MATILDA GRACE HENDERSON (BIRD)

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MATILDA GRACE HENDERSON (nee BIRD) Peacefully on Thursday, October 14, 1999 at the Riverview Health Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Matilda Henderson, aged 78 years, beloved wife of the late Andrew Henderson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is survived by her three sons, Glen, David and Brian and their families; two daughters, Velma and Lorraine and their families as well as two adopted grandchildren, Alvin and Marlene and a half sister Frances Boubard. She also leaves numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews, relatives and friends. Matilda was predeceased by her husband Andrew in 1990; by her parents, John and Mary Bird and by five sons; three brothers, Andrew Bird, Moses Bird and Sam Bird and by three sisters, Lucy Bird, Rachel Abraham and Ida Twoheart. Matilda was devoted to her family, she was a loving, caring mother and grandmother who put their needs ahead of hers, she touched the lives of all who knew her. Wake services will be held at the family home in Little Black River beginning Saturday, October 16. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m. from St. Georges Anglican Church, Little Black River, Manitoba with Rev. Andrew Sinclair and Rev. Nancy Bruyere officiating. Interment in the Parish Cemetery. Russell Funeral Homes Ltd. & Crematorium of Beausejour, Manitoba in care of arrangements. 1-204-268-2263.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 16, 1999