ROBERTS, Joan Myrtle - December 25, 1956 - August 18, 2019
Union Organizer, Housing Developer, City Councillor, Consultant, Trainer & Author Joan was born in Toronto and felt lucky to have lived in a city which she loved, where there was plenty of work and recreational opportunities and where she lived a full life.
She had 2 fabulous children Erin Mentuch Cooper and Neil Mentuch, 2 beloved grandsons Benjamin and Evan and a wonderful son-in-law Jason Cooper.
She was blessed to have been the oldest of 5 siblings and leaves behind Betty Kovac (Rudy), Gordon Roberts (Eileen), Karen Roberts and Sharon Roberts-Spadafora (John) and their many offspring who called her Aunt Joan. Also ex-husband Stephen Mentuch and sister-in-law Marika Paquin (David).
Joan faced her 7-year journey with terminal cancer with grace and toughness and gives thanks to the taxpayers of Canada for Medicare.
Many health care practitioners supported her in her cancer journey from Women's College Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Bridgepoint Healthcare. They cared and she felt it.
A memorial to honour her life's work and a celebration of life will be held at Friends House (60 Lowther Ave., Toronto), on August 26, 2019 with a ceremony at 5 p.m. (Doors open at 4:30 p.m.) and reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating in Joan's memory, to Hemophilia Ontario (https://www.hemophilia.ca/support-us-ontario) or to the Daily Bread Foodbank (https://www.dailybread.ca).
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