Sadie MORANIS

SADIE MORANIS FRI, CMR Sadie passed away peacefully in her 84th year on Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Toronto. She will be greatly missed by her son Stephen, her daughter-in-law Monica and her granddaughter Rebecca. Sadie's husband Jules and daughter Terry sadly predeceased her. Sadie will be forever remembered by her sister Betty Dale, her brotherin-law Harvey Dale, her niece Susan Dale (Jim Laing) and her nephew Lawry Dale (Elise Teitler). Sadie also leaves behind her sister-in-law Anne Moranis, her brother and her many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and cousins. Sadie was an accomplished pianist having studied with Boris Berlin at the Royal Conservatory, an editor of the Varsity at University of Toronto and an accomplished athlete and sportswoman who loved tennis, badminton, boating and fishing. When Sadie started in real estate, she was a 37-year old homemaker, and seventeen years later she became the first woman president of the Toronto Real Estate Board, in its sixty-year history. Today Pr udential Sadie Moranis Realty is one of Canada's leading real estate companies. Driven to succeed she wanted to prove that given equal opportunities, a woman can accomplish as much as a man; she refused to let anything deter her from what she was capable of doing. Sadie grew her company from a neighbourhood broker to a large organization in Toronto. Sadie's zeal for life in the face of surviving breast cancer in 1977 to her most recent health related issues can be best described when she acclaimed, 'When you think you have problems, remember that other people may have problems greater than yours'. The family would like to personally thank Dr. Robert Zeldin and Dr. Stephen Shapero for their support and care, and her extremely devoted caregivers Maristela, Maria and Janet. Funeral services at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 24th, 2009. Interment at the New Beth Tikvah Section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery. Shiva at 3 Colvestone Road following interment. Shiva visits daily from 1 p.m. with evening ser vices at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 25th, Tuesday, May 26th and Wednesday, May 27th. Memorial donations can be made to the Sadie Moranis Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M6A 2C3, 416-7800324 or www.benjamins.ca.