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MARLENE VIS
Born: Feb 22, 1938
Date of Passing: Jan 10, 2024
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryMARLENE VIS
Our beloved mother passed away peacefully in hospice after a short period battling cancer. After becoming a registered nurse and embarking on her career, including a period as an intensive care nurse, she then got her BA (a natural outcome of her lifelong love of literature) and teacher's license. However, she took a long hiatus from professional duties to devote herself full-time to her family. She was the embodiment of what it means to be a parent, expressing unconditional love and support through both action and words, and an indefatigable capacity to simply listen.
Her three children, William, Louise, and Moira are the grateful recipients of her wisdom and countless acts of kindness and compassion. To her friends, she was the "hostess with the mostest" and was cherished for her ability to extend a warm and vivacious welcome. A devoted wife, married to Peter for 51 years, she exemplified both fortitude and faith.
Mom was exceptionally devoted to her Catholic faith and gave back much of her time to the soup kitchen run by the Missionaries of Charity. She will be greatly missed by her children and grandchildren as well as her last surviving sister, Trudy, but we take comfort knowing that as a faithful servant of Christ, she will be rewarded for her effort and devotion. A funeral mass will take place at Holy Cross Catholic church in Burnaby BC on January 19 at 1:00 p.m.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 13, 2024, Jan 13, 2024
Condolences & Memories (6 entries)
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What a marvelous woman Marlene was, interested in all that life had to offer, intellectually curious, a lover of the arts, and someone with a truly deep understanding of people. She would remember the smallest thing someone would to for her, intimating she had been treated like royalty, making that someone feel beneficient. And what courage! Although she faced many difficulties toward the end of her life, Marlene was never one to complain. She was far more interested in making the person she was talking with feel at home and comfortable. She was about the other person and too seldom about herself. I will miss our conversations over the past 25 years and miss this dear, dear woman. - Posted by: Wynne Cougill (friend) on: Jan 24, 2024
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Erinnerungen machen uns glücklich und traurig zugleich, doch sie sorgen dafür, dass Du niemals wirklichen von uns gehst! Unser Beileid und Anteilnahme zum Heimgang eurer Mutter und Oma. Wir werden Sie in bester Erinnerung behalten. - Posted by: Elisabeth Stratz (Schwarzwald) on: Jan 16, 2024
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My sincere condolences to all the family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. - Posted by: Hansi Demasson, nee Holtmann (Former sister in law) on: Jan 13, 2024
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Deepest condolences to the Vis family. May your memories bring you comfort as you grieve this tremendous loss. - Posted by: Alan and Susan Borkowsky (Friend ) on: Jan 13, 2024
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My condolence to all the family. And do have fond memories of her great lunches with St. Mary's classmates. - Posted by: Cecilia Connelly (Childhood friend and classmate) on: Jan 13, 2024
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My condolences to all the family, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I will request a Mass at St. Margarets church in Little Britain, MB. - Posted by: Christine Eichkorn (Life long friend) on: Jan 13, 2024