SIM October 21, 1934 - January 7, 2013

MARGARET ELLEN SIM, of Lethbridge, passed away peacefully at St Michael’s Palliative Care Centre on Monday, January 7, 2013 at the age of 78 years.

Margaret Ellen was born to Peggy and Hjalmer Nylund in Calgary, Alberta on October 21, 1934. She married Donald Kenneth Sim on August 6, 1954. (Don predeceased Margaret on October 6, 1990).

Margaret fought a strong fight with her battle with cancer. Not wanting to give up, she gave her best to do all she could each day. She took time to enjoy the pleasures of nature as she looked out her windows, marveling in the determination of the various creatures she grew to enjoy. Making the best of each day, the simple things were accomplish with personal strength: “it was a struggle, but I persevered and I did it.”

Margaret is survived by her children and their families: Darrel and Heather, Jaclyn, Josh; Kathy and Tom Bennett, Dixie, Kyle and Jennifer, Hannah, Elizabeth, Jackson, Sheldon, Angie and Luke Crutchfield; Diana; Lorna and Lloyd Dennis, Christina and Tim Wills, Addy, Aydan; Stephanie Dennis and Dakota Vidmar. Her siblings: George and family; Johnny, Marie and family; Eleanor, Howard and family. Her golf buddies are her treasured friends. Along with extended family and several friends.

A service to Celebrate Margaret’s Life will be held at COLLEGE DRIVE COMMUNITY CHURCH, 2710 College Drive South, Lethbridge, AB T1K 6K5, on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 1:00 P.M.

If friends so desire, a donation may be made to Volunteer Lethbridge, Suite 200 Deveta Place, 410 Stafford Drive South, Lethbridge, AB. Donations will be acknowledged with a tax receipt. This charity focuses on connecting community through volunteerism.

Honoured to serve the family, CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 2800 Mayor Magrath Drive South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 7B1. Telephone (403) 381-7777. E-mail: care@cornerstonefh.ca