Mary Catherine Einarson

(nee Lyons)

March 5, 1926 – July 23, 2017

It is with deep sorrow, that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, amma and lang amma. Mary passed away with her granddaughter Linzy at her side at the Arborg Personal Care Home.

She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter Elaine (Darren); granddaughter Linzy (Adrian); grandson Cole; daughter-in-law Diana; grandson Matthew, granddaughter Brittany (Greg); great grandchildren Maddie, Kenzi, Elli and Wyatt; brother Doug Lyons (Vera); sisters-in-law Sigga Helgason, Begga Johannesson, Ellen Sigurdson, Bernice Eyjolfson and brother-in-law Raymond Ostertag. And special to her Randy Sokil, Nicole and Chad; and many nieces and nephews.

Mary was predeceased by her husband Clarence; son Ken; granddaughter Nicole; brothers Ken and Bill, sister Florence; brothers-in-law Marino Helgason, Kris Johannesson, Helgi Sigurdson and Stoney Eyjolfson and sister-in-law Josie Ostertag.

Mary was born March 5, 1926 to Vera and Percy Lyons and raised in Trochu, AB. She graduated nursing in Calgary, AB and nursed throughout Alberta before her and her friend took a job in Gods Lake Narrows, MB. It was there she met the love of her life, Clarence. After a wedding in Red Deer, AB they settled in Riverton, MB and she continued nursing in Arborg, MB and often using her kitchen table to mend small injuries for the community.

She was a kind and gentle person, who enjoyed nursing right until retirement. She was the happiest spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren at family parties, enjoying watching how full of life they were.

Mary was active in the Riverton Hnausa Lutheran Church all her life, giving a helping hand to everyone.

The family wishes to thank the Arborg Personal Care Home staff for their kindness and caring of our mom.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Riverton Hnausa Lutheran Church, Riverton Cemetery or Hnausa Cemetery.

A celebration of life will be held at the Riverton Hnausa Lutheran Church on Saturday, July 29 at 1:00 p.m.

Those we love don’t go away.

They walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always near.

Loved and missed, you will always remain.

Goda Nott Elskan

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