SONIA AUDREY EINARSON (SABLATASH)

Condolences & Memories (3 entries)

• In honor of my mother and her incredible skills at cooking, baking, creating the warmth in our home, my partner Ned and I are carrying on this tradition by hosting dinner parties for families and friends. As a teenager, I remember coming home to find my mother hosting her friends and joining in the conversation. Her female friends were women she had worked with at Vital Statistics and nurtured the bonds of friendship. Yesterday, I was looking through old photos and rediscovered a photo our dear friend, Jeff Gardner, a cyclist and speedskater, who later became a model, actor, NHL hockey referee and is a chocolatier living in Los Angeles raising his family. Jeff lived with us for a year and brought my mom so much joy as he praised her cooking and had an excellent appetite - Jeff was the 'son' / sun in her life. The other sun in her life was her passion for her flower beds with stunning perennials and color contrasting annuals. Always remembered and missed by family, friends and especially by my father, Oscar Einarson. She is the love of his life. Rest in peace. - Posted by: Charlene Einarson (Daughter) on: Aug 18, 2024

• Sonia was my aunt, and was one of my extended family who was always there for me after tragedy struck our family, and my mother and brother died, when I was a child. I remember many visits during the summers, and while I was in university I even lived with Sonia, Oscar, and the girls for a summer. Her door was open, and she welcomed me into her home. She was the family member who had also lived with my father, and understood my fraught relationship with him. And even though there was much bitterness between her and my father, she was able to put that aside and offer me her warmth and love. She loved to garden, she loved cooking, she loved tea. She loved country music, and she loved her family - from her own family, to her extended family - Sonia was there for all of us. I was sad not to be able to attend her funeral. She was taken from us all too early. I remember her smile, her laugh, her generosity. Forever in our hearts. - Posted by: Tania Sablatash (Niece) on: May 25, 2017

• You welcomed everyone in to our home, family, friends, people in need and even my stray cat, for that life lesson, I will be eternally grateful. In this day and age, to be open to people and genuinely kind is rare. I will always miss you until we meet up again. Know that I will always keep your memory safe and close to my heart. - Posted by: Char (Daughter) on: Apr 18, 2015