Silvana D'Andrea (Friend that loves her like a sister)

Entered June 18, 2016 from Toronto

My sweet dear Louise,

I am so grateful that we reconnected after so many years. Once we met it was like we had never been apart. You were always there for me with all that I was going through. We had some very great times that will never be forgotten.

You loved your family and talked about them regularly when we had are many visits to Port Credit Friday mornings. Our many weekend getaways to Ottawa to enjoy a girls weekend away.

Never in my life would I believe that you would be taken away from us so early. It's not fair.

Watching you go through this awful disease and deteriorating so quickly but you held on to the end as strong as you could and I'll love you for it always. May you now rest in peace with God and all our lives angels up above.

Rob, Melissa and Jessica, know that I will be here in any time of need. She will be missed dearly. You are in my daily thoughts.

Thelma (Silvana)

We had a going thing that we were Thelma and Louise and had a carry-on sis (which is my sister Anna)

Love you all.

Gina Treglia (Friend)

Entered June 18, 2016 from Mississauga

Ma très chère amie Louise,

Dès la première fois que je t'ai rencontrée, j'ai tout de suite compris que tu serais une très grande amie. Puis, au fil des ans, tu es devenue plus qu'une amie; tu es devenue la grande soeur que j'ai toujours voulue. You always had my back, always kept me under your wings.

Je n'oublierai jamais toutes les fois que tu es restée à mes côtés, que tu m'as tenu la main et gardé compagnie lorsque ma vie était en train de s'écrouler. Tu étais toujours prête à me consoler. Je n'avais qu'à t'appeler.

Aujourd'hui, même si tu nous as quittés, tu vivras toujours dans mon coeur. Comment pourrais-je oublier ton beau sourire et tellement de souvenirs!

I will miss you dearly Girl Friend.

Robert, Jessica and Melissa, remember that a star in heaven shines brightly just for you.

Love always,

Gina

Roger Manning (Uncle)

Entered June 19, 2016 from Guelph

Dear Rob, Melissa and Jessica,
At this very sad time in your lives, be sure that Louise has fulfilled her journey in this life and is now in the loving hands of our Creator and Almighty Father. She has come home, and will accompany you on your own journeys until you are reunited in heaven.

Please accept my condolences. My prayers are with you and for Louise that she may enter the home that Our Lord has prepared for her.

Roger

Yvonne McArthur (Friend)

Entered June 19, 2016

I am so sorry, Rob, Melissa, Jessica. I have many fond memories of laughing with Louise while helping with the girls as babies, and of her wonderful hospitality whenever I visited. She was lovely, and far too young to be gone so fast.

My condolences.

Yvonne

Gisèle Plante (Cousine)

Entered June 19, 2016 from Thetford Mines

À toute la famille ,j'offre mes condoléances les plus sincères .Mes pensées sont avec vous pour ces moments difficiles .Je garde de bons souvenirs de Louise .Toute mon affection !

Gisèle

J'ai rencontré Louise dès mon arrivé a Toronto en 1989, notre amitié fut instantané. J'adorais sa joie de vivre, sa spontaneité. Elle a fais partie de mon mariage en 1994 et j'étais présente lors de sa rencontre avec Rob. Notre amitié a toujours grandi avec le temps malgré la distance. Lorsqu'elle m'appelait c'était comme notre dernière rencontre toujours généreuse de son temps et tellement fière de ses filles. On comparais nos histoires et planifiais nos prochaines rencontres. Ma belle Louise tu vas me manquer énormément RIP

Nous habitions ensemble à Toronto et le lundi suivant notre fin de semaine Louise capotait, elle avait des picots rouges tout partout dans le bas des jambes. C'est là qu'elle a appris elle était allergique au sarrasin. Nous avions mangé des crêpes de sarrasin la fin de semaine.// We were living together in Toronto and by Monday Louise in panic, she had red tiny rashes all over on her legs. That's when she learned she was allergic to buckwheat. We ha eaten buckwheat pancakes on that weekend.

In a circle of friends, the one who dies first is a friend you will never forget: This is the death that unhinges you From the trappings of everyday life And makes you –suddenly-absurdly grateful for each new breath – beginning with this one. This is the death that could break you apart in every way possible; that persuades you - in memory of that friend- to turn away from whatever threatens to numb your soul from whatever it is that revels in death. Yet this too, is the friend that you need by your side. Listen. Together they urge you: Live your life.