Friday, May 3, 2019
Leona was a very popular member of the Fitness classes at the Seniors’ Centre in Maple Ridge, and some of us always enjoyed coffee with her after classes. Her good humour and ability to not take herself too seriously were delightful, and she often amused us with her comments on things. When she became ill, another friend of hers and I visited her in the two hospitals she stayed at, and then at Willow Manor. We admired her patience and general good nature in the face of the sad situation she found herself in, and sympathized with her on the few occasions when she was in tears.
Her death is a great loss to her friends, and how much greater that loss must be to her family, with whom she was so close. I shall miss her.
I regret that I cannot attend the service as I will be travelling overseas then, but I will be thinking of her, and of her friends and family gathered together, on May 10.
