This Ottawa sunset is in your memory, Mom. I’ll miss you deeply.
PETERS, Nona (née Reicher). In Ottawa, on Saturday, March 12, 2016, Nona Peters passed away after a short but harrowing battle with cancer. She will be deeply missed by her loving husband of thirty years, Gerald Peters. Cherished mother of Warren Wilansky, who will be less complete without her. Dear sister and sister-in-law of Marilyn and Gerry Zubatoff. Predeceased by her wonderful parents, Ruby and Fay Reicher. Nona will be sorely missed by her nieces, nephews, step-children, dear friends and pets. Funeral service from Paperman & Sons, 3888 Jean Talon St. W., on Tuesday, March 15 at 12:00 noon. Burial at the Shomrim Laboker Congregation Cemetery, de la Savane. Please respect the family’s wish to observe shiva in the strictest of privacy. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Ottawa General Hospital ICU, 613- 737-8899.
When I was last in Ottawa in December, making the case for my mom and stepdad to move back to Montreal, I did not think I would be back for a completely different reason.
I was scheduled to get on a train at the end of the day on March 4th to visit and help interview a cleaning company to help around the house, but I ended up changing my plans to go in first thing in the morning. I got a frantic call from my stepdad that my mother really was not well. I knew I had to go there immediately, and by the time I got to Ottawa, she was already at the hospital. Without going into all of the terrible details, we spent the next eight days in the hospital watching my mom quickly fade away.
With her funeral and burial only a few days later, back in Montreal, she ended up where she had fought me so hard to never return to again.
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