In her 87th year, Gisela was vibrant and grateful, politically astute and deeply devout. She loved her grandchildren Stephan (Crystal), Alexandra, Rebekah (Sawyer) and Samantha (Djordje) expecting her first great grandchild.
Gisela married Gunter, her boyfriend of seven years in 1958. Daughters Susanna (Michael) and Christiane (Andreas) were born in Ueberlingen, Germany. The family immigrated to Toronto in 1965 where a great friendship with Ingrid & Heribert Koenig and Puck & Gitta Schinkopf began.
She faithfully attended Willowdale Evangelical Church in Toronto and Grace Lutheran Church in Naples Florida. Gisela was renowned for her baking and love of music. Our camping trips always included her mandolin.
Gisela’s two favorite books were the Bible and a “Lexikon” encyclopedia. We can confirm she preferred paper over technology.
She is now reunited with her husband Gunter who predeceased her in 2011. We will miss Gisela’s puns and prayers, her laughter and her steadfastness.
We are grateful to the staff at Mackenzie Health and Sunnybrook.
If you wish to make a donation in Gisela’s name, these charities were dear to her heart:
● Reachnorthyork.com (formerly Willowdale Evangelical Church)
● Liebenzell Mission of Canada
● Fred Victor Center
● Doctors without Borders
● Daily Bread Food Bank
● Crossroads Christian Communications
Being mindful of Covid, funeral services at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 23, 2022 will be held in the chapel and in the courtyard at Kane-Jerrett Funeral Home, 8088 Yonge St, Thornhill, ON. Friends and family are welcome.
The livestream link below will continue to be available.
https://pickartphoto.com/stream/Manchen/