J anet Marie Donald passed away at her residence near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, May 11, at the age of 65 years.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Janet's memory would be gratefully received by Patients First Maidstone Health Complex. She was the second of seven children. She had her point of view right from the word go she was independent and sassy and could talk to adults just like that riding around town on her bike talking to shopkeepers just funny and you know already had her opinion. Hi baldy! Thomson on the head as he sat playing cards.
If someone was sitting out she would sit with them she made room for everyone. There were family picnics and swimming in the Shell River all day she was in swim club and won all the races she would ride her bike out to emma lake as a kid with her friends swim way out diving off a tire tube all day scrape together a few coins between them for a plate of fries at Sunnyside then ride back to P. She went to university and ended up in the library reading everything else but her course materials she was curious about everything modernist furniture carpentry the history of Band Dad was cleaning up at the art camp she invited him down to visit she played john prine records for him in the cabin at McIntosh Point.
She was a lifeguard and he was a night watchman at the pool Afternoon Delight on AM radio rang out in the night across Riversdale as he washed down the deck hearing that song would bring her right back she said. Their love was wide and generous with space enough for everything. After her dad died in she would cry in the mornings every day Dad would hold her until she felt okay enough to get up.
She was his joy A fountain of fun, he said. In the end he would bring her pills talk to her in a gentle voice his reassuring, quiet presence settling her in agitated moments giving sips of cold drinks, frothy coffee 'Did you have fun today' she would whisper. Where is Mom in a perfect stroke cutting through the water the shoulder to cry on in the car in the dark garage.
