June 28, 1928 – June 1, 2024
Your courage and grace, a love so pure
A foundation strong, our lives secure.
We’re grateful for the lessons, the wisdom shared,
A strong woman’s love forever declared.
It is with heavy hearts the family of Barbara Ellen Shabada announces her passing on June 1, 2024 in St. Albert, AB at the age of 95 years.
Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Barbara came to Canada as a war bride in 1946. She farmed with her husband Walter in Saskatchewan and then settled in Alberta. They farmed in the Rich Valley area until 2009 when they retired and moved to the Chateau.Barbara raised six children on the farm and was blessed with eleven grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.
We are all profoundly grateful to have been loved by this woman. She was a beautiful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, bursting with pride and love for us all. She spent many years providing for us with her endless variety of pickles and preserves, fresh garden vegetables, her baking and of course, that fried chicken. She was tireless, resourceful, courageous and full of imagination and song.
Barbara passed without fear or pain in the loving arms of her children softly singing. She will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by her family in Scotland and Canada.
At Barbara’s request, a private memorial will be held with her immediate family in attendance.
In lieu of flowers, Barbara requests that donations be made to a children’s charity or to the Lac Ste Anne Chateau.
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