October 13, 1934 – October 15, 2020
It is with deep sadness that the family of Gen Wallwork announces her passing after a brief illness, on Thursday, October 15, 2020, two days after her 86th birthday. She passed away peacefully in Gatineau, Quebec, where she grew up and where she lived for the past 2 years.
Her family and friends will remember her ever positive view of life and infectious laugh. She was always grateful for anything and everything. In her final years, Gen frequently said in her matter-of-fact manner that she had had a good life and had no regrets. In the last days, she was surrounded by her daughter, Lisa, and son, Kirk, and her granddaughters, Coco-Simone and Anna, who held her hands, sang and told stories at her bedside for her pleasure. When it was time, she gently and gracefully made the decision to put on her wings and step out of the room quietly. She had a long and full life, a graceful decline, and was mercifully without pain in her short, final illness.
Genevieve will be lovingly remembered by her children, Lisa (Francois) Finken, Kirk Finken, Sylvia (David) Hamilton, and Helen (Lynn) Wallwork. Gen (aka Grandmaman Vivi) will also be fondly remembered by her five granddaughters, Coco-Simone, Anna, Holly, Sarah and Jillian, and her seven great grandchildren, Aya, Brody, Markus, Keegan, Chloe, Levi, Thomas, Preston, as well as by her sister, Maureen (Ron) Pearce. Gen was predeceased by the love of her life, Jim Wallwork, and her three brothers, Jim, Pat and Frank.
A Celebration of Life will be held for Genevieve in late November 2020 in an online service. For information, please contact her son, Kirk ([email protected]). Spreading of her ashes will follow at Victory Memorial Park in Surrey, B.C. in Spring of 2021. Those who so desire may make memorial donations in memory of Genevieve to the Maison Mathieu-Froment-Savoie in Gatineau, Quebec.
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