Eleanor Irene "Strong" Greer
February-11-1935 - March-29-2018
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The Heney Family posted a condolence
God Bless You EVERYONE as this is, The Dispensation Age of Grace that we are ALL Living in currently. Eleanor Irene Greer's (nee Strong - Father sd.- LaLonde Mother sd.) wishes, hopes and dreams are all coming to fruition- she has let go of her, miraculous earthly body Thursday March 29th 2018.
The beautiful picture of Eleanor was taken Wednesday March 7th 2018 post miraculously being able to discontinue 35 yrs of insulin injections after 3 months of 8 or lower glucose readings, completely controlled by diet & exercise. Eleanor's complete life's journey took it's toll however on her kidneys & heart(all 3 arteries were blocked making her inoperable) Sometime in late January/ February Eleanor endured a stroke leading to edema and fluid in her lungs thus limiting oxygen & blood circulation leading to congestive heart failure resulting in an heart attack Sunday March 19th.
Unexplainable by Dr.s, Eleanor continued to defy death! She allowed The Holy Spirit's, "Light" to Shine brightly through her, edema free she literally rose to the occasion and continued to walk and talk and shared many lucid moments with family & friends & all who had the privilage of being in her presence till her earthly life's journey was complete Thursday March 29th 2018.
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Harry & Hazel Cameron posted a condolence
Ruth,Jim and all family. Our sincere condolences at the loss of your mom. Time does pass quickly but memories last forever. God bless
Harry & Hazel
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Doris & Cliff posted a condolence
We wish to convey our Deepest Sympathy to the Greer and Heney family.
We are sad to hear of this news.
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Rick & Deb Cox posted a condolence
Our condolences to you Ruth(Jim) on the passing of your Mom.
Sending healing prayers and comforting hugs.
May she rest in peace and rise in glory!
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THELMA VINCENT posted a condolence
Such a lovely picture of eleanor. I often sent messages (to the concierge at royale) but never heard back!
My deepest sypathy goes out to:
Earl and family - Earl, I remember you a a tiny baby -so many years have passed by!)
Ruth - altho we have never met, your Mum always sopke sohighly of you!! Wold love to meet you!
William - Your Mum was so often concernedaboutyou - aren't we all with our babies?0 And like the situation with Ruth - have not met you - but someday will.
Eleanor did all of Grade School (S>S>#2 as my cassmate and High School at Sharbot Lake - 4 years - Many are the memories
Eleanor, myself, Ethel and Eleanor Donnelly "hung out together and many are the memories of travelling on the bus driven by Madeline MacDonnell!!
In spite of our grief, we must look forward to the resurrection when we all meet again!
My love to All.
Thelma Patterson Vincent
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Glenda Webster posted a condolence
So sad when I heard of Elanor's passing she most certainly was so full of life and lived to the fullest.
We shared many a good conversations and many laughs
She'll have many a soul laughing and rolicking tis for sure
Rest in peace my dear Aunt.
Another loved one tucked in me heart never far away.
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Joe Anne and Wayne Wesley posted a condolence
So terribly sorry for your loss. We only found out this afternoon or we surly would have been there to pay our respects
We have many fond memories of Elenor and I have always loved her "love you more”
Elenor was one very special lady.she will be missed by many
Our deepest condolences
Joe and Wayne Wesley
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Eleanor Greer Eulogy
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Today, I am going to talk about Eleanor Greer and the person she was to me, My Mom… </p>
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She was a special person with a unique sense of spirit, individuality, and love for life… </p>
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She lived her life; full of love and life to the end of her days…</p>
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In the end her body was done – her body was ready for rest – she got every last day out of her body…. But not her spirit – her spirit was very much alive…. </p>
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I feel good about the life my Mom led, the way she lived, and the way she died. </p>
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As hard as it is to accept the passing of a loved one, I’m afraid it is as good as it gets.</p>
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So let’s talk about my Mom….</p>
She was the fun one – Dad was serious, Mom was fun…
Sometimes she was a bit of a trouble maker… Didn’t care for nonsensical rules or protocol - she would say, oh - phoeey, or fiddlesticks…
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Growing up, she was a school teacher… so we were able to spend summers at the cottage: swimming, fishing, blueberry picking, roasting marshmallows, capturing monarch larvae and watching them become butterflies, going to the store by boat to buy worms for fishing and candy and comic books, But, probably my favourite activity was the controlled burns – we had a lot of big old pine trees that would produce a huge amount of pine needles…. , we’d be all setup with buckets of water, rakes and shovels… and set them on fire… luckily we never started a forest fire! although we were visited by the local volunteer fire department on at least one occasion!</p>
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Over the summer, we’d visit our relatives, we’d spend time with Herrick and Madeline in Maberly, visit Uncle Doug & family in Picton, Aunt Carmel and her family at their farm south of Maberly, visiting Aunt Marlene and family in Lanark… I’m not sure if sometimes we overstayed our welcome… but, Mom’s intent was always to connect with family and loved ones. For us city kids it was a way to get us to connect to country life.</p>
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Growing up Mom did stuff with us…. she would introduce us to different activities like:</p>
swimming lessons – I think mostly she didn’t want us to drown at swimming at the cottage or on vacation in Florida
she got us cross country skiis and took us skiing – we didn’t do too much skiing I don’t think it was that much fun for her or us…
she enrolled us in skating lessons,
she got us bikes and took us bike riding through the Toronto parks
she had keen interest in getting us a good education, having us learn things and develop knowledge,
when we were young she enrolled Ruth and I in summer school – not that we had bad grades or failed, but just to keep us busy and to learn something….
She always had a good vocabulary… the week before she passed I visited her at the hospital and I thought would be fun to do a crossword puzzle… at the end Mom’s short term memory wasn’t great but she was still teaching me words!
she taught me to read and how to play chess
she taught me it was okay to have an opinion about and to be interested in politics
if we weren’t outside we would be busy inside – like rainy days at the cottage – we’d play crokinole, monopoly, risk, cards... chess – Our chess pieces would now be considered very politically incorrect – Indians and Cowboys!
She enrolled us in music lessons – weekends going to Bendale Public Library to play recorder
We’d go to Florida or Myrtle Beach on family vacations – she would plan these and coordinate them and make it happen
When we were young, she took us to the bank got our own bank accounts – back in the day when you’d get a passbook, we would deposit any money we received for Birthdays or Christmas, she had us buy Canada Savings Bonds, she introduced me to buying stock (grandma lee’s),
We had a garden in Toronto, we were one of the few Toronto kids that knew that pickles were made from cucumbers, we grew beets, beans, peppers, tomatoes, raspberries, dill
We would eat rhubarb dipped in sugar, cucumber sandwiches with salt/pepper on white bread, pickled beets
She would torture us with picking strawberries and then processing them and freezing them – I can still see our basement in Toronto a whole stack of flats of strawberries… it felt like slave labour, you put the strawberries in the sink to wash and then cut them up into little baggies and freeze in the freezer. I really never liked soggy thawed out strawberries.. but we ate them anyway….
Later, when retired, on at the farm she would prepare fiddle heads and produce maple syrup
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My Mom liked to do different things in life….</p>
professionally - she started as a school teacher (one room school house), she worked as a real estate agent, she was a personal care worker, she did her trappers license and trapped muskrats,
she made great lemon pie with meringue (not sickly sweet meringue either), with good pie crust – from “real” tenderflake shortening
she loved pigs – collecting her little pig figurines, raising pigs on the farm, and yes, eating the pork that resulted
she was always keenly interested in natural health through herbs and diet… whatever ailed you she had a remedy…
she bought a life time membership to Vic Tanny’s health club in Scarborough (it went out of business a couple years later – the moral of that story is don’t buy life time memberships to health clubs! You might just outlive the health club!)
she did not endorse sitting on ones bum… get off the couch, stop watching tv and go do something…
unless you were sitting on the couch snuggling, playing with each others hair, scratching each others back, and yes explaining to each other just who loved who more!…. we spent hours together just hanging out enjoying each other company
we used to watch that show, “the amazing kreskin” – and then try to read each other minds (a couple times it got a bit freaky - being able to read each others minds!)
that made me want to go to church – so she took us to Bendale Bible chapel in scarborough – and she enrolled us in Sunday school
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My Mom was there for us:</p>
she helped me during difficult times in my life – listening, helping however she could
she was in your corner – you didn’t cross my mother – she could be a mean mother bear if you threatened her cubs!
She was always easy going, but she would occasionally have to discipline us saying, “I give you an inch, and you take a mile” during the summer when the A/C was on - if we had the door open too much, she’d, say, ‘in or out!”
she was not the best housekeeper, but she was a great homemaker!
she had many friends and she could connect easily with others – she was a bit of a social butterfly, with those she wanted to socialize with, she came and she went as she pleased
she sounded and looked great to the end… I was amazed how her voice always sounded like a young woman….
if there is the main impression she made on me is how you are meant to live your life; and it is up to you to go get it!
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That was who my Mom was to me…</p>
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All too soon life is over… Go do something… You only live once…. And, Life is short…</p>
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I would like to thank Doug Sheppard… for making the last five years of my Moms life at the “Royale” special</p>
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And, I would like to thank Ruth for taking exceptional care of my Mom being her advocate for care and well-being to the end</p>
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I would like to thank all of those who cared for my Mom, the folks at the Royale and her doctors and nurses….</p>
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And, I would like to thank my Mom for the love and support she gave me my entire life… </p>
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I love you Mom.</p>
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Joe Anne and Wayne Wesley posted a condolence
Saturday, April 7, 2018
So terribly sorry for your loss. We only found out this afternoon or we surly would have been there to pay our respects We have many fond memories of Elenor and I have always loved her “love you more” Elenor was one very special lady.she will be missed by many Our deepest condolences Joe and Wayne Wesley
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Glenda Webster posted a condolence
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
So sad when I heard of Elanor's passing she most certainly was so full of life and lived to the fullest. We shared many a good conversations and many laughs She'll have many a soul laughing and rolicking tis for sure Rest in peace my dear Aunt. Another loved one tucked in me heart never far away.
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THELMA VINCENT posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Such a lovely picture of eleanor. I often sent messages (to the concierge at royale) but never heard back! My deepest sypathy goes out to: Earl and family - Earl, I remember you a a tiny baby -so many years have passed by!) Ruth - altho we have never met, your Mum always sopke sohighly of you!! Wold love to meet you! William - Your Mum was so often concernedaboutyou - aren't we all with our babies?0 And like the situation with Ruth - have not met you - but someday will. Eleanor did all of Grade School (S>S>#2 as my cassmate and High School at Sharbot Lake - 4 years - Many are the memories Eleanor, myself, Ethel and Eleanor Donnelly "hung out together and many are the memories of travelling on the bus driven by Madeline MacDonnell!! In spite of our grief, we must look forward to the resurrection when we all meet again! My love to All. Thelma Patterson Vincent
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Rick & Deb Cox posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Our condolences to you Ruth(Jim) on the passing of your Mom. Sending healing prayers and comforting hugs. May she rest in peace and rise in glory!
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Doris & Cliff posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
We wish to convey our Deepest Sympathy to the Greer and Heney family. We are sad to hear of this news.
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Harry & Hazel Cameron posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Ruth,Jim and all family. Our sincere condolences at the loss of your mom. Time does pass quickly but memories last forever. God bless Harry & Hazel
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The Heney Family posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
God Bless You EVERYONE as this is, The Dispensation Age of Grace that we are ALL Living in currently. Eleanor Irene Greer's (nee Strong - Father sd.- LaLonde Mother sd.) wishes, hopes and dreams are all coming to fruition- she has let go of her, miraculous earthly body Thursday March 29th 2018. The beautiful picture of Eleanor was taken Wednesday March 7th 2018 post miraculously being able to discontinue 35 yrs of insulin injections after 3 months of 8 or lower glucose readings, completely controlled by diet & exercise. Eleanor's complete life's journey took it's toll however on her kidneys & heart(all 3 arteries were blocked making her inoperable) Sometime in late January/ February Eleanor endured a stroke leading to edema and fluid in her lungs thus limiting oxygen & blood circulation leading to congestive heart failure resulting in an heart attack Sunday March 19th. Unexplainable by Dr.s, Eleanor continued to defy death! She allowed The Holy Spirit's, "Light" to Shine brightly through her, edema free she literally rose to the occasion and continued to walk and talk and shared many lucid moments with family & friends & all who had the privilage of being in her presence till her earthly life's journey was complete Thursday March 29th 2018.
Interment Location
St. Stephen's Cemetery
Brooke
Brooke, Ontario, Canada
First Visitation
When Friday, April 6th, 2018 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location
Blair & Son - Perth Chapel
Address
15 Gore St W,
Perth, ON K7H 3C7
Location Information
Plentiful parking at the rear of the facility
Second Visitation
When Saturday, April 7th, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am
Location
Blair & Son - Perth Chapel
Address
15 Gore St W,
Perth, ON K7H 3C7
Location Information
Plentiful parking at the rear of the facility
Service Information
When
Saturday, April 7th, 2018 10:30am
Location
Blair & Son - Perth Chapel
Address
15 Gore St W,
Perth, ON K7H 3C7
Location Information
Plentiful parking at the rear of the facility
