ETHEL IRENE GILBERT (DRYDEN)

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ETHEL IRENE GILBERT (nee DRYDEN) August 24, 1905 - August 31, 2005 Peacefully at Golden Links Lodge, Ethel passed away. Ethel was the fifth of 11 children born to William and Annie (Fraser) Dryden in Lenore, MB. She married J. Edmund Gilbert July 20, 1929 who passed away February 17, 1975. They had five children, Shirley-Anne (Norris) Sutton, Kalamazoo, MI, Carol, deceased 1977 (Grant) McPherson, Stratford, ON, Robert (Gail), Winnipeg, MB, Lawrence (1940 - 1940), Donalda (Robert, deceased 1999) McKenna, London, ON. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Karen Sutton, Kalamazoo, MI, Nancy (Sutton) and Stephen Wolf and children, Sean, Elizabeth, David, Olathe, KS, Kevin Sutton, Jane and children, Rebecca and Christina, Kalamazoo, MI, James Sutton and Alexandra Pecharich, and children, Alexander and Nicholas, Miami FL. Bob McPherson, Brampton ON, and children, Carolyn (McPherson) and Michael Torbay, Toronto, ON, Brock, Brampton, ON, Dan McPherson and Leah of Stratford, ON, and children Kent, Tara, and Grant, Thom McPherson, Cambridge, On., Ken McPherson, Oakville, ON, and daughter Amanda, Bonnie (McPherson), and Wayne Brunton, Brampton ON. Dave Gilbert, Victoria, BC, Susan (Gilbert), and James MacPherson, and children, Megan, Jennifer and Lauren, of Winnipeg, MB, Grant and Pauline Gilbert, and children Melissa, and twins, Tiffany and Carson, Winnipeg, MB. She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Finlay, Brandon and Eileen Nurse, Regina. Ethel was born and raised on the homestead farm near Lenore, MB. She moved to Winnipeg to attend secretarial school, and worked at Massey Harris. She met Ed, and they were married in 1929. They moved to Saskatoon in 1937 and returned to Winnipeg in 1950. She enjoyed many pleasant summers at the family cottage at West Hawk Lake. Knitting, ceramics, and bridge were favourite activities she shared with a very wide circle of friends. Family was very important to Ethel, and they enjoyed stories of her early days on the farm. An old friend recalls that as the Dryden children approached Lenore on their six-mile trek to school in the cutter, Ethel could always be heard singing. The family would like to thank Ethel's son Robert and his wife Gail for their unending attention and devotion to Mom; also everyone at Golden Links Lodge, especially the dedicated and caring staff on the second floor, north wing. Mom will always be in our hearts. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 3 at 12:30 p.m. at Chapel Lawn Funeral Home, 4000 Portage Ave. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Manitoba Heart and Stroke Foundation, Suite 200-6 Donald St., Winnipeg, MB R3L 0K6. Arrangements entrusted to: CHAPEL LAWN FUNERAL HOME CREMATION AND RECEPTION CENTRE 885-9715 Family and friends are invited to sign the Book of Condolence at www.chapellawn.mb.ca

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 02, 2005