Passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at the age of 66 years after years of battling cancer and other illnesses.
Dedicated wife of Donald (1977) and loving mother to James (Bridget Doan), Joel (Jaime Harrison), Elizabeth and Gloria. Devoted Nana to Luke, Hannah and Benjamin. Anne was sister to Frank and Susan Machnik and will be missed by her brothers-in-law Gordon (Kim), Robert (Lynda) and Peter (Kim) McCallum as well as by her nephew and niece Peter and Sara McCallum. She was predeceased by her father Frank Machnik and mother Olga Loetkemann.
Anne was passionate about music and education, having studied French Horn at the University of Western Ontario (B.Mus. A.) and received her teaching degree at Althouse College in London. She was a devoted and skilled public school teacher and loved swimming, watching figure skating, spending time with her friends and collecting beach glass on the shore of Lake Huron. Above everything else she loved and cared for her children, grandchildren and her Lord Jesus Christ.
The family would like to thank the skillful and compassionate staff at St Joseph’s Health Centre in Guelph. They were “angels in scrubs”!
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, April 5th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the WALL-CUSTANCE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL (519-822-0051 / www.wallcustance.com). A Celebration of Life will take place at Kortright Presbyterian Church, 55 Devere Dr., Guelph, on Thursday, April 6th at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Justin Sytsma leading the service.
Memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or St. Joseph’s Health Centre would be appreciated.