Mom was born on January 18, 1932 in Springwater, SK. She married Donald Gerald McDiarmid on October 18, 1950. Together they had 3 beautiful children, Douglas (1951), Wendy (1954) and Cindy (1957).
Don and Marie started their married life farming in Springwater and soon moved to Fort Frances in 1952 due to Marie’s health.
Mom was predeceased by daughter Cindy in 1957, husband Don in 1964 and son Douglas in 1979.
Following the death of her husband, Mom completed a secretarial course prior to entering the workforce. Her first job after the program in 1967 was at the Fort Frances Town Hall. Many will remember Marie as the cashier taking their money for light bills. Mom proceeded to work at Family and Children’s Services as a statistician until her retirement in 1995. She was a precise and exacting employee. Her constant goal was to function at the highest possible level and nothing less was acceptable.
Marie gave back to her community be being an active member of Kinettes, The Auxiliary of Royal Canadian Legion, Business Professional Women’s Association and a membership in the Knox United Church for 67 years.
Left to mourn her passing is daughter Wendy; daughter-in-law Joan; grandchildren Theresa McDiarmid and Holly Williams (Rod); great grandchildren Veronica, Samantha (Landy) and Kaytlin (Bryan) plus four precious great great grandkids Anastasia, Demetry, Penny and Phoenix who called her GG.
Marie also leaves behind 4 special people who called her Gran Marie – Jim Armstrong, Melissa Armstrong-Rado,Kyleigh Ossachuk and George Ossachuk.
Left missing Marie are sister Joyce Horst (Harvey); brother Bill Turner; brother Douglas Turner (Linda); sister Lynn Neovard, and brother-in-law Ken McFayden as well as numerous nieces and nephews including great and great great ones.
Marie also felt blessed by having many caring and supportive friends.
To quote her special great great granddaughter, Anastasia, “I love you around the world and back again.”
Marie supported many charities. In lieu of flowers please donate to a charity of your choice.
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