Obituary of Mary Winterhalt

It is with profound sadness we announce that our dear Mary passed away after a brief and relentless illness on April 24, 2012 at the age of 77 years. Loving wife of Gerard John. Devoted mother and best friend to daughter, Mary Ann. Beloved granny to her cherished granddaughter, Mary Catherine (Cate) Carlisle. Dear sister to Doris Mae Connor and sister-in-law to Michael Frank (Pamela)Winterhalt. Beloved aunt to Mary Denise Zayack (Tim), David Connor (Kathy), Tara Winterhalt (Blakely McAlister) and Todd Winterhalt (Sandra). Born in Toronto, ON in 1934, she was predeceased by her parents, Denis J. and Alice Mae Carlisle O'Sullivan and brother-in-law, John Connor. Mary will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She touched many lives and hearts. We loved her well. A special thank you to Dr. Donna Ward and the palliative nurses on team #7 (CarePartners) for their tremendous dedication and service to the dignity of their patients and all those who loved and cared for them. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church, 173 Lourdes Street, Waterloo ON, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 10:30 am with Monsignor Edward Sheridan as Celebrant. A reception to celebrate Mary's life will follow. A private family interment at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener ON will be held at a later date. As an expression of sympathy for our loss, donations to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto(SickKids Foundation) would be appreciated and may be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519.745.8445. "Let not the waves of the sea separate us now, and the years you have spent in our midst become a memory. You have walked among us a spirit, and your shadow has been a light upon our faces. Much have we loved you. But speechless was our love, and with veils has it been veiled. Yet now it cries aloud unto you, and would stand revealed before you. And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." - Kahlil Gibran