Parcourez la nécrologie de Suzanne Catharine Toldnes May 29 1947
January 23 2025 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles
Suzanne Catherine Toldnes (Nee Whyte) – May 29, 1947 – January 23, 2025
Passed away peacefully at Owen Sound Hospital on Thursday January 23, 2025 of Durham in her 78th year, with her husband and family at her side. Loving wife of Ken for 55 years, loving mother of Mike of Hanover and Chris of Toronto. Nana to Chloe and Jasper. Sister to Charles Whyte of Toronto. Sister-in-law to Shirley, Karen and brother-in-law to John. Many nieces and nephews and extended family.
A tribute from a son to his mother captures the essence of Sue’s life:
Mum,
I love you so much. I will miss you so much.
We all love you and we will miss you.I feel so bad for what has happened to you. You didn’t deserve this. You brought so much joy to everyone’s life. From the time you met Dad while working in Toronto, and then starting out a life living in Waterloo, and then Guelph. And of course Guelph was where Mike and I were born. You selflessly took care of us and took us places even pushing us in the stroller long distances. You taught us right from wrong and weren’t afraid to discipline us either. You renovated the house I first lived in and made it a home. After a while, you returned to work and continued to juggle the demands of motherhood and wife. Then you and dad decided to embark on the great unknown. Deciding to buy 40 acres in the country. At first we just camped there, then built a house and moved there. It was exciting and new and challenging but you sacrificed commuting to work to support your family. I am sure there were many wintery days you shouldn’t have been on the road or didn’t want to go. But you persevered never forgetting to wake Mike and I and make our lunches before rushing out the door. I always remember greeting you after work, especially on grocery days and helping to unload the groceries. It was always exciting because that usually meant pizza night!
You eventually joined Dad full time running the woodworking business. From attending all the craft shows to the One of a kind show. You worked tirelessly oftentimes exhausted and sick. By that time, I was mostly living in Toronto and relished at the chance to come help set- up, work and tear down. Watching you effortlessly write up the orders and calculate was always incredible. I always thought I could never do it as good as you but you would let me ring up the orders and be patient with me in front of customers.
You and dad were a team and kept to a dizzying pace to keep up with the demand of orders. Eventually the woodworking business wound down and you and Dad decided to sell the house we all loved and had so many experiences in. I built gardens there, planted trees. From hosting a studio tour, to building the deck that held so many occasions, to planting an orchard, to eventually tearing it up and then playing baseball in it. You and Dad afforded me so many memories and experiences living there including sending Mike and I to summer camp. And who could forget the 6 hours it took to cut the grass?! After the Glenelg property, you moved to Durham, into a new townhouse complex on the grounds of a former hospital. I remember the first spring after you moved there, you and Dad wanted to plant the gardens. Your landlord brought loads of various flowers to plant. At first, I didn’t want to help but you gave me several disappointing looks and I then knew I had to get over myself and pitch in by getting my hands dirty in the soil. We found so many old relics from the old hospital, mostly jars and bottles. Your gardens eventually became lush and the envy of the neighbourhood. You held so many get togethers and BBQ’s there, including the Covid social distancing parties to the pizza parties with the bake oven. That house became my new home as well when you allowed me to come live with you during a time when I was having challenges of my own. It was such a delight to come home on long weekends and holidays to spend time with you and delight in your home cooking and baking. It allowed me to recharge from the demands of my city life and job. You and Dad continued to work part-time. Esso became an important life line for you socially and economically. Your fierce determination would not allow you to give it up, despite suggestions to do so. I hope you feel you’ve lived a life full of purpose and joy, from travelling to London, England when young, to Nova Scotia twice, once where I got stuck in the red mud and the other returning with Dad. To Vancouver and Vancouver Island, to Australia. And of course your baby aka the motor home, going to Arizona, California, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Nashville, Kentucky to name a few. It was thrilling to get to enjoy it myself with you and Dad, taking it to beaches and our week in Pennsylvania. You are a gentle, kind soul who effortlessly blended in with so many people, including Dad’s family. His mom and his siblings became like brothers and sisters to you. You supported your own brother on many challenging occasions. You loved your grandchildren unconditionally. Your love of cats is unmatched, from volunteering at the humane society to owning several cats over the years. How lucky for the cats to befriend you like all the humans who knew you. Thank you for all the sacrifices you’ve made including helping me move several times, including the last time in the first wave of COVID in 2020. Thank you for being my mum. I love you and I hope to see you again one day.
“WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE LIVED”
Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Cancer Society would be appreciated. Online condolences and tributes available at www.fawcettfuneralhome.ca.
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Décès pour la Ville:FLESHERTON, Province: Ontario
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