Frances Guppy

Obituary of Frances Audrey Guppy

GUPPY, Frances Audrey 1923 - 2006 Born in Toronto, Ontario, suffered a severe stroke in Toronto on Friday, November 24, 2006 as she was preparing to go swimming with her loving husband and favourite swimming partner, Mark. She died peacefully, without pain or suffering, on Thursday, November 30, 2006 in the very supportive palliative care unit at Scarborough Grace Hospital. At her side were her husband and three children, Neil (Vancouver), Bev (Pincher Creek, Alberta), and Barbie (London, England). She also will be dearly missed by her daughter-in-law, Jean Gillies, sons-in-law, Holly Everts and John Southam, and by her five grandchildren, Emma, Eliza (Adam), Marie, Will, and Wendy. Fran lived a fulfilling life, enriched by her Chatfield Drive neighbours, and her many other friends throughout the country. The family received friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, 1-800-616-3311, on Sunday, December 3, 2006 for a service in the chapel at 4:00 p.m., followed by a reception in the Leaside Room. If desired, the family would appreciate memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, 1920 Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto M4S 3E2.