In 1967 Irma left Trinidad and moved to Montreal where she spent the rest of her days. While in Montreal, she helped facilitate many of her family members immigration to Canada to start new lives.
In 1970 she married to her husband Lloyd Alexis Santana and in 1972 they had their daughter Tracy.
They later divorced in 1981 however she still loved and still considered him her husband until his death in 2012.
Growing up in Trinidad she worked as a seamstress in a clothing factory. Irma loved clothes and was Always well dressed
Irma worked at Hughes Owen for 30 years in Montreal in the Purchasing and Accounting department. She won many awards and was a highly esteemed employee for the company. Irma loved to bowl and won many awards in her bowling leagues in Montreal. You could find her at the bowling alley every Sunday and her children and grandchildren would often visit her there to spend time with her and bowl themselves. Irma was fun. Even in her last days, Irma loved to party. She loved to participate in carnival every year to lime and dance and hear her soca music. Nothing made her happier than to see friends and family and to socialize with them.
Irma loved clothes, bowling and to party, but most of all she loved her family. To Irma her family was everything. They were the source of her greatest pride and also caused her to worry because she always wanted to ensure her family was safe and doing well.
Irma had the spirit of a fighter. Nothing and no one could stop her from doing what she wanted to do and no one could tell her she was wrong when she believed something.
Irma could be embarrassing, she didn’t care how you felt, she did whatever she felt was best for you and said whatever she felt you needed to hear. She often went to drastic measures to protect her family, like sending police to your work to make sure you were okay, or beating you in public when you put yourself in harms way.
Irma was loved by so many. No matter where she went, she made friends. And if you were her friend, you were her family. If Irma knew you were in trouble or you needed something, it didn’t matter if she had it or not, she would find a way to help you; small things like providing you a meal, or little things like lotion or toothpaste just to help you save a dollar. Irma touched the lives of everyone she came across. Even her doctor at the time of her passing called her family to wish his condolences.
Irma was real. There was no judgement in her heart. No matter what you were going through, or how you may have acted, Irma loved her family unconditionally and was someone anyone could talk to about anything.
She is survived by her two daughters Wendy and Tracy, her son in law Dwayne, her Grandchildren Kyle, Qadr, Aminah, D’onna, Rashad, Jamal and Alexis, Her Siblings Errol, Glenys, Janis, Joelle and Michelle, her sister in law Lima, her cousin Mikey, her Nieces Trudi, Leisl, Tiffany, Tia, Deidre, Ella, Taijah and Jade, her nephews Darren, Anthony, Khareem, Raheem, Xavier, Nathaniel, Emmanuel, Khyri, John Tyler and Jason, her father Ellis, and countless other nieces, nephews, cousins family and friends. She will be greatly missed.
Due to Covid service is limited to immediate family therefore when conditions permit a gathering will be held in her honor.
You can follow the ceremony on the web, www.funeraweb.tv on Sunday April 11 at 11:00 a.m.
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