to have included her long standing friends who were as close to her as family, Rosalie McLoughlin, Lynda (Holmes) MacDonald, Jan Bedard, Olive Adams and Raymond Fontaine with Wally. Louise was an independent, active and capable person, and became very prominent in the Travel Industry in Manitoba. She organized and managed a succession of prominent and successful travel offices in Winnipeg, and served two terms as Manitoba President, and representative to the industries national organization, the Allied Canadian Travel Association. Friends and family will fondly remember Louise for her tremendous energy and talent in preparing and presenting large meals and enjoyable social occasions in her beautiful home. We will gather one more time in celebration of her life. The family would like to say a special thank you to the staff of St. Boniface Hospital for their care and compassion, Emergency Nurse Lynn and Palliative care Nurses Collette and Janet. Memorial service will be on Saturday, April 22 at 10:00 a.m. at Thomson Funeral Home, 669 Broadway. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Association of Manitoba. Thomson Funeral Home 669 Broadway 783-7211
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 20, 2006
Condolences & Memories (3 entries)
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Louise sent Bradford and me on that fabulous trip to Naples on the michaelangelo - Posted by: Kimberly challis (related through marriage) on: May 30, 2012
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Louise was one great lady. One of the very best with an incredible wit and sense of humor, enjoyed by all. Her laugh was infectious. One story that comes to mind , was her slip falling from under her skirt to the floor during a client meeting. She handled it amazingly. I was privileged to hear her tell that story for years to come and laughed harder every time I heard her tell it. Nobody could tell them the way she did. I really enjoyed working with her at P. Lawson Travel, she had fun and made it fun. She will be missed. - Posted by: Wendy Templeman (Co-Worker) on: Apr 21, 2006
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Louise was one great lady. One of the very best with an incredible wit and sense of humor, enjoyed by all. Her laugh was infectious. One story that comes to mind , was her slip falling from under her skirt to the floor during a client meeting. She handled it amazingly. I was privilidged to hear her tell that story for years to come and laughed harder every time heard her tell it. Nobody could tell them the way she did. I really enjoyed working with her at P.Lawson Travel, she had fun and made it fun. She will be missed. - Posted by: Wendy Templeman (Co-Worker) on: Apr 20, 2006