Obituary of Anne Margaret Pybus

Anne Margaret Pybus

(nee Annie Margaret Carter)

With profound sadness we announce the passing of Anne, our loving and devoted mother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on March 25, 2018. She left us while sleeping peacefully at her residence in Markham, Ontario. She was in her 99^th year. Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, England, she witnessed incredible changes to her world, having served in the Women’s Auxiliary Force of the RAF during WW2 as an ambulance driver transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefields near the English Channel to the hospitals in London. During the war she met her loving husband Ronald Pybus, who also served with the RAF in 212 Squadron. Married in England in 1946, they immigrated to Canada in 1947, settling in Toronto.  She was the beloved mother of Keith (Susan) and James (Michele), proud grandmother of Jeff, Shannon, Erin, Lia and Jillian. Predeceased by her devoted husband Ron, sister Phyllis, brothers Nick, Joseph, Robert, Albert, John, Matthew and Frederick. Anne lived a full life as a wonderful mother, homemaker and worker in the retail and manufacturing sector. She loved to cook, kept an immaculate house, was highly skilled with knitting needles and crochet hooks, and enjoyed her weekly outings to the local bowling alley. A farm girl at heart, gardening was also a passion. Most of all she loved her family and instilled in her sons strong values that have served them well. She will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts. A celebration of Anne’s life will be held at Amica Swan Lake, 6360 16^th Avenue, Markham, Ontario on Friday, March 30, 2018 beginning at 2 p.m. Flowers or donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation are welcome. Online condolences may be expressed through www.dixongarland.com.