EMANUEL (née Jobson), Lynette (Nellie) – Peacefully at Belmont House, Toronto, on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at the age of 94. Beloved wife of the late Douglas V. L. Emanuel. No doubt there was a big welcome party for her in the great beyond with Douglas as the organizer. Loved mother of Mary (late Stephen White), Helen, Kathryn (Shaun Kelly), Diane and Douglas Jr. Dear grandma to Sarah and Julia.
Nellie’s first job was working with her brother in his land surveying office, and her mathematics skills from this period never failed to impress, even later in life. Nellie was creative and she expressed this in her well-known culinary skills, art and flower arranging. Her faith was strong and she regularly volunteered in her Church and local community both in her native Jamaica and her adopted home of Canada. Nellie never forgot her roots growing up on a farm as part of a large family in Jamaica.
Her family would like to thank the Belmont House team for their care and support over the last 14 years and to Carmen for taking such good care of our Mother. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Belmont House Foundation or to The Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto. Memorial Service at 10:00am on January 25, 2025, at York Funeral Centre, 160 Beecroft Rd., Toronto; interment to follow.