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FREDA RABER (SCHILLER)
Date of Passing: May 29, 2021
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FREDA RABER
Freda will be missed, but lives on in each of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dear mother of Marilyn and Robert Burke, Lorraine and Mark Stillman, and Steven and Leigh Raber. Cherished grandmother of Jessica and Daniel Browman, Shaun and Nicole Burke, Jay and Sara Burke, Pam and Jordy Mecklinger, Sheri and Chad Finkelstein, and Benjamin, Daniel and Richard Raber. Proud Baba Freda to her great-grandchildren, Layla, Jake and Bree, Bo and Remi, Hayley and Brandon, and Sophie and Charlie.
A Holocaust Survivor, Freda arrived in Canada in January, 1948. Despite the frigid wintery welcome, she settled in Winnipeg where she met and married Bernard, raised her family and lived for 70 years before moving to Toronto in 2018. She had a wonderful sense of humour even in her final days but was happiest when surrounded by her family. An avid golfer into her 80s, Freda loved both the game and the friendships she made on the course at Pembroke Pines, Florida and the Glendale in Winnipeg.
She will be missed by her nieces and nephews across Canada, her treasured good friends in Winnipeg and the wonderful new friends she made at the Avenue in Toronto.
The youngest member of her family, Freda was predeceased by her father, Leiser Schiller, who perished in the Holocaust, her mother, Pearl (Paia Schiller, nee Libman), and her brothers, Hersh, Paul and Moe.
A private graveside service was held in Winnipeg.
The family is grateful to Opal Wilson for her exemplary care over the last few months.
If desired, please consider a donation to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care at Sinai Health, Toronto, 416-586-8203 or The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, 1-833-222-4884.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jun 05, 2021