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Brunton 1923 2025 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles
Obituary of Annette Brunton
After more than a century of life, Annette Brunton died peacefully in Ottawa with family members at her side. A native-born Netherlander (the daughter of Dirk and Gesina (née Schroeder) van de Vegt of Amsterdam, Holland), she became a proud advocate of all things Canadian following her arrival as a War Bride in July 1946. She had endured five years of military occupation before a serendipitous meeting with husband-to-be, George P. Brunton changed her life. Along with a group of happy friends celebrating Victory Europe Day (8 May 1945) in the central square of Amsterdam, she encountered him and several fellow Canadian RCAF servicemen. It was love at first sight. Four months later she married her « Liberator » (a term freely applied by Dutch people of that era to the Canadian soldiers who restored their freedom) in her old neighbourhood church. They spent their life together in Ottawa, their happiest years being in Southwick, the home they built on the banks of the Rideau River near Manotick. It was a perfect place to indulge her love of gardening, badly trained dogs and riverside wildlife.
Annette and George also were avid travelers. Their ramblings and explorations were initially within Canada but later also involved western Europe. They especially delighted in pursuing Brunton genealogical information in southern Ireland. She passed on that love of travel to their kids. She doted on her sons Dick (Heidi) and Dan (Karen McIntosh) and cherished grandchildren Joni (Scott Serio), Jennifer (Riley McKellar), Gregory and David. The addition of great-grandchildren Logan and Charlotte McKellar and Jackson Serio were icing on the cake! She is also survived by a large number of nieces and nephews, including Rosemary O’Shaughnessy in Canada and Marijke van der Vegt (Elman) in Texel, Holland. Annette and George had almost half a century together despite a life threatening physical disability he sustained during his war service. Many challenges were successfully addressed as they fashioned a substantially happy and productive life together. He was her sun, and her world became a darker place following his death in 1993. Living independently and in quite good health well into her 90s, however, allowed Annette the freedom to enjoy friends and community and even to write a memoir. Always interested and attentive to political matters, she was delighted to share her birthday with Canada’s first
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and in her 103rd year, to vote for our newest prime minister as her Member of Parliament! Assisted living in Amica (Westboro) and then memory care in Waterford Grand (Barrhaven) provided an exceptional level of care in her final years. The family is forever grateful to her many amazing caregivers in both retirement communities.
As per her wishes, there will be no funeral service. On Saturday, September 20 a private family internment will be conducted at Pinecrest Cemetery, followed by an informal public reception in the Solarium between 11:30 and 1:00 PM.
Netty will be again and forever by the side of her « Liberator ».
1923 2025
Décès pour la Ville:Ottawa, Province: Ontario
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