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<PERSON> (née <PERSON>) passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Alto Retirement Home in <LOCATION> on <DATE_TIME>, in <DATE_TIME>. She was predeceased by <PERSON>, her husband of <DATE_TIME>. 890
She is survived by her loving and heartbroken daughters <PERSON>, <PERSON> (<PERSON>) and <PERSON> (<PERSON>), 5 grandchildren, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, and 2 great-grandchildren, <PERSON> and <PERSON>.
She was a devoted mother and grandmother, always ready to help out by babysitting, taking the kids to the park, reading them a book, picking up groceries, finding some indispensable utensil or the most fabulous outfit for a child, and most of all, being a sympathetic ear for woes or successes.
Once all her children were in school, <PERSON> returned to work as a medical secretary at McGill University, then after <DATE_TIME>, followed her husband to <LOCATION> where she became part of the team which deciphered the human genome.
Ever active after retirement, she learned Tai Chi, then taught it to other residents at Alto, and took a trip to <LOCATION> with her sister-in-Law <PERSON>. when they were both <DATE_TIME>!
<PERSON>'s friendly and encouraging disposition will be sorely missed at Alto, where everyone knew her as the resident who received the most visitors, and who made sure no other resident felt left out and alone.
A service will be held at Saint-Sauveur Church at <DATE_TIME> <DATE_TIME>, followed by burial in the family plot. The family asks that instead of flowers, a tree be planted by those whose lives <PERSON> touched. 137