MARIE MCGRATH (BOLTON)

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MARIE MCGRATH (nee BOLTON) Mabel Marie McGrath passed away on June 4, 2008 at Grace Hospital after a short illness. She is survived by her daughters, Carol Scott (Larry Whitney), Pat Hunt (Bob) and Johanna Effler (Barry), five grandchildren Kim, Susan, Tracy, John and Margot, and four great-grandchildren, Lauren, Julia, Whitney and Brooke. She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Jack, in 2004, her parents Vernon (1958) and Anna Bolton (1968), and her brother Gerald (1955) and wife Dorothy (1992) and her sister-cousin Irene (2003) (John Martens) as well a large extended family. Marie graduated from high school at United College in 1935, and obtained her diploma as an Associate of the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1942. She married her sweetheart, Jack, in 1945 and settled into their new home on Sharp Boulevard, where they raised their daughters. She taught piano from her Sharp Boulevard home for many years, and retired as a piano and organ teacher for J.J.H. McLean Co. Ltd. Since 2006 she has resided at the Sturgeon Creek Retirement Residence. Marie treasured lifelong friendships with her neighbours on Sharp Blvd., her church circle members her sewing and spinster's clubs. In her later years she enjoyed the companionship of the Seniors Darts group at Rockwood Army and Navy and Airforce Veterans. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, at Neil Bardal, 984 Portage Avenue (Aubrey Street entrance), in Winnipeg. The service will terminate at the funeral home. As per Marie's request, cremation has already taken place. Flowers gratefully declined. If friends wish, a donation may be made in Marie's name to a charity of choice. NEIL BARDAL INC. 949-2200 nbardal.mb.ca

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jun 07, 2008