Margaret Mary Marchand Shearing

Margaret Shearing, in her 96th year, peacefully at her residence, on March 18, 2012. Margaret was born in Montreal in 1916 to Eveleen (McKenna) and Antoine Marchand. A graduate of École des Beaux-Arts, Margaret married James Shearing in 1941 who predeceased her in 2008.

Margaret was an extraordinary mother who raised her 12 children to love, support and cherish one another. As a young wife and mother during World War II, she relied on her faith and her family while her husband Jimmy was overseas. The two were happily married for 67 years and were kept busy raising their large family in Rosemount.In later years they enjoyed travelling together, sometimes returning with Margaret's paintings of places they had visited. Through her faith and determination she faced challenges head on. She instilled in her children the desire to learn - she herself learned to drive at 56 and to email at 80. She enjoyed the company of her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, filling her room with their photos and her paintings. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

She leaves her children: David (Elaine Lovecky), Frances West (Richard), John (Barbara), Catherine Harris (Barry), Paul (Nancy), James (Joyce), Mary Anderson (Norman), Richard, Michael (Diane Du Toit), Elizabeth Hogan (Brian Regalbuto), Helen Phillipowsky (Michael), Eileen Tipping (Brent). Her grandchildren: Stephanie Harris-Ruel (Benoit), Mark (Monica), Christine Flahven (Ryan), Meredith Jensen (Peter), Daniel, Matthew Anderson, Bianca Shearing-Radva (Frank), Philip, Melanie Spraggett, Jennifer Pearcey (Chris), Patrick West, Elisabeth Anderson (David Weatherall), Marisa, Patrick, Shane Tipping, Jeremy, Claire Phillipowsky, Alanna Tipping, Kathleen Phillipowsky. Her great-grandchildren: Vanessa, Anthony, Justin, Paul, Katherine, Luke, Sasha, Margaret, Allison and Braedan; and her sister, Mary Rose Niergarth of Peterborough. Predeceased by her sisters Clare, Jeanne and brother Charles.

Visitation: Friday, March 23, 1-4 pm and 7-9 pm and Saturday, March 24, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm at Collins Clarke MacGillivrary White, 27 Salisbury, Pointe-Claire H9S 3X6 (Cartier Ave. exit).

A funeral mass will be held at St. Edmund of Canterbury Church, 105 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield (corner of Beaconsfield and Boul. St. Charles) on Saturday, March 24, 1:00 pm. Interment following the mass at the Field of Honour, Lakeview Cemetery, Pointe-Claire. Reception to follow at Collins Clarke funeral home.

Donations in honour of Margaret may be made to Vigi DDO Volunteer Association, 197 Thornhill, DDO, QC H9B 3H8.