ALEXIA BERTIE

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ALEXIA "FLUFF" BERTIE (nee THOMSON) Mom passed away peacefully with her family by her side at Grace General Hospital on Saturday, September 16, 2000. Alexia was born February 20, 1920, in Dornack Dumfriesher, Scotland. May of that year her parents Jim and Agnes Thomson brought their family to Canada. They settled in Morris, Man., where Alexia grew up and went to school. In 1940 she married Jack Bertie. Alexia spent most of her life in Morris (except for the war years, which she spent in Toronto). In 1958 Alexia and Jack moved to Winnipeg with their family. Alexia worked at Zellers Polo Park for many years. Alexia is a Past Noble Grand and Past District Deputy of Morris Rebekah Lodge and Past Noble Grand of St. James Rebekah Lodge and a Charter Member of Queen Ester Rebekah Lodge, also a Charter Member of Morris Legion Auxillary. Alexias pasttimes were knitting, playing cards, and traveling, but most of all, her family. She will be sadly missed and always loved by her family, Carolyn "Bunnie" (Garry) Shedeck, Donna (Hans) Goller, Bob (Candy) Bertie, Garth (Anny) Bertie; cherished grandmother of Tracy (John), Sheri (Dennis), Susi (Karlin), Chris, Johnathan, Shannon, Michael and Jackie; her sisters, Mable and Joyce; brothers, Jim and Don; many nieces, nephews and all her friends. Alexia was predeceased by her daughter Eleanor Lynne in 1946; her parents Jim and Agnes Thomson; her husband Jack in 1980; sister Sadie Jorgenson; brothers, Murry and Bill Thomson. The family wishes to sincerely thank Grace Hospital third floor staff for the excellent care they gave Mom. Funeral service for Alexia will be held on Tuesday, September 19, at 12:30 p.m. from Chapel Lawn Funeral Home, 4000 Portage Ave. Following interment, refreshments will be served at Chapel Lawn Reception Centre. Viewing will be held on Monday, September 18, at Chapel Lawn Funeral Home from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Cancer Research, 100 Olivia St., Winnipeg, Man. Mothers Never Die - They Just Keep House Up In the Sky When we are children, we are happy and gay. And our MOTHER is young and she laughs as we play, Then as we grow up, she teaches us truth, And lays lifes foundation in the days of our youth? And then its time for us to leave home But her teachings go with us wherever we roam. For all that she taught us and all that we did When we were so often just a "bad little kid" We will often remember and then realize That MOTHERS ARE SPECIAL and WONDERFULLY WISE? And as she grows older, we look back with love, Knowing that MOTHERS ARE "GIFTS FROM ABOVE" And when she "goes home" to receive her reward, She will dwell in GODS KINGDOM" and "KEEP HOUSE FOR THE LORD" Where shell "light up" the stars that shine through the night, And keep all the moonbeams "sparkling and bright" And then with the dawn shell put the darkness away As she "scours" the sun to new brilliance each day? So dry tears of sorrow, for MOTHERS DONT DIE- They just move in with GOD and "KEEP HOUSE IN THE SKY" And there in GODS KINGDOM, MOTHERS watch from above To welcome their children with their UNDYING LOVE! Arrangements entrusted to: CHAPEL LAWN FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM 885-9715

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 18, 2000