durhamregion.com | This Week | Thursday, September 8, 2022 | 34 MICHAEL, Robert Harris Dunbar December 10, 1977 - September 6, 2020 ------------------ My Dear Robby, Your first kick was my dream come true! Upon your arrival my heart felt full and complete. I adored you before I even laid eyes on you. You captured the essence of pure pride and love I never thought possible. We grew and learned and taught each other our new roles. A mother and her first born child have an unbreakable bond that is never ending. You made ours as special and as strong as it could possibly be in your short life. You made sure your family knew they came first in your life as you did with us. You were always mindful of helping family when they needed you and generous to a fault. That's why we have come to accept that fateful day as a blessing in disguise. You were not alone in your apartment but rather here at your childhood home We spent a very happy day together like many times before, You crossed over very quickly with your family holding on. Our efforts to save you were not meant to be. You were not alone and we know how peacefully you left us. You arrived and departed in your mother's arms. A large piece of my heart left with you that day. You are still watching over your family. I feel your warm hugs and presence each time you visit. I'm so grateful for our time together and focus on our happy memories. You would be disappointed in anything less, I know. We all will cherish your love and our ups and downs forever and a day! You were a blessing to us all, Rob, unfortunately only for a short stay. We miss your smile and never-ending supply of stories and jokes. But mostly we miss knowing you are there whenever we need you the most! Still loving you more every day! We are trying to learn to miss you in a healthier loving way, because we have so far to go before we are all together again. Please visit us as often as you can. Love forever,Mom & Darrell, Julie and Scott, Jeff, Callum, Iyla, and Mae, Darren & Charlotte, Matt & Lori, Kaylee, Leith, and Beck and all your cousins, friends, and co-workers XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO XO IN MEMORY OF A WONDERFUL MOM Anne M. Bevan September 8, 1922 - September 8, 2022 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ September 8th would have been your 100th birthday. Unfortunately you left us too soon in February 2011 at the amazing age of 89! There isn't a single day that goes by that we don't remember something you may have said or done. We know that you would have been so excited to have spent time with your three great- grandchildren, Dwight, Bennett and Kenzie and to have met our latest 4-legged family members, Beezus, Lucy, Lola, Molly and Bella! We miss you so much and thank you for being such a perfect mom! Until we meet again, Your daughters - Pam and Nancy and the whole family In Loving Memory of Marilyn Green June 28, 1947 - September 11, 2017 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ A special smile, a special face And in our hearts, a special place No words we speak will ever say How much we miss you every day Gone are the times we used to share But in our hearts you are always there No matter how our lives change Or whatever we may do We will never forget those precious times, The ones we spent with you We hold you close within our hearts And there you will remain To walk with us throughout our lives Until we meet again. Lovingly remembered by Dave, Shannon, Corey & Families IEZZI, Alberto April 7, 1933 - September 9, 2012 ------------------ May the winds of Heaven blow softy, and whisper in your ear, how much we love and miss you, and wish that you were here. Love your wife Ada and family. VANSTONE, Winston May 13, 1942 - January 25, 2022 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ A Graveside Service will take place at Bowmanville Cemetery on Monday, September 12th at 11:00 a.m. A reception will follow at Memorial Park Clubhouse, 120 Liberty Street South, Bowmanville. BOATE (nee Zimmy), Martha Marie ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, cousin, friend and prolific volunteer, passed away December 14, 2020 after an illness, aged 65. Martha was predeceased by her partner, Leroy Fisher, father, Peter Zimny and brothers, Peter Paul and Michael Zimny. She is survived by her dear son, Tim Fisher, daughter Lindsay, cherished grand- daughters, Abbygail, Lily and Maria, mother, Maria Kos, brother, John Zimny, and many nieces, and nephews. Martha was a devoted grandmother, often taking her grand- daughters to volunteer activities, hockey and soccer games, many road trips, outings, and to the cottage, imparting life lessons about kindness, helping, and the circle of life. Martha was a giver. She freely gave a most precious commodity, her time, to volunteer. She helped with the Park Association, hockey, soccer, and advocated for others in the workplace and her community. If anyone needed help, Martha was there to help. She lived a full and busy life...and that is why you could never reach her on the phone. With pandemic restrictions, Martha requested to be laid to rest without a formal service,. In keeping with her giving spirit, Martha asked that we each practise a random act of kindness. Oh Lord, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Celebration of Life Event, Southmead Park Clubhouse, Oshawa. Sunday, September 11th at 3 p.m. All those that experienced the joy of Martha are welcome. St. Francis of Assisi DOBBIN, Gwen January 9, 1948 - September 8, 2007 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ May the winds of love blow softly And whisper so you'll hear; We will always love and miss you And wish that you were here. Love always, Martin, Tammy and Ryan. DIAMOND, David ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ We took our vows together And said till death do us part When God took your hand My whole world fell apart. No one knows the heartache I try so hard to hide No one knows the many times I've broken down and cried. When I look back upon our lives One thing that makes me glad That you chose me to share with you The precious years we had. I know you walk beside me And when my life is through I pray that God will take my hand And lead me straight to you. To hear your voice and see you smile To sit with you and talk awhile To be together in the same old way Would be my greatest wish today. Forever in my heart, Connie OBITUARIES | REMEMBERING THE LIVES OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY Always so good, unselfish and kind, none on this earth your equal I'll find. Honourable and true in all your ways, loving and faithful to the end of your days, honest and liberal, ever upright, just in your judgment, always right; loved by your friends and all whom you knew, one in a million, that person was you. A loving person, so gentle and kind; what a wonderful memory you left behind. Long days, long nights, you bore your pain. To wait for a cure, but all in vain. Till God Himself knew what was best. He took you home and gave you rest. There is a link death cannot sever, love and remembrance last forever. Pleasant in manner, patient in pain, our loss is your eternal gain. IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM CELEBRATION OF LIFE