LILLIAN ISBISTER

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LILLIAN ISBISTER Peacefully on Thursday, July 21, 2005, with family by her side, our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away at the age of 87 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Mum enjoyed farming, gardening, sports, old time dancing and playing cards. She truly loved the family get togethers at the farm for weiner roasts and the many games of baseball and prisoner's base with Mum right in there playing with her kids and grandkids. Mom was predeceased by her husband Harry; son Colin (Ike); granddaughter Lynn McDonald; sons-in-law Ted Patterson and Jim McMahon; parents Colin and Nancy McDonald; brothers Alex, Colin and Mike McDonald; sisters Helen Croy, Nancy Rodway and Margaret Williams. Mom is survived by her children Kelly, Beverly (Scotty) Birnie; Bryant (Ellen); Linda (Robert) Harrison; Judy Patterson, Wayne (Dianne), Brenda (Danny) Granger, Beth (Murray) Last; daughter-in-law Emily (Myron) Phipps; sisters Elsie Klimpke, Sophie (John) Klimpke; sisters-in-law Mary (Lyn) Emmerton, Lorna Jardine, Tilly Anton; 20 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. The family wishes to thank Dr.'s Loudon and Pillay and the wonderful nursing staff at the Teulon Hunter Memorial Hospital for their loving and compassionate care. A prayer service will be held on Monday, July 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the MacKenzie Funeral Chapel in Stonewall. Cremation will follow. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. also at the MacKenzie Funeral Chapel in Stonewall. A private family interment will take place at Stonewall Cemetery. If friends so desire, donations may be made in Mum's memory to the Diabetes Association. MacKenzie Funeral Home, Stonewall in care of arrangements.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 23, 2005