Avis de décès de Margaret-Mary Cooper-Slipper - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

COOPER-SLIPPER, Margaret Mary (Rita) Passed away peacefully in her sleep at her retirement residence in Mississauga on Sunday, February 15, 2015 in her 91st year. Predeceased by her husband Mike, Rita is survived by her devoted and only son Chris (Pat) , beloved granddaughter Jessica Rauch (Kevin) and cherished great grandson, Otis Cooper Rauch, all of Toronto. Rita was born on May 29, 1923 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK, the only child of Rupert and Eta Brown. In 1941, Rita met a handsome young RAF flying officer and on November 5th of that year she married Thomas Paul Michael Cooper-Slipper, DFC, in Hastings, Sussex. They were 18 and 21 respectively and their marriage was to last for 62 years until Mike's passing in 2004. In 1947 Mike emigrated to Canada in search of employment in Canada's fledgling aerospace industry and the following year Rita and her son Chris joined him, taking up residence in Weston, Ontario. Following the cancellation of the ill fated Avro Arrow in 1959, Rita and Mike returned to England but after a year there they both realized they had become too "Canadianized" and returned to Toronto and resided in Etobicoke. In 1986 Rita and Mike retired to Victoria, BC, where Rita remained until 2011 when she returned to Toronto to live close by her family. Rita was a life member of the I.O.D.E. and active in the Anglican Church of Canada working at the Anglican Book Centre in Toronto and as church secretary at All Saints Kingsway. Rita loved ballet and opera and was a passionate supporter of wildlife causes and animal welfare. Rita's charming personality endeared her to all she came in contact with. She had a true joie de vivre and will be fondly remembered for her charm, her wit, her humour and her often outspoken opinions about the things in life that mattered most to her. Rita's family would like to extend a special thanks to the caring staff at Chartwell Classic Robert Speck, her home for the past 3 1/2 years, the Halton Peel CCAC and SRT support staff and Turner and Porter's Butler Chapel. A private family service has taken place and a memorial service celebrating Rita's life is being planned to take place in Victoria, B C in the early spring. Rita will be interred next to her husband Mike at Royal Oak Burial Park in Victoria. Details of that memorial service will be announced at a later date. Rita's family would like to thank everyone for their kind expressions of condolence and sympathy. Anyone wishing to remember Rita may do so by way of donation to PATS, the Pacific Animal Therapy Society, P.O. Box 131, Saanichton, BC, Canada, V8M 2C3.