Loretta Jean Blazina Harnett

Jean Harnett (nee Blazina) passed away peacefully, surrounded by the fierce love of her family, on Tuesday April 15, 2014.

Born in Port Arthur, Ontario on April 11, 1936, Jean's 78 years were fearless and focused on boundless love and compassion. After marrying Mel, the love of her life, in 1956, Jean and Mel made homes in Port Arthur, Toronto and Winnipeg where, in each location they created rich networks of lifelong friends. Jean and Mel were bound together by their focus on building a family foundation that is unbreakable and as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother (Brodie, Eric, Skylar, Carter, Olivia), great grandmother (Riley Mae), aunt and dear friend, Jean shaped all of our lives in ways we have yet to comprehend.

The qualities that Jean possessed that made her a light in so many lives and will be painfully missed, but will live on in all who had the good fortune to know her beautiful heart and soul. The family and many friends she leaves are deeply saddened but are strengthened yet again by our memory of her life so elegantly lived and by how we will spend the rest of each of our lives being grateful for her love.

Mel, Michele and her husband Paul, Nicole, and Curt and his wife Victoria and their families are currently celebrating Jean's life together at the family home in Winnipeg.

A funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Thomson “In the Park” Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivray Boulevard. Interment will take place at a later date at Riverside Cemetery in Thunder Bay, ON. She will be laid to rest close to the heart of her dearly missed mother following a memorial service.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favourite charity in mom's honour.