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Beatrice Alice Weaver was the fourth child of Joseph and Alice (Smith) Rheubottom. She was born at home in Sundridge on October 20, 1921. Her two sisters were Millie Wiseman and Edith Christie, both of whom married locally and lived in Sundridge their entire lives. Her younger brother Calvin (aka ‘Tiny’) now lives in Marmora ON.
Her early years were impacted by the deaths of her mother and then her brother Alva, who was killed on November 4, 1944 over the skies of Germany.
During the war years Bea worked for Arthur Church at the Sundridge Post Office and fondly remembered working alongside Miss Lillian Faulkner at the Bell Telephone Exchange.
Bea was beautiful and no doubt turned the heads of many returning servicemen following the war. However, she only had eyes for Armand (Buck) Weaver who came to town to work at the bank. They married and then moved to Echo Bay ON when Buck joined his father in the ownership of a logging company. They spent the rest of their married lives in the Sault area.
In 1956 they purchased a small property from JP Johnstone at the north end of Lake Bernard. With the help of father Joe they built a seasonal cottage where they stayed each summer until they were in their 80s.
Along with her sisters, Bea nurtured, raised and supported her two great nieces Vicki Whitmell and Tracy Whitmell-Martin. They loved her letters and phone calls and competed for spending time with her at the cottage. The special bonds and connections that she had with young people extended to her great great niece Kelly Martin and great great nephew Greg Martin and to her friends and neighbours on Caddy Street in Sault Ste Marie – the Grecos and Woods.
Bea was smart, strong and spunky. She spent the last almost four years of her life at Muskoka Traditions in Huntsville where she was supported and cared for by an incredible group of nurses, support workers and doctors. Despite numerous health setbacks she always bounced back and we lost count of the number of ‘lives’ she had had. Her resilience was formidable.
She had grown tired of her struggles over the last few weeks, however, and told us in no uncertain terms on the weekend that, although she had had a good life, it was time for her to go. She quietly slipped away a day later.
We are forever grateful for what she brought to our lives and from what we learned from her about fortitude, commitment and persistence, or what some might call stubbornness! She was an amazing lady and in leaving us an era has ended.
Cremation has taken place at Forest Lawn Crematorium. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Opatovsky Funeral Home- Moore Chapel. If desired, donations to the Huntsville Hospital would be gratefully acknowledged as expressions of sympathy.
2025
Death notice for the town of: Sundridge, Province: Ontario
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