Mrs. Anna Sophia McEachern, age 85 years, passed away peacefully in Dawson Court on Monday, May 18, 2015.
Anna was born in Port Arthur on November 11, 1929. After graduating high school, she worked as a secretary for Peter Neelands Sr. before getting married to Howard McEachern in 1949. Following her marriage, she stayed home to raise her four children. With the encouragement of her husband, she took up drawing and painting, which became her avocation in later life. Anna also looked after First Nations students in the 1960's, forming lifelong attachments. In the early 1970's, Anna and Howard moved to the country, where she gardened, looked after her daughter's horses and for a brief period, produced pottery for Strawberry Hill Werkshop, before turning her attention to painting. She was a prolific watercolourist and oil painter and she put on several successful shows of her work to raise money for AIDS relief in Africa. Anna was also an active member of the Evangel Church with her daughter, Judy. Anna was a woman of great strength and conviction and stood up for the causes she believed in. She was also a woman who possessed deep compassion and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Anna is survived by her children Gerald (Sharon), Maureen (Greg) Reid and Judy (Eric) Harju; daughter-in-law Susan; sisters Helen Sas and Antoinette (Arne) Just; brother Walter Reszitnyk as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
She was predeceased by her husband, Howard; son Dan; parents Peter and Pearl Reszitnyk; brother Martin Reszitnyk; brother-in-law Bill Sas and sisters-in-law Audrey and Bev Reszitnyk.
Funeral Services for the late Mrs. Anna McEachern will be held on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 10:00AM in Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church. Interment will follow in St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Thursday evening from 7:00PM until 9:00PM in the Everest Funeral Chapel.
Should friends so desire, donations made in memory of Anna to Visionledd would be greatly appreciated.
