Parcourez la nécrologie de Lorna J Van Ihinger 1945 2024 résidant dans la province Nouveau-Brunswick pour le détail des funérailles
After a full life of dancing, drama, knitting and triple word
scores, we said goodbye to Lorna June VanIhinger (nee Knight) on
November 1, 2024.
Lorna was born in Picton, Ontario, on Father’s Day
in 1945 to Lorne and Susie Knight (nee Frey), the middle child of 8.
Scrabble was the favourite pastime of the Knight family and she
celebrated every seven-letter word with her siblings at holidays and
reunions for almost 80 years. Tea was always served.
Equipped with an unprecedented resourcefulness and an
excellent recipe for coconut cream pie, Lorna initially pursued a
career in caregiving. She cared for the elderly at nursing homes in
the Quinte area and Ottawa Valley and went to Loyalist College to get
a diploma in early childhood education. The skills she gained
encouraged her to open her arms and her home to help raise her
grandchildren and to provide palliative care to her son in the early
90s.
Lorna also worked in restaurants, bars and bakeries.
According to her first husband, Joe Lightfoot, she was never afraid to
stand up to a bully when she was pouring drinks at the Royal Hotel in
Picton. She was equally comfortable serving tables with her childhood
friend, Luella «Sparky» Head, as she was frying fish
in her daughter’s restaurant or making cookies at her other
daughter’s bakery.
Her children remember her as being fiercely protective,
always warning against climbing trees and swimming after lunch. We
tormented her with rubber snakes and often straying too far from home.
In turn, she dressed us in polyester and handknitted sweaters with
too-tight necks. She took us on many family adventures across the
country and was always down for a road-trip.
Lorna was in love with falling in love, which she did with
her whole heart regardless of how many times it got broken. She was a
sucker for a man who could dance, whether it was to Rod
Stewart’s Do Ya Think I’m
y or Nelly’s Hot in
Herre. She eventually fell for a man who would also teach
her to love fine things like Glen Loates art, birdwatching and
woodworking.
Lorna is predeceased by her husband, Roger VanIhinger, her
parents, Lorne and Susie, her sisters Donna (Carmen) DiNanno, Marta
(Bruce) Simspon, and her son, Gordon Lightfoot.
She is survived by her daughters, Cheryl (Dan) Burton of
McAdam, New Brunswick, and Sheila Lightfoot-Pringle of London,
Ontario. She leaves behind her grandchildren Joe (Claire) Mainprize of
Brighton, Rachel (Chris) Mainprize of Sault Ste. Marie, Kasey
VanIhinger of McAdam, Alexis (Devon) Lightfoot and Austin Pringle,
both of London, and great-grandchildren KeslerHaze, Quinin,
RykerJames, Callum, Nama and Azula. Lorna is fondly remembered by her
sisters Wilma Wannamaker of Picton, Sandra (Martin) Stolz of Surrey,
Linda (Steve) Gyde of Etobicoke, David Knight of Vancouver, and Brian
(Vera) Knight of Belleville. She leaves fond memories for many nieces
and nephews, as well.
Cremation has taken place at The S.O. Mehan & Son
Funeral Home in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
1945 2024
Décès pour la Ville St-Stephen, Province Nouveau-Brunswick
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