ANNIE ELIZABETH LONG (BRIMACOMBE)

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ANNIE ELIZABETH LONG (nee BRIMACOMBE) On Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at the Red River Place Personal Care Home, Annie Long, aged 93 years, formerly of Clandeboye, MB. Annie is survived by her only sister Mary McAulay; sons, Calvin (Arlene), James (Dorothy), Glen (Ruth), and Garry (Lucille) daughters, Wilma (Frank) Woodmass, and Sherrill (Donald) Roach; 21 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren; along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Gerald in 1964; mother and father, Martha and John Brimacombe; brothers, Arthur, Tom, and Alex. Mum was born in 1908 in Dunara, MB and moved to Clandeboye with her family in 1919. In 1925, she married Gerald Llewellyn Ross Long. She worked on the family farm until the family moved to the village of Clandeboye in 1951. Mum loved to knit, sew, crochet, and cook. She was involved in the Clandeboye United Church and she offered her home to teachers who taught in the district. Mum also worked in Winnipeg from 1968 to 73 as a homemaker for the V.O.N. During the latter years, Annie had been a resident of Red River Place in Selkirk, MB until her peaceful passing. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 18 at 2:00 p.m. in the Clandeboye United Church, with Rev. Lynn Stevens officiating. Interment to follow in the churchyard cemetery. The family wishes to thank all the staff who over the years have given care to our mother. In lieu of flowers, if friends so desire, donations may be made to a charity of ones choice. "For the breath of life you gave us And for your lifelong years of caring, For the times weve spent together And for the memory of your love - God guide you on your journey home, Where flowers forever bloom, And we will meet you there In that beautiful garden above." "Forever with the Lord." Gilbart Funeral Home, Selkirk, in care of arrangements.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Aug 17, 2001