Obituary of Isobel Edith Ann Airriess

AIRRIESS - Ms. Isobel Airriess passed away at her home in Yorkton on Monday, January 11, 2016. She was eighty three years of age. Isobel Edith Ann Airriess was born on January 15, 1932 at home on the farm near Togo, Saskatchewan, the youngest in a family of twelve children. She grew up on the farm and helped her father and brothers with work around the farm. After graduating from Grade twelve Isobel worked for one year in the lab and X-ray department in Prince Albert, SK. Then she worked in Norquay, SK for 3 months. At that time she moved to Regina to take courses to become a qualified Lab Technician. After graduating from the Gray Nun's Hospital she came back to Yorkton where she worked in the Yorkton General and then The Yorkton Regional Hospital until her retirement thirty years later in 1991. After her father died Isobel and her mother bought a house in Yorkton which was home to both of them, and later also her brother John, until each of them passed away. Isobel loved sports and was actively involved in basketball and softball during her school years. She joined an adult softball team around Yorkton and played with them into her forties. When she could no longer participate she was still an avid fan of baseball (The Toronto Blue Jays were her favorite), football, curling and hockey. Right up until the last week she could name all of the players, teams and schedules. Isobel owned a car and enjoyed driving. She and her high school friend Irene Pearson (nee Topham) enjoyed going to movies and drove to the Calgary Stampede and to North and South Dakota. Later on, Isobel and her mother made many trips to Vancouver to visit Emma, Jim and their sons, Bryan, David and Scott. Other trips included Nova Scotia, Alberta, Montreal Expo, numerous trips to Ontario to visit relatives and further destinations such as Hawaii, England, Scotland and Wales. She was also able to visit frequently with family in Togo, Wadena and Regina. Isobel was such a kind and caring person, always ready to help out, always thinking of others before herself and helping out whenever there was a serious family illness. She was chauffeur to many of the family and friends throughout the years. Reading was a passion and was seldom without a book on the go. Isobel had many health problems but never complained. For many years she has lived alone in her own home. Isobel was "fiercely independent" and rarely asked or allowing anyone to help. Wayne and Terry Daniels have been very helpful and caring to her. Over the last couple years, as she became less mobile, her niece Loretta helped out with shopping and driving her to various appointments and events. Isobel was predeceased by parents, her father, Alfred and her mother Sarah (Tanner); sisters, Dot (Richard McLean, Rose Freeman, Emma (Jim) Woolley and Joyce (Gordon) Gardner; brothers, Frank, John, Philip (Mary), Glen, Tom and George; nieces, Dawna and Sarah and nephews Gerald and Ralph as well as her beloved cousin and friend Norma Sawchyn (Daniels (nee Hales)). She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her older sister Alice Airriess of Calgary, AB, sister-in-laws, Jean Airriess of Wadena, SK and Rose Airriess Yorkton and brother-in-law Barney (Nancy) Freeman of Kingston, ON as well as numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and a number of very special cousins. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 22 at 1:30 p.m., from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre. Interment to be held at a later date in the Togo Cemetery. Memorials in memory of Isobel may be made to the Yorkton Regional Health Centre - ICU as gifts of remembrance. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com . Arrangements entrusted to Bailey's Funeral Home. Service Information Friday, January 22nd, 2016 1:30pm, Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre Interment Details