Parcourez la nécrologie de Muriel Etta Anderson nee Fullerton résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles
Died in Toronto, September 13, 2023 at the grand old age of 97. Born in Long Reach, New Brunswick to Vesta and George Fullerton on June 17, 1926, Muriel was the first daughter of eight children: Kenneth (Jean), Raymond (Charlotte), Shirley (Isabel), Sam (Vi), Carol (Reg), Audrey (Thomas), and Frances (Ron).
Muriel contributed much to the farm chores and after three sons, her mother was glad to have a daughter’s help in the domestic sphere. With her mother’s encouragement, she left home at 17 on a Saint John River steamboat to train as a teacher at the Normal School in Fredericton. After teaching for a few years, Muriel began her BA at Mount Allison in 1946, continuing at Sir George Williams (Concordia). Muriel finished her BA in 1972 at the University of Toronto.
She met her husband, Rev. John Findlay Anderson and many lifelong friends through the Student Christian Movement (SCM). Muriel and John were married in 1951. A woman of faith throughout her life Muriel thrived in the questioning and radical SCM milieu and continued her faith exploration through involvement in Bathurst Street United Church, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church in Toronto, and Grace United Church in Thornbury.
Muriel was a committed elementary school teacher who specialised in English as a Second Language and Special Education in the later years of her career. A staunch trade unionist, she held leadership positions in the Toronto Teachers Federation (now ETFO).
Speaking truth to power was one of Muriel’s strong suits. She was part of the peace movement over the course of seven decades, active in climate justice work in the Beaver Valley, and as an Amnesty International member.
Muriel and John brought up their children as part of an intergenerational SCM Co-op house on Howland Avenue in downtown Toronto. She influenced many with her love and justice-making approach to living; not the least of whom are her two children and their spouses, Betsy (Jim) and Robin (Barbara), and her seven grandchildren and their partners, Mary Ruth, Matthew (Ashley), Madeleine (Steve), Heather, Sarah (Michelle), Julia (Kelly), and Marion (Kurtis). She was anticipating the arrival of her 10th great-grandchild and is mourned, loved, and admired by great-grandchildren: Abby, Emily, Felicity, Jasper, Norrie, Peggy, Orrin, Hamish, and Arthur.
Muriel is predeceased by her husband John (2016) and six of her siblings. She is remembered with love and gratitude by her sister Audrey, her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, her beloved Fullerton and Anderson families and many close friends.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to the staff and community of Christie Gardens where Muriel lived for the last seven years. Thanks as well to Morley Bedford Funeral Services for their help.
We will celebrate Muriel’s long and rich life on Friday, November 10, 10:30 a.m. at Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church (427 Bloor St. West, Toronto). Donations to the Student Christian Movement, Project Ploughshares, Amnesty International, or Ontario Nature are welcome and will honour and extend Muriel’s lifelong commitments.
2023
Morley Bedford Funeral Services Ltd
Décès pour la Ville:Toronto, Province: Ontario
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