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POPPY ALLISON
Born: Jul 22, 1935
Date of Passing: Oct 20, 2018
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryPOPPY ALLISON On Saturday, October 20, 2018, Poppy finally won her hard-fought battle against Alzheimer's and is now at peace. Poppy was born on July 22, 1935 in Canterbury, England to Lorna and Donald Prissick. In 1942 she went to live with her Granny on the Channel Island, Guernsey. Poppy attended boarding school while in the care of Granny who wrote her a letter every week. After leaving school, Poppy trained as a nanny at St. Thomas's Nursery Nurses College. In 1955 she obtained a nannying job in Winnipeg. Poppy met and married John Allison in 1957. John was a navigator with the R.C.A.F. which took the family to many different places to call home. They eventually settled in Winnipeg in 1973 where Poppy enjoyed a career as an operating room technician. In their later years, they moved to Kelowna where son Steve and wife Cheryl could better take care of them. In addition to her parents, Poppy was predeceased by her husband John, her brother Simon, her sister Amaryllis, and Granny Amy Balleine. Poppy will live on in the memories of her brother Andrew (Ann), children, Trish Allison-Simms, Linda, Stephen (Cheryl) and Jude Davies (Brian Hyska); grandchildren, Brian, Eric (Erin) and Stephanie Nicol, Laura Simms, Taylor (Josh Christianson) and Jordan Allison, Cole and Landan Hyska; great-grandchildren Easton and Sawyer Christianson, and dear friend Jackie Preston. In spite of a very difficult childhood, Poppy was selfless, caring, self-effacing, fun-loving, quirky and had a heart of gold. Most of all, she was proud to call herself truculent. She had a great but very British sense of humour, accompanied by an infectious laugh. She loved nature, animals, music, anything that sparkled, fast cars (vroom, vroom!), the Sound of Music, watching Formula 1 racing in her Ferrari jacket and vanilla ice cream. Sweet dreams Poppy. We celebrate your life. Always remembered, you will be in our hearts. And when it is night, in the clearest of skies, you shall star-shine upon us....bemused, but so wise and complete. You are loved.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 03, 2018
Condolences & Memories (1 entries)
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Poppy and I were in the same ORT class, and worked together many years. Poppy was an inspiration to me. She was a wonderful hostess, and taught me to hide the pots and pans in the bathtub after a dinner party, so the kitchen was tidy! When I became a new Mom, Poppy advised me not to sweat the small stuff, and I thought of her often and tried to heed her advice. She always looked at life through a positive lens. Poppy made time for the people she cared about, and when we moved away, I missed her. My deepest sympathy to all of Poppy's family. Cory Both - Posted by: Cory Both (Friend and former HSC colleague) on: Nov 15, 2018