Obituary for Ann Marie Goyette - Kingsville Celebration Centre
ANN MARIE GOYETTE
The loving family of Ann Marie Goyette is sad to announce her passing on August 20th in Leamington at the age of 68. The eldest daughter of Eunice Goyette and the late Emile Goyette, Ann made the world a better place simply by living in it. She contended with profound physical and mental challenges throughout her life, did not walk, did not talk, and yet touched the lives of everyone who met her. When she was a small child, a doctor told her parents she would not survive her twelfth birthday. Ann proved that doctor wrong with fierce determination. She lived for many years in institutions for the severely disabled in Smiths Falls and Cedar Springs. Her happiest years began at age fifty when she returned to the community to live in Christian Horizons group homes, first near Windsor and then in Leamington near her mum. The Goyette family would like to thank Christian Horizons support workers—past and present—who cared for Ann with skill and commitment, love and tenderness. We will be grateful to them forever for improving the quality of Ann’s life in every way. We also thank the staff at the Erie Shores hospice for compassionate care at the end.
Ann leaves behind her mother Eunice; sisters Linda [Allan] and Allyson [John], brothers Paul [Cheryl] and Alan [Marion]; eight nieces and nephews; and eight great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her friends at Essex Nine who were also her family, and our own.
We will gather together in a private celebration of Ann’s life. Arrangements entrusted to Kendrick Funeral Home, Kingsville.
If you wish, memorial donations would be appreciated to Erie Shores Hospice, 197 Talbot St W suite 701, Leamington, ON N8H 1N8 or Christian Horizons (Canada),26 Peppler St.,Waterloo, ON N2J 3C4.
You may leave condolences for the family at www.Kendrickfuneralhome.com.
The loving family of Ann Marie Goyette is sad to announce her passing on August 20th in Leamington at the age of 68. The eldest daughter of Eunice Goyette and the late Emile Goyette, Ann made the world a better place simply by living in it. She contended with profound physical and mental challenges throughout her life, did not walk, did not talk, and yet touched the lives of everyone who met her. When she was a small child, a doctor told her parents she would not survive her twelfth birthday. Ann proved that doctor wrong with fierce determination. She lived for many years in institutions for the severely disabled in Smiths Falls and Cedar Springs. Her happiest years began at age fifty when she returned to the community to live in Christian Horizons group homes, first near Windsor and then in Leamington near her mum. The Goyette family would like to thank Christian Horizons support workers—past and present—who cared for Ann with skill and commitment, love and tenderness. We will be grateful to them forever for improving the quality of Ann’s life in every way. We also thank the staff at the Erie Shores hospice for compassionate care at the end.
Ann leaves behind her mother Eunice; sisters Linda [Allan] and Allyson [John], brothers Paul [Cheryl] and Alan [Marion]; eight nieces and nephews; and eight great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her friends at Essex Nine who were also her family, and our own.
We will gather together in a private celebration of Ann’s life. Arrangements entrusted to Kendrick Funeral Home, Kingsville.
If you wish, memorial donations would be appreciated to Erie Shores Hospice, 197 Talbot St W suite 701, Leamington, ON N8H 1N8 or Christian Horizons (Canada),26 Peppler St.,Waterloo, ON N2J 3C4.
You may leave condolences for the family at www.Kendrickfuneralhome.com.