February 9, 1910 – August 27, 2010
Six months after her l00th birthday, May passed away to join her beloved husband, Harry A. Welch; her mother, Florence Cooke and her father, Frederick Cooke. She will be remembered with love and greatly missed by her daughter, Shirley (Paul); granddaughter, Corinna (Walter Bradley) and great granddaughter, Alisha. May was born in Kitscoty, Alberta and moved to Edmonton as a small child. May completed her schooling and went on to work for T. Eaton’s Company and the Alberta government and met and married her one and only love, Harry. May forever held dear many fond memories of her friends and co-workers and continued to always think of Edmonton as “home”. She was the proud matriarch of her small family and over the years most family celebrations were planned with “May” front and centre. She will be missed by us and her passing leaves a void in our lives, but we have many, many good memories of the times she joined us on extended trips – she was always ready to join in any adventure and never wanted to be left out of anything – even in her 100th year! Special thanks to Dr. Peter Meyer and the doctors, nurses and staff at the Jubilee Hospital who helped to make her last few days comfortable.
There will be no funeral service. The family will gather on September l8th at 3:00 p.m. in the Garden of Devotion at Hatley Memorial Gardens to witness the interment and celebrate her life, remembering all the good times that they had together.
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