MARY CARTHERINE GIVEN

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MARY CARTHERINE GIVEN On Saturday, December 4, 1999 at the Grand River Hospital Freeport Health Centre, age 89 years. Survived by her husband Kirkwood Marcus Given. Daughter of the late Dr. Angus Fraser and Clara Fraser (nee McCullough) of Winnipeg; loving mother of Donald Fraser MacLean and his wife Genny of Vancouver, B.C., Dr. D. Ross MacLean and his wife Mary Anne of Baden. Predeceased in 1963 by her first husband, Donald Ira MacLean; and by her brothers, Colin Fraser (Toronto) and Jack Fraser (Montreal). Kay will be sadly missed by her grandchildren, David MacLean of San Jose, California, Ian MacLean and his wife Kathryn of Comox, BC, Andrew J. MacLean and his wife Linda of Conestogo, Andrew F. MacLean of California; also great-grandchildren, Alyssa and Sean MacLean of California and Stuart and Tristan MacLean of BC, and Ryan MacLean of Conestogo; loving stepmother of Ted Given and his wife Lillian of Markham and William Given and his wife Nancy of Sharon; step grandmother of Gillian Ogden and her husband John of England, Jacqueline Given of Markham, Stephanie Kwaka and her husband John and Stacey Simmons and her husband Stephen of Keswick; step great-grandmother of Joshua and Imogen of England. Will be sadly missed by her special friend, Jean MacLean. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, December 8 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., when the service will be held in the chapel of the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St., S., Waterloo 745-8445. Rev. Rick Hawley officiating. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 9. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or Grand River Hospital Foundation would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Kay was a lover of books, the arts and flowers. She was very active in the North Toronto Horticultural Society, won several prizes for her arrangements. Her fine tuning of our home flower displays will be sorely missed. Her warm smile and gracious welcome to all made her The Special Lady we will remember. God Speed.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 07, 1999