BROWN, Yvonne (nee KELLETT) - Peacefully, at North York General Hospital, following complications from surgery, on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in her 90th year.
Predeceased by her beloved husband Keith, who passed away on February 23, 2018.
Loving mother to Chris (Vicky), Tim (Ariana), and Jeff (Samantha), and proud grandmother of Sebastian and Angela (to whom she was "Bimba"); Mason, Eden, and Noa; and Emily, Julia, and Chloë.
One of six siblings - Murray, Jean, Grant, Bill, and Dianne, who survives her - Yvonne was born in Haliburton, Ontario on April 24, 1931 to Walter and Hilda.
She moved to Toronto in her late teens to train as a Registered Nurse at St. Michael's Hospital, graduating with the class of 1952.
As a young nurse she had the memorable experience of assisting during surgery while Hurricane Hazel was tearing through the GTA.
Yvonne became a flight attendant with Trans-Canada Airlines shortly thereafter, a prescient move as she met Keith during a 1956 Toronto-Winnipeg flight and they married two years later.
She and Keith developed a wide circle of friends through the Thornhill Newcomers Association and spent many happy hours playing bridge and socializing. With her youngest in full-time school, Yvonne returned to the workforce and was a dedicated geriatric nurse at Toronto's Baycrest Centre for a number of years. Her well-deserved retirement was spent travelling and doting on her much-loved grandchildren.
Yvonne was a warm, generous, loyal, loving and kind person to all who had the good fortune to know her.
No service in accordance with her wishes.
Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the North York General Foundation.
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