GERTRUDE KURRONEN

Gertrude Kurronen, 89, of Devlin, Ont., passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont.
She was born June 15, 1913 in Finland, Europe to the late Alexander and Olga Kurronen. Gertrude’s family moved to Canada in 1914 and settled in Miscampbell, where they homesteaded for many years.
She loved her home and enjoyed spending time at the family cabin on Grassy Narrows. In later years, she moved to Devlin, where Gertrude attended Guthrie United Church faithfully.
Gertrude was an avid gardener and had a spectacular flower garden that drew people from miles around. She loved her family and friends, and although a quiet person, Gertrude was very generous and had a great sense of humour.
She was predeceased by her brother, John Kurronen; and by her brother-in-law, Vaughn McFee.
Gertrude is survived by her sister, Pearl McFee of Winnipeg, Man.; and her nephew, Darren McFee and wife, Audrey Watson, and their children, Tyler and Larissa, all of Winnipeg, Man.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003 at 2 p.m. at Guthrie United Church in Devlin, with Rev. Frances Flook officiating.
Interment will take place in Riverview Cemetery in Fort Frances.
Pallbearers will be Murray Carlson, Dennis Allen, Jim Kellar, Jim Carmody, Murnie Allen, and Joe Carlson.
Honourary pallbearers will be George Hampton, Clarence Bujold, Jack Smeeth, Jim Barr, Alfred Benjamin, and Dave Hughes.
Should family and friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to the Guthrie United Church Memorial Fund, c/o Ethel, Box 103, Devlin, Ont., P0W 1C0.
< *c>Whose Flowers Are These?
Whose flowers are these growing wild
along the path not taken?
Whose unseen hand has sown the seeds
that made these hills awaken?
Who sends the rains in Summer
to make the poppies grow,
Then keeps their birth a secret
from the villagers below?
Whose flowers are these within the woods
where few have dared to trod,
Unseen throughout the ages
known only unto God?
With such beauty all around us,
I wonder what I’ll see
In God’s celestial gardens
when angels come for me?