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Edna King Obituary
Mrs. Edna King, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, age 89 years of Thunder Bay, passed away in Hogarth Riverview Manor, on August 14, 2020.
Edna was born in Gull Bay First Nation on November 19, 1930; the daughter of Dominic and Mary Jane Wilson. She attended her elementary school years at St. Joseph's Residential School. Her past interests include fishing, hunting, camping and berry picking. She also loved to play cards, bingo and she also enjoyed going to the Casino.
Edna is survived by her nine children, Jo Anne Blackstar, Samuel King, Robina King, Charlotte King, Hilda King, Hector King Jr., Teresa King, Wilfred King, Rudy King; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; as well as her siblings Ina Eichmanis, Ida McGuire, Francis Wilson, Anddy Wilson; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased in 1994 by her husband Hector; and her siblings Florence Bouchard, Amelia McCauley, Steven Wilson, Veronica King, Angelique King, Antoinette Sirica, Annette Kawtiash, Daniel Wilson, Cora Wilson and Dina Landry.
A special thank you to the Management and Staff of Hogarth Riverview Manor for her care and friendship at the home.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 21, 2020 at 10:30am in EVEREST FUNERAL CHAPEL, 299 Waverley Street at Algoma, officiated by Fr. Antoni Fujarczuk. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
As directed by the Province of Ontario and the Bereavement Authority of Ontario, the attendance at the funeral is restricted to 30% capacity or less and a record of attendance must be maintained. Wearing of masks or face coverings by everyone and maintaining social distancing of 6 feet is mandatory for those attending the services.
In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay would be greatly appreciated.
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April Mary Sophie King
August 21, 2020
August 14th 2020 is the day my grandma passed.
I, as well as our family, lost a legend who raised 9 children. I thank you for having each and every one of them as I am the daughter of Samuel King, as well as my brother. We wouldn’t be here in this world if Edna (Wilson) King didn’t have our father. So I feel very blessed to be in this family no matter what.
I had a few maybe more than a few wonderful times with my grandma. I remember the first time I got to meet my beautiful grandma. She came to Vernon, B.C. To visit with my brother and I plus her son (my father). I must have been like 6. I remember seeing her for the first time. I remember it like this. I can’t remember the day, the time, Nana Edna. I am so excited, so thrilled to meet my grandma for the first time that I remember everything in the background as a blur and I see you. You see me. Smiles across our faces.
She is a beautiful Ojibway woman. She had curly short hair and glasses when we met. We went to many places. Polson Park in Vernon, a beautiful park that has awesome areas you can walk through, ducks, swans and many types of trees and flowers. I played with my brother as our father and our grandma watched.
We also went to a restaurant called Susie Q’s and it was a retro restaurant. The waitress rode around on roller skates and you could sit in retro cars if you choose.
I loved this time with her but I also remember the saddest day ever.
I was living in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It must have been like 3 years ago, maybe longer. I am an adult with three beautiful children. My grandma’s three great grandchildren.I was at the CLE and saw my 2 aunts Joanne and Hilda plus grandma. SO I went to say Hi. I said “ohh hi grandma.” She looked at me terrified. I said its me, April, your grand daughter. She still looked scared. I said your son, Sammy’s daughter. That’s when I was told, by my aunt Hilda “April she is confused she doesn’t know who you are. She has Alzheimer’s.” That just shocked me. I said Goodbye to my two aunts and also said “Bye Grandma, I love you.”
I can’t imagine how she felt. All I know is she is happy now with my grandpa Hector King Sr.
So I am thinking of you my grandma. I love you and will always remember you. Love your granddaughter, April King.
Hector
August 18, 2020
R.I.P.
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