Joan Switzer
March 27, 2021
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Joan Switzer, of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, loving mother of Darlene Fehr and Leslie( Iris) Switzer, passed away at the Southeast Integrated Care Centre – Long Term Care, Moosomin, on Saturday, March 27th, 2021 at the age of 94 years.
Due to covid-19 restrictions, funeral service will be private.
In Lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Moosomin & District Healthcare Foundation for the Moosomin Long Term Care, in memory of Joan.
Joan was born October 22nd, 1926 in Kilkampton, Cornwall, England. At the age of two, along with her parents, Charles & Lily Webber and her two sisters Edna and Dorothy the family travelled by boat to Canada, landing in Halifax on April 12, 1929. They travelled to Regina by train then to Moosomin and finally to the Pipestone Valley where they settled to farm. There the 4th daughter, Ida, was born, completing the family.
Joan grew up a farm girl and went to school at Woodlands. She loved tdo milk cows and raise chickens, turkeys, geese and even drove the tractor!. She loved to garden.
On December 4, 1948, she married Fred Switzer. Together they had two children: Lily Darlene and Leslie Emil. They were later divorced and Joan and the children moved to the home farm south of Moosomin, where she resided until moving into Moosomin, then moved to Centennial Manor where she lived for several years and met many of her friends.
She was predeceased by her parents, Charlie & Lily Webber, Fred Switzer, her 3 sisters Edna, Dorothy and Ida, brothers-in-law Secord Sheane, Joe Buck, good friend Bill Young and son-in-law Jim Fehr.
She leaves to mourn her two children Darlene and her family of Shelley (Eric), Karlee (Steve) Ryley and Kellen, Ryan (Nadine) Lynden (Danielle) Cruz, Jamey (Jonelle), Alyssa, Tilynn, Brody, Emma, Tammy (Kelly) Kelsey, Kayla & Logan; Leslie (Iris) Switzer and their family of Kevin (Hope), Alisha & Austin, Rhonda, Rebecca & Keiran, close friends Ingrid Underhill and families of Chilliwack, B.C., numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She also leaves to mourn her relatives in England.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Joan Switzer March 27 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Virden, Province: Manitoba