CARON AUDREY McQUAKER

Caron Audrey McQuaker passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. with her husband and children by her side.
She was born Jan. 29, 1943, in Emo to Harvey and Aileen Strachan, the second-eldest of seven children.
She attended public and high schools in Fort Frances, Ont.
On May 26, 1962, she married Forrest McQuaker and together they had four children.
In 1970, they moved to a small home in Burriss, Ont., living there until 1983, when they purchased Burriss General Store, which they operated until 1991.
Audrey worked in several retail stores during her life, including Stedman’s, Robinson Stores, and her favourite, Miller’s Store in La Vallee.
She also did custodial work at the Burriss School, did part-time work delivering mail, and for a time worked at the municipal office in Devlin, finally, together with Forrest, retiring in 1993 from the “work for pay” world.
She was a devoted and loving wife and mother, and her children and grandchildren were ever her first priority. After that came friends and socializing, and not nearly often enough, her absolute favourite recreational activity, fishing on various nearby lakes.
She also loved to cook, and her kitchen was always the centre of family life.
She is survived by her husband, Forrest; sons, Brent (Linda) and Craig (Della); and daughters, Caron (Doug) Cridland and Laura (Paul Smith).
Also surviving are her grandsons, Tyler (Kim) McQuaker and Matthew McQuaker, Doug and Dennis Wright, and Jeff Cridland; granddaughters, Amanda (Mark Davies) McQuaker, Ashley (Roger) Morrison, Sarah Wright, Dana and Danielle Cridland, and Mia Blanchette; and great-grandchildren, Jayde Wright, and Peyton and Khloe Morrison.
She was predeceased by her parents, Harvey and Aileen Strachan; father-in-law, William McQuaker; and granddaughters, Heather McQuaker and Megan Blanchette.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 1 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, Ont., with interment in Burriss Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be her grandsons, Tyler McQuaker, Matthew McQuaker, Dennis Wright, Jeff Cridland, and Roger Morrison, and special friend, Bill Moody.
The honourary pallbearers will be Audrey’s granddaughters, and special friends Daisy and Jim McInnis, and Elaine Soucy.
In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to make in memoriam donations to Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc.—Emo Hospital, the Canadian Cancer Society, or a charity of their choice.