MARIE THÉRÈSE GRAHAM Born in St-Eustache, Quebec, passed away peacefully at home in Aurora, Ontario on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, in her 91st year. Mom grew up in Toronto and raised her family in Hamilton, Ontario.
Beloved wife of the late William Fraser Graham. Loving mother of the late Billy, Gerry (Leona), Kevin (Jan), Christopher (Gayle), Ann Marie (Richard), twins Mary and Christine (predeceased), and Treacy John (predeceased). Loving grandmother of Brian and Jennifer, Matt (Tina) and Sarah, Fraser (Erin), Alexander and Vaughn, Christopher, Brendan and Graham. Proud great-grandmother of Olivia and Hudson.
Survived by sister-in-law Audrey Conway. Cherished longtime friend of “The Club”, Mary Templeton, Theresa Crawford, Rita Southon and Barbara Bodnar.
Predeceased by her parents Edmund and Christine Conway and siblings Ann, Bernard, Edmund, Kevin and Treacy.
Mom was a member of the Society of the Little Flower and a dedicated volunteer for the Southlake Hospital Foundation in Newmarket, Ontario. Mom loved to travel when she was well to Alberta and British Columbia to visit her sons.
Thank you for the care provided by the nurses from S.R.T. especially Sue Kelly and Dale Anderson. All the We Care PSWs, especially Sheila and all the CHATS Assisted Living PSWs at Hadley Grange Senior Apartment Building. Thank you to her special friends Lena Singh and Sharon Joyce.
Visitation at the P.X. Dermody Funeral Home, 796 Upper Gage Ave., Hamilton, on Tuesday, October 11th, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., with a Prayer Vigil offered at 8:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 20 Idlewood Ave., on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of your choice. www.dermodys.com St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen.
— Toronto Star Oct. 8, 2016.