NORMA MAY RIDDICK

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NORMA MAY RIDDICK It is with deep sorrow we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and aunt, Norma May Riddick (nee Ward) on Thursday, February 15, 2001 at the Assiniboine Centre in Brandon, with her family by her side. Norma is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Thomas; daughter, Carole of Winnipeg; son, William (Jan) and her two precious grandchildren, Steven and Angela of Toronto; and dearest friend, Rose Bernardi of Fort Frances, Ontario; and Caroles friend Donna of Winnipeg. She also leaves to mourn her sisters, Gloria (Jack) Thomas of Neepawa, Irene Warkentin of Winnipeg; sisters-in-law, Margaret Riddick of Winnipeg and Ruth (Eric) Perkins of Rivers; brothers-in-law Robert (Joyce) Riddick of Modesto, California and Roy Orr of Brandon. Norma will also be remembered by her many nieces and nephews and numerous friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Spara and Bertha Ward; sisters, Jean Orr and Victoria Off; and brother, Elwood Ward. Norma graduated from Brandon Normal School in 1941. After teaching for four years she moved to Rivers, Manitoba, where she met Thomas. On February 28, 1947 they were married. Norma continued to teach for two more years until their family came along. She went back to teaching in Fort Frances, Ontario in 1965, until 1979 when they moved to Brandon. Norma was very active in her church, St. Georges Anglican in Brandon, and the Leprosy Mission of Canada until her death. She loved to read, golf, go for walks and bird watch. For the last 18 years Norma and Thomas spent every March in Florida. Norma will always live on in her daughter, Caroles life since she donated a kidney to her in 1972. Following the private family interment service at Rosewood Memorial Gardens, the Ceremony to celebrate Normas Life will be held at St. Georges Anglican Church, 5th Street and Southern Avenue, Brandon, on Tuesday, February 20, at 2:00 p.m. Rev. James Brown officiating. Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations in memory of Norma may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, 200-55 Donald Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 1L8 or the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, 203-42 McTavish Avenue East, Brandon, MB R7A 2B2. Arrangements are with Memories Chapel & Pre-Planning Centre, Brandon, 204-727-0330. "Mom, now you can rest and be with the angels you loved so much when you were alive."

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 17, 2001