Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Anne was one of my favourite aunts from the time she and Albert first came to Winnipeg in July of 1951. Anne and Al took up residence in a two room apartment at 164 Horace Street, only a block away from our house. We spent many years together enjoying the holidays with Anne and Al. In 1957, they moved to Elmwood at 520 Montrose (Larsen) and in 1963, they moved to 641 McLeod until moving back to Yorkton in 1988. Anne and Al did not have any immediate family, and us, four boys became her 'family'. We enjoyed going to her house, watching tv, having lunch with her special sandwiches, going to the theatre, the park and zoo, and receiving those special presents on our birthdays and Christmas. We travelled back and forth with them on trips to Saskatchewan for summer holidays and were regarded as their kids. Anne's doors were always open, as we passed by their home, we had a permanent invitation to drop in or spend the night. After my Mother passed in 2006, Anne and I would spend many an hour on the phone talking about people from Old Winnipeg and a four hour conversation was not uncommon. As our relatives diminished over the years, our neuclus of Anne and brother, Walter kept our family alive. We have many memories of Anne and I will never forget the part that she played in our Family's life. Rest now Anne, you deserve it.
