LURCH o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2005-01-18 published
VAN
DUN,
Geraldine (née
BENS)
Gerrie VAN
DUN (née
BENS) of Petrolia passed away after a courageous
battle with cancer, in her 56th year at Blue Water Health Palliative
Care, on Friday, January 14, 2005 with her family by her side.
Cherished wife of Joseph for 36 years. Beloved mother of Joanne
and Steven
PERCY and Linda and Andrew
CHWIECKO.
Loving
Oma to
her grandchildren Cierra, Aidan, Jayna, Ryan, and our special
angel in Heaven, Nathan. Geraldine was the proud owner and operator
of 21 Shell and Variety of Petrolia for over 28 years. Gerrie
was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, in 1949. She is also survived
by her mother, Wilhemina and the late John
BENS, sisters Nellie
and Bill LERCH,
Tina and Leo
VERBERNE and brothers Henry and
Janis BENS and John and Harriet
BENS.
Will be sadly missed by
her father and mother-in-law John and Elizabeth
VAN
DUN and their
family as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Visitors
were received on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Needham-Jay
Funeral Home, Petrolia, where parish prayers were offered at
8: 45 p.m. The funeral mass was celebrated at St. Philips Church,
Petrolia, on Monday, January 17, 2005 at 11 a.m. with Father
Dan VERE as celebrant. Cremation followed, with interment in
Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia. The pallbearers were Owen and Martin
QUINN,
Jason and Charlie
FREER, David and Brian
VERBERNE, and
Rick SAUVE.
The flower bearers were Nellie
LURCH and Lorie
LAFORET.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made by
cheque to the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit at St. Josephs Health
Care Foundation, London, the Sarnia and District Humane Society
or the Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital Foundation. Memories
and condolences may be left online at www.needhamjay.com
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