TREVONA MARY WRIGHT (TWISS)

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TREVONA MARY WRIGHT (nee TWISS) Peacefully on Thursday, May 17, 2007, at the Lions Prairie Manor in Portage la Prairie, Trevona Mary Wright, of Portage la Prairie, formerly of Winnipeg, beloved wife of Alfred Wright, passed away at the age of 92 years. Funeral service will be held in the chapel of the Omega Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 23, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. with the Reverend Marg Scott officiating. Interment will follow in the Boyne Creek Cemetery, Treherne, MB. Trevona was born June 9, 1914, at Cypress River, MB to Robert and Dorothy Twiss. She received her education at Wingham School near Elm Creek, MB. She moved to Winnipeg and worked for the government until retirement. On December 15, 1973, she married Alf Wright and they continued to reside in Winnipeg until the mid-1990s when they moved to Portage. Predeceased by her parents; first husband Douglas Knowles; two brothers, Jack and Frank Twiss; two sisters, Marjorie Kreshka and Dorothy Morden; sister-in-law Brenda Twiss, and brother-in-law Claude Morden. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband Alf; two daughters, Muriel (Rick) Pacey of BC, Ryalda (Steve) Beilgard of Wyoming; grandchildren, Randean and Regan Beilgard, and Ronda, Shaun, and Michael Pacey of BC; eight great- grandchildren; one sister Edna Stadnyk of SK; one brother Albert (Cathy) Twiss of Portage la Prairie; sister-in-law Phyllis (Cliff) Lee of Treherne; brother-in-law George Kreshka of Winnipeg; one sister-in-law Lena Twiss of Elm Creek, MB; and several nieces and nephews. She was dearly loved and will be sadly missed by her family and friends. Should friends so desire memorial donations may be made to Central Plains Cancer Care Services, 318 Saskatchewan Ave E., Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 0K8, or the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, 21 Royal Road S., Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 1T8. Friends may leave a message of sympathy on our web site www.omegafuneralhome.com Dedicated to those we serve .

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 19, 2007