Gertrude Anna BUCEK

BUCEK, Gertrude Anna (Trude)
peacefully at Leisureworld Scarboro, just before dawn on Saturday, February 26, 2005 in her 91st year.
Mother, grandmother, great- grandmother, talented homemaker, gardener, arts enthusiast, antique collector and hostess extraordinaire, she went silently and very gently into that good night. Born in Vienna in the early months of World War I, she lived in Austria and former Czechoslovakia until she emigrated to Canada in 1951 with her husband and four (soon to be five) young daughters. From her mother, Matilde Boukal, an opera singer, and her father Richard Waldek, owner of the Grand Hotel Waldek in Pilsen, she interited a love of opera and a remarkable sense of style. Friends and family have witnessed with sadness more than a decade of dramatically declining health. Her daughters are very grateful to caregivers Francine Barit and more recently Brenda Sylvester together with the dedicated staff of the 6th floor at Leisureworld Scarboro.

Predeceased in 2002 by her husband of 63 years, Jaro, she is remembered with love by her daughters Olga Korper (Leo Meyer), Sylvia Bucek, Trude Meyer (Wolfgang), Mimi Marrocco (Frank), and Helene Bucek-Mackey (Ernie). Beloved 'Babi' to Sasha Korper (Gregory Axelson), Kim Meyer - Cech (Alexander), Marc Sellitto, Lillian Meyer-Janzek (Andreas), Emily Marrocco (Michael Condoyannis), Phillip Meyer, Rachel Davies (Rob), Angela Marrocco and Ted Marrocco. Great- grandmother of Taiga, Kirin, Jackson and Matthew. Visitation on Wednesday, March 2, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at McDOUGALL AND BROWN Funeral Home, 2900 Kingston Road (east of Brimley). Funeral Mass will be celebration on Thursday, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. at ST. BASIL'S CHURCH, 50 St. Joseph Street (corner of Bay Street, one block north of Wellesley). Donations in her memory to the Canadian Opera Company or to the University of St. Michael's College (81 St. Mary Street, Toronto M5S 1J4) would be appreciated.