A public service in celebration of Maureen’s life will take place in Blind River at Immanuel Baptist Church, 5 White Drive, on Monday, August 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Covid-19 Public Health Measures will be in place.
Anne Maureen Martin (nee Marnie Miller), passed away on June 20, 2021 at Sault Area Hospital. She is pre-deceased by her husband Donald Gray Martin and their infant daughter Allison Dawn.
Maureen will forever be loved and remembered by her daughters, Mary (Steve Doonan), Anne (Bill Slater), and Beth (Katherine Brittain). Proud grandmother to Kyle (Chelsey), Cameron (Kristen) and Graham (Sarah) Slater; Clare and Rachel Brittain. Great grandmother to Camreigh, Ezra and Lillian Slater. Maureen was born on September 10, 1942 in Sault Ste Marie, to her late parents, Earl and Eileen Miller (nee Dean) and was joined two years later by her sister Janice (late Jim Cameron) and subsequently by their children Heather and Jamie.
After graduating nurses training Cum Laude from the K-W Hospital and working on the front lines at Toronto Sick Kids, Maureen and Don settled to Blind River. Maureen was kept busy raising their family. She brought her strength, insight and integrity to active roles at Galilean Bible Camp, leader of the local swimming program, and was a loyal volunteer at the Blind River Emergency Food Bank for close to twenty years. Maureen was actively involved with Immanuel Baptist Church, hosting the weekly women’s group for over 40 years, and knew exactly how many sandwiches you could get out of a loaf of bread depending on whether or not you used the crusts.
Maureen was a natural athlete, she would cycle back and forth to the swimming pool to lead aquasizes, break trail across the lake to get to the boom camp ski trails, and was often the last one to come inside from the toboggan hill.
Together, Maureen and Don created an environment in their beautiful home where people always knew they were welcome. They hosted many student boarders, encouraged friends and neighbours to stop by and enjoy the lake, always had extra food and space at the table and seemed to have an annual challenge of “how many more people can we fit around the table for Christmas dinner this year”? They embodied the best of hospitality. Maureen was happiest to sit quietly at the centre of the activity where we would often hear her delighted giggle.
The family is most appreciative to the Blind River community, her close friends and neighbours who supported her (and her beloved dog Molly) to live independently in her home for the past several years.
In memoriam donations to One Hope Canada (directed to Patty Brown who always referred to Maureen as “Mother Martin”) would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Beggs-Menard Funeral Home, Blind River, Ontario. www.menardfh.com