MARY KLINGBELL (1915 - 2005)

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MARY KLINGBELL (1915 - 2005) It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loving mother, Mary Klingbell, who passed away at her home in Zion Park Manor, Cloverdale, BC. Mom was born on February 6, 1915, and spent her early years in Gilbert Plains, MB. She moved to Winnipeg in 1935 where she met and married Michael Klingbell and where she raised my sister Julie and myself. Mom loved children and spent many years as a care giver for children and was an active member of Robertson Memorial United Church. After our father passed away, Mom moved back to Gilbert Plains to look after her mother and where at the age of 70, she discovered and fell in love with golf. In the summertime, if she wasn't in her garden you could find her out on the golf course, where she spent many carefree hours. Mom finally moved out to Cloverdale to be near her daughter Julie and husband Dave, and where she could golf with her sister Dorothy all year long. Mom was predeceased by her husband Michael in 1965; parents, Mark and Ksanka Kotyk and great-granddaughter Angela Roach and her sisters Anne Kornefell and Jeanne Kotyk. She is survived by her daughters, Julie (Dave) Russell and Elsie (Jack) Cameron; her grandchildren, Cindy Trytten, Doug Johnson, Tracey Roach, Michael Cameron, Jackie Friesen and Jordy Cameron: great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Alana, Courtney, Sara, Cassidy, Kyle, Karly Mae, Austin, Brody and Hunter, Michaela and Colton, Jayden and Corban. Also left to mourn are her brothers, Phillip, Harvey, Fred and Carl and their families; and her sister Dorothy and Paulie and their families. Mother was a caring, giving person who reached out to all people. She loved not only her family, her golf, her garden and making sure we were always well fed, but most of all she loved God and we know she is home safe now, free from pain, in the loving arms of her Lord Jesus Christ.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 07, 2005