PAULINE CECELIA CORBETT (HOLMES)

Condolences & Memories (12 entries)

• So very very sorry about your loss to the Corbett family. Very sincerely, The Henderson family. - Posted by: Mabel Henderson (Good friend) on: May 30, 2012

• Just want to express our deepest regards on the loss of your Mother. She was a truly inspirational person who gave selfishlessly to others and saw the good in everyone. She and my Mom (Marie) became great friends and shared many hours of companionship together. Pauline was always ready to go out of her way for everybody else to ensure things would be enjoyable for all involved. Regrets that we were not able to attend the service in her memory, but she will live on in our hearts. - Posted by: Tom and Cindy Best and Family (friend) on: Mar 09, 2012

• Our thoughts are with you, Brad and Chris, Mark and family, Rod and family. Your mother, my aunt, was truly a classy lady and was always there for us. We will miss her greatly. - Posted by: Linda & Jess Corbett (nephew) on: Feb 16, 2012

• I miss her so much I know my family will too. I'm just posting to say hi and sorry. - Posted by: Sophie (grand-daughter of pauliene) on: Feb 14, 2012

• Good Afternoon; I want to begin by saying thank-you for being here today and for sharing with us your time, love, and support. It means a great deal to me and to my family. I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you some thoughts about my mother Pauline. She was a good sister, a good aunt, a good grandmother, a good friend…and in each of these roles she was a good mother to us all. Her unconditional love, caring, support, and nurturing is what made my mother special to me and to all who knew her. My mother loved to laugh, often at herself, and she loved to engage with people. She was the person that many people would go to in time of need, and as good mothers do, she would take all your worries away. My mother never complained even when the harsh realities of life were great. She had amazing resilience, strength, and faced all challenges with grace and dignity. My mother felt that we place too much emphasis on death, and she would not want us to struggle in sorrow today. She said, “I’m not afraid to die, death is like the wind, it just blows over you one day”. Some people in sickness say why me, but my mother said “why not me”. My mother loved her home and took great pride in her modest yet beautiful surroundings. It was her wish to stay in her home as long as she could. She talked about how peaceful her home was, and how she loved her bed. With a heavy heart I am happy that my mom was granted her wish to die peacefully in her little home, in her comfortable bed, with her beloved sister by her side. My mother loved to read and loved her Kindle. She believed strongly in Human Rights and the need for women to be free and educated, and many of the books she enjoyed were about the struggles of women in contemporary times and in history. Although schooled in the Catholic school system, my mother was not a church person, but she was spiritual and was very interested in and knowledgeable about world religions and practices. My mother believed in 2 things…Christ and Mary. She was very fond of the Virgin Mary, because she said “ Mary was a mother, and she had to be a very special mother to raise a son like that”. What she loved about Christ was that he invited women to follow him. It was the women who stayed with him when he was crucified, and his mother was there at his time of greatest need. My mother had immense respect for women and mothers. She would say “if all the money and power in the world were given to women, just think what a better place this would be”. This is another reason why she supported KIVA – an organization to support women in developing countries to become independent in small business so they can educate and support their families. You will find a link in your program inviting you to join my mother’s KIVA Lending Team. My mother believed and identified strongly with traditional Aboriginal Teachings. She believed in the importance of Mother Earth and the Creator and the need to return to a greater respect for the sun, the soil, the water, the plants and animals. And in this belief she often voiced her disdain of excessive wealth and material trappings. She would then tell the story of her own childhood and her humble beginnings wondering how her mother managed – a widow with no pension, 3 young children, no fridge, no ice box, no running water. She talked about her own mother with such affection and pride – how she washed clothes by hand, cooked simple meals, and tended a large garden. It’s not surprising that when my mom was facing death it was her own mother that she called out for to come and get her. No matter how old we are, when we hurt, we long for our mothers to comfort and hold us in the way only a mother can. Recently I listened to someone reflecting on life saying, “Life is quite simple really, you are born, you die, and in between you hope for a lot of love”. My mother had a lot of love in between…she gave love and received love. And I think my mother’s message for all of us here today would be to surround ourselves with love. My mother was a kind, gentle, supportive, inspirational, and loving mother. She was my friend, my confidant, and my biggest champion and I will forever love her…My mother was a good mother. - Posted by: Brad (Son) on: Feb 14, 2012

• Dear Brad and Chris - Your mother was so lovely, and as I said before, a shining example of where Brad's good looks and kind nature came from. I am sure you will miss her terribly. My condolences - Joan McConnell - Posted by: Joan McConnell (Friend to Brad and Chris) on: Feb 13, 2012

• My heartfelt condolences to Pauline's family and friends. I always loved it when I had the chance to hang out with Pauline in my mom's kitchen. She even came to my thesis defense to "check out what all the fuss was about" and I'll never forget her encouraging smile and twinkling eyes in the audience. I'll miss you, my darling Pauline. Rest in peace. - Posted by: Ryan McBride (nephew) on: Feb 13, 2012

• It is with a heavy heart that I offer my sincere condolences to Aunt Pauline's three precious sons, Brad & Chris, Mark & Annie, Rod & Cathy and also to her sister Gerry and her family. My deepest sympathy for her seven grandchildren in the loss of their grandmother - I know all about you. She was so very proud of all of you and loved you very much. I first met Pauline when she was twenty and I was ten. She has alway been a huge part of my life and was more like a sister to me than an aunt. She was a kindred spirit and we spent many hours dicussing books, politics, religion, shopping and always family. (hers and mine) I am so grateful that Pauline was such a great part of my life for the past fifty-six years. I will miss her. - Posted by: Aurele & Clover Duperreault (niece) on: Feb 12, 2012

• Rod, Cathy,and family, our condolences at your loss of your mom/grandmother. She was very special and will be missed by all that were fortunate to have known her. - Posted by: Mark & Sue Vokey (friends) on: Feb 11, 2012

• Our thoughts are with you today and always Brad and Chris, Rod and family, Mark and family. My Aunty Pauline was the best. I will never forget the good times we had sitting around Louise's kitchen table, telling stories, listening to music, and dancing. Rest in peace Aunty. I love you and will never forget you. - Posted by: Paddy and Joanne O'Connor (niece) on: Feb 10, 2012

• We offer our sincere sympathy in the loss of your mother. She will always be remembered for her great sense of humor and her "love to laugh". She will be missed by all her knew her. - Posted by: Murray &Mary McFadyen (Nephew) on: Feb 10, 2012

• Rod, Kathy and family Our condolences on the loss of your mother, she was a great lady. She spoke highly of her boys, their families and so proudly of her grandchildren. We will miss her words of wisdom, support and stories of family. - Posted by: Brian & Cynthia Duncan (Friend) on: Feb 10, 2012