Adele Korte

KORTE, Adele With all of us feeling that a future without Mom (a.k.a.Nana) has arrived at our doorstep far sooner than any of us hoped it would, the daughters and partners of Adele Korte (Johanne/Rick Gregory, Nancie/Andy Wolff, Lu /Sue King and Karen Korte and Heidi/Bob McKee) announce her sudden death March 28, while visiting family in Toronto. In true Korte fashion she made her exit while packing the car to go skiing for the weekend! Adele was predeceased by her parents Gustave and Maria Vogel, and her beloved brothers Ed and Don. It's said that you can tell a lot about a woman by rifling through her purse. As we stare at its contents poured out on the kitchen table, we realize Adele's bulging bag was no exception. A favourite watch of her husband Johan who predeceased her in 2007 after 51 years of marriage, photos of her adored 11 grandchildren (Ryan, Keli, Lian and Derek Gregory, Makena, Hayden and Lake Korte-Moore, Quincy and Jesse Korte-King and Kayla and Kieran McKee), very old and stale but still used tubes of lipstick that spoke of a woman who was 'a child of the depression' beside blank cheques that were generously dispatched to make sure we never would be, a driver's license with the date of birth showing her to be younger than she actually was, Turkish lira and Saudi riyals, a much used library card, and, at the very bottom, a tiny yellowed newspaper clipping with words memory tells us she took to heart; "You may have tangible wealth untold, Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold, Richer than I you can never be, I had a mother who read to me." In Adele's memory, grab a coffee, grab a book and grab a child. Not necessarily in that order! Friends are invited to visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 315 McLeod Street on Tuesday April 1, 2008 at from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Wednesday April 2, 2008 at 2:30 pm. Condolences may be sent to korte.nomad@gmail.com.