Obituary for
Mabel « Isabel » Young (Norquay)
YOUNG, MABEL ISABEL (nee NORQUAY)
July 19, 1921 – June 30, 2018
Peacefully in her 97th year at Extendicare York in Sudbury, ON, following a brief illness.
Predeceased by husband Charles and daughter Adrian Vance (survived by Alan Vance). Survived and treasured by children Harold (Susan) of Phillip Island, Australia, Philip (Eileen) of Lively, ON, Alexander (Debra McIsaac) of Peterborough, ON, Frank (Helga) of Scarborough, ON and Eleanor (David Wilson) of Georgetown, ON. Fondly remembered by numerous nieces and nephews, fourteen grandchildren, as well as five great-grandchildren.
Isabel grew up with two brothers, James and John Edward, in Coniston, where her father, Jim, ran Norquay Bros. General Store, and her mother, Mabel, was an active community presence.
She lived all her life in the Greater Sudbury area, except for the summers of her youth spent on Manitoulin Island and the years spent at University of Toronto earning her medical degree in the 1940s. In addition to being a mother of six, she was a staff physician treating tuberculosis at the Sudbury-Algoma Sanitarium from the mid-1960s to her retirement in 1978. She was active in the Trinity United Church in Lively, ON, a member of Copper Cliff Curling Club, on the board of the Sudbury chapter of the Lung Association and among the first volunteers at Science North when it opened in 1984. She will be remembered for her musical laughter, passion for travel and craftmaker’s talents. And her pie. Especially blueberry.
Funeral Service
in the
R.J. Barnard Chapel
Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home
233 Larch St, Sudbury
Thursday, July 5th, 2018 at 2pm
(Friends may call 7-9 pm Wednesday or after 12 noon Thursday)
Cremation at the Park Lawn Crematorium.
Donations to Alzheimer’s Society or The Lung Association would be appreciated.
Donations to Alzheimer’s Society or The Lung Association would be appreciated.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Mabel Isabel
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Décès pour la Ville: Sudbury, Province: Ontario
