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This is now my favourite Obituary....

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Jul 2015 19:43

A friend on another site spotted this obituary in one of the Ontario (Canada) newspapers that he reads.

It can also be read on the legacy.com site, found by googling her name


STOCKS, Mary Patricia (nee Morris) —

Pat Stocks, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in bed July 1, 2015. It is believed it was caused from carrying her oxygen tank up the long flight of stairs to her bedroom that made her heart give out. She left behind a hell of a lot of stuff to her daughter and sons who have no idea what to do with it. So if you're looking for 2 extremely large TV's from the 90s, a large ceramic stork (we think) umbrella/cane stand, a toaster oven (slightly used) or even a 2001 Oldsmobile with a spoiler (she loved putting the pedal to the metal), with only 71,000 kilometers and 1,000 tools that we aren't sure what they're used for. You should wait the appropriate amount of time and get in touch. Tomorrow would be fine. This is not an ad for a pawn shop, but an obituary for a great Woman, Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother born on May 12, 1921 in Toronto, the daughter of the late Pop (Alexander C.) and Granny (Annie Nigh) Morris. She leaves behind a very dysfunctional family that she was very proud of. Pat was world-renowned for her lack of patience, not holding back her opinion and a knack for telling it like it is. She always told you the truth even if it wasn't what you wanted to hear. It was the school of hard knocks and yes we were told many times how she had to walk for miles in a blizzard to get to school, so suck it up. With that said she was genuine to a fault, a pussy cat at heart (or lion) and yet she sugar coated nothing. Her extensive vocabulary was more than highly proficient at knowing more curse words than most people learned in a lifetime. She liked four letter words as much as she loved her rock garden and trust us she LOVED to weed that garden with us as her helpers, when child labour was legal or so we were told. These words of encouragement, wisdom, and sometimes comfort, kept us in line, taught us the "school of hard knocks" and gave us something to pass down to our children. Everyone always knew where you stood with her. She liked you or she didn't, it was black or white. As her children we are still trying to figure out which one it was for us (we know she loved us). She was a master cook in the kitchen. She believed in overcooking everything until it chewed like rubber so you would never get sick because all germs would be nuked. Freezing germs also worked, so by Friday our school sandwiches were hard and chewy, but totally germ free. All four of us learned to use a napkin. You would pretend to cough, spit the food into it and thus was born the Stocks diet. If anyone would like a copy of her homemade gravy, we would suggest you don't. She will be sorely missed and survived by her brother George Morris, children: Shauna (Stocks) Perreault, Paul/Sandy (Debbie) Stocks and Kirk Stocks, son-in-law Ian Milnes and son from another mother, John McCleery, grandchildren: Lesley (Sean), Lindsay (Lucas), Ashley (James), David (Tia), Brett, Erin (Brian), Sean, Alex, Courtney and Taylor and great-grandchildren: Connor, Emily, Ainsley, Tyler and Jack. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Paul (Moo) Stocks and eldest daughter Shelley (Stocks) Milnes and beloved pets Tag, Tag, Tag and Tag. All whom loved her dearly and will never forget her tenacity, wit, charm, grace (when pertinent) and undying love and caring for them. Please give generously to covenanthousetoronto.ca "in memory". A private family 'Celebration of Life' will be held, in lieu of a service, due to her friends not being able to attend, because they decided to beat her to the Pearly Gates. Please note her change of address to her new place of residence, St John's York Mills Anglican Church, 19 Don Ridge Drive, 12 doors away from Shelley's place.

Published in the Toronto Star on July 18, 2015

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Jul 2015 21:24

I love it, Sylvia!!!

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 23 Jul 2015 21:42

Brilliant :-D

alviegal

alviegal Report 23 Jul 2015 22:23

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 23 Jul 2015 22:37

Great. She sounds like quite a lady!!

Kath. x

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Jul 2015 22:46

Wonderful!




+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 Jul 2015 12:33

What an honest obit - warts and all. :-D

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 24 Jul 2015 15:20

I love It.
Definitely echoes of my own mum in there ... especially the cooking!

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 24 Jul 2015 17:08

I have a great grin on my face every time I read it!!


and I must have re-read it at least 6 times by now :-D

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 25 Jul 2015 11:05

It's wonderful and shows just how much they loved her. What a great family... :-D

ShelleyRose

ShelleyRose Report 1 Aug 2015 15:16

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 1 Aug 2015 17:33

Wow what a smashing tribute to a very loved lady.

Read it with a big smile on my face. :-D

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 1 Aug 2015 20:14

That is brilliant and so refreshingly honest - far better than beatifying someone just because they've died.
Love it!

Kim Annette

Kim Annette Report 16 Aug 2015 17:17

much better than the usual ones.....