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Earl Case posted a condolence
Monday, February 6, 2023
Our dear mother, Margaret Ella Case, nee Lucas, of Whitecourt ( Formally of Flin Flon) passed away on January 30th, 2023 at the age of 91 years and 11 months. Mom was predeceased by her husband Stanley and youngest son Loren as well as 2 sisters and 3 brothers. She is survived by her children Earl(Barb), Doug(Lorraine), Diana(Roy), Shelagh-ann(Dennis), Sherri-lee(Kevin), her cherished sister Irene, brother Irven, 12 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Mom, known for years as Margie, was born in Swan River, Manitoba and lived in Bellsite, Flin Flon, Manitoba and Whitecourt, AB. At about age 3 she, Irene and Esther became part of the Funk clan as her mom, our gramma, married our terrific grampa Funk. She lived in the Bellsite area until about age 12.
Mom and Aunty Irene related many time how in their young years they were blessed to be part of the ever enlarging Funk clan and how they also never lost touch with their own Grampa and Gramma Lucas in Swan River. Mom related how the 2 of them rode the train from Bellsite to Swan River, only supervised by the conductor, a family friend. There their Grampa and Gramma Lucas treated them to the spoiling that is reserved for grandparenting only. A relationship of love from Lucases and Funks helped make mom the attractive, caring women that our father loved.
In the early 1940s she moved into the Flin Flon school system. Mom recalled a few teachers whom I also had. Mr Wilson at Hapnot, Baldy Neil Mclennan at Ross Lake and her favourite a teacher we called Granny Anderson. She was one whom mom quoted many times in her last days. Ms Anderson was well know for saying ‘ Oh Dear,bread and beer , If I were married I wouldn’t be here.’ Mom’s paraphrase was ‘Oh Dear, pause, why am I still here? Oh Dear.’ She also related that when she was baptised they had to take ice off the top of the tank that day. I don’t recall her saying they added hot water to the tank before the baptism.
Family was always the most important thing for mom. Her love for socializing and dancing was what hooked our father. It is rumoured that dad’s forearm was bigger than mom’s waist when they married. It is said she was all of 95 pound soaking wet. In today’s clothing measurements we’d probably have called mom a minus 2 sizing.
I’m sure I got my extrovertness from her as she was always socializing whether it was with her large extended family,(Funks, Motes, Pocketts, Lucases, Jacobsons, Blackmons, and more) or with the neighbours and friends all over town. She soon became the loved Aunty Marg as more of her siblings married and had children, as well as by children of other friends in the community.
It was rumoured that mom and Dad thought it would be cheaper by the dozen to have kids and at 6 they finally realized it wasn’t. While raising us kids in Flin Flon mom was also very busy working from time to time. She ran the concession at curling rinks and even curled and bowled for a time. She worked at the old bus depot on the island and earlier I remember stopping for a snack at the Legion’s Friendly Corner restaurant before she scooted me out to catch the bus or to walk home.
Part of socializing was her playing Bingo. I remember when mom came home having won $300 at BINGO. We soon had a new couch.
A Favourite memory is remembering mom cooking great meals and herding us around each summer when we as a family camped at Phantom Lake.
Mom loved to travel and took many opportunities to do so. To Ontario to see family, to southern Manitoba to see family, to the east coast to see family, to the west coast to visit family, to Malaysia to see family, to Hawaii just to have fun with family. Mom was happiest and loved it when Funk/Case gatherings happened and everyone could be together and she then had many more people with whom to talk.
Mom was super competitive which was experienced at family reunions but… She was also the shark of the cribbage board and the whiz of the Scrabble board and shuffleboard table as well as curling and bowling. She still beat me, and many others, at both scrabble and cribbage games in the last few months. I remember sneaking out of our room and watching her play all kinds of cards, I particularly remember mom and dad and family or friends playing Remoli with pennies.
Mom was all about family. On moving to Whitecourt about 1980 she quickly involved herself with others, doing childcare, apartment and house care or running a concession. Many began calling her Gramma Case. I’m not sure she thought she looked old enough for that title, but the endearment stuck. Later as our kids grew up and had kids the moniker GG became mom’s calling card.
Mom had a heart of gold and a definite gift of hospitality. She. with love, was always providing soup or juice for some grandchild. Or even a roof over the head of those needing a place. Over many years countless family members and friends took turns being boarded by Gramma Case in her Whitecourt house.
Most of her life Mom never looked old, or better said she never looked her age. I remember when Barb and I moved to Flin Flon. Mom joined me as a realtor showed me a house. Barb was still in Brandon. The realtor kept asking my ‘wife’ questions and giving her suggestions for the home. Then I corrected him and let him know he was talking to my mother and not my wife.
After moving into the lodge, where she lived for almost 12 years, mom was respectfully and rightfully known as Queen. Mom was always dressed immaculately, clothes and jewelry matching from head to toe, She even had an elegant look about her that spoke of Queen Elizabeth.
Stories from her travels. with her never to be forgotten sisters, will verify that mom was known to be ready to go out, dressed to the nines, but still had to go back in and change her clothes to something different or at least to add something. (everyone else was ready for some time already)
Always emaculate, always beautiful.
She was and is very loved and will be missed terribly.
This short poem is what I think mother, sister, aunty, gramma, and gg is saying to us now.
POEM
weep not
Weep not for me though I have gone
Into that gentle night
Grieve if you will, but not for long
Upon my soul’s sweet flight
I am at peace, my soul’s at rest
There is no need for tears
For with your love I was so blessed
For all those many years
There is no pain, I suffer not
The fear is now all gone
Put now these things out of your thoughts
In your memory I live on
Remember not my fight for breath
Remember not the strife
Please do not dwell upon my death
But celebrate my life
Poem 2
you were there.
You were there when we took our first steps,
And went unsteadily across the floor.
You pushed and prodded: encouraged and guided,
Until our steps took us out the door…
You worried “Are they ok?”
Is there more you could have done?
As we walk the paths of our unknown
You wondered “Where have my children gone?”
Where we are is where you have led us,
With your special love you showed us a way,
To believe in ourselves and the decisions we make.
Taking on the challenge of life day-to-day.
And where we go you can be sure,
In spirit you shall never be alone.
For where you are is what matters most to us,
Because to us that will be home…
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I met Margaret in 2004. She taught me to play scrabble in english. For 18 years we had a standing commitment/date of scrabble every Wednesday. Sometimes with a warm cinnamon bun on the side. She even acknowledged when she cheated, searching up and down the pages of the dictionary to scout for a word. It was a privilege to walk the last 18 years alongside such an interesting and precious human being. I will miss our time together.
Elmari
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Earl posted a condolence
Friday, February 3, 2023
We lived just a few doors down from Margaret and Stan and remember them both as being welcoming and very warm neighbors. They seemed like surrogate grandparents to our children, who even addressed them as such. One special memory of Margaret took place in the late 80's. On this date, the Whitecourt Evangelical Free Church was hosting the AGM for the Ross Haven Bible Camp board. The ladies prepared a banquet for the visitors, with much food left over.
On that date I was on-call with my job as a social worker. My pager went off around noon with a report of an American family from the mainland in distress driving to Alaska on Highway 43, the Alaska Highway. The family had run into financial difficulties paying for unexpected repairs to their vehicle enroute and presented as destitute with no ability to purchase fuel, shelter and medical supplies for a child with strep throat. The Whitecourt Hospital provided no-cost medical care and some medications given that the family did not have Alberta health care coverage. Upon meeting the family in my capacity, we were able to provide some financial assistance for fuel and trip expenses.
Before I left on this assignment while at the church, I had asked Margaret whether I could bring the family to the church to eat from the plentiful delicious leftovers. The answer was, of course, yes. The family was welcomed in the dining area and several interacted with them, provided moral support and gave practical assistance to them.
Margaret later came to me and said she could tell that the family members had likely not bathed in several days, saying she would welcome them into her home to shower, however held off as Stan was at work at the time and she was somewhat uncomfortable. Upon this writer offering to attend along with the family and just in her living room, Margaret invited this large family for this very considerate expression of assistance. No doubt Margaret had a large load of soiled bath towels in her laundry that day and a higher water bill that month.
Various community groups blessed this family and enabled them to proceed on their trip with dignity and with their needs met. It would be my guess that the medical and government services were appreciated by this family. However, the personal, caring expression of love by God's people, and Margaret in particular, had to stand out as extra special and epitomized Jesus's words that "they will know them by their love." It may have seemed like "a cup of water in His name." It is unlikely that any of us may meedt his family this side of heaven, but would it not be extra special to meet these folks in heaven and have them point back to this divine appointment in Whitecourt as a turning point in their spiritual journey. Thank you, Margaret.
Reinke family
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Betty posted a condolence
Thursday, February 2, 2023
I fondly remember when my mom and dad went quite often to visit aunty Marg and uncle Stan on Tweedsmuir. There was always laughs, funny and serious discussions along with something to eat. I remember the confectionery down the street Shelagh and I went to during these visits. Lots of memories I cherish, too many to share here. Aunty you will be missed, but rejoice that you are in a better place, with those that have gone before you.
Love Betty (Jacobson) Jays ❤
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