Rhoda sadly passed away on Sat July 6, 2024. She will be greatly missed by her children Anne Beare (Ron) Patricia O ‘Brien (Kevin) and her son Michael O’Brien (Lorraine) as well as her 5 grandchildren, Matthew, Connor, Aidan, Declan and Erin and her great granddaughter Lena.
We would like to say a special thank you to the wonderful staff at Menno Hospital where our mom has resided for the past 4 ½ years. Everyone there has been wonderful, but we would like to say a special thank you to her care aides, Harjeet, Mike, and Serena. They were with her and cared for her every day and it was very apparent how special she was to them. A special thank you as well to Geet who was her night nurse and was with her when it was her time to leave.
Family was everything to our mom. At every celebration dinner she would get up and say a little speech about how happy she was to have such a wonderful family. She was very generous and anything we needed she was always there. She gave her time freely and loved to babysit her grandkids.
Our mom found her true love later in life with her 2nd husband Harold Chandler. He had 3 children, Sherry Klemmensen (Dave) Penny Fyffe (Jim) and Gord Chandler (Pam) joined the family along with Harolds grandchildren Brad, Krista and Owen as well as a great grandson Breckin.
Rhoda enjoyed gardening, fishing and camping. Most weekends in the summer she would be off on a camping trip with her friends. She also liked to travel and took her children and grandchildren to the Dominican Republic in 2005 for the trip of a lifetime. She also went to England and the Dominican Republic with Harold. She liked the warm weather and would spend time down in Laughlin Nevada.
Rhoda has requested that there be no service. Her wishes are to be cremated and then have her children and grandchildren have dinner at a nice restaurant and share our many happy memories of her.
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