Reid, Theresa Elizabeth
Posted Aug 12, 2021 | 11:13 AM
Theresa “Bette” Reid (nee McKenna), longtime resident of Grande Prairie, AB, passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at the age of 91 years.
Bette was born on June 3, 1930, in Montreal, QB. After surviving an unknown future, and at times desperate poverty during the Depression, her family moved to Collingwood, ON. At age 18, she met the love of her life, Henry Reid. They started dating and less than one year later they united in a marriage that would last over 60 years. Although Bette spent a few years as Matron for the Children’s Aid Society running a Receiving Home, she remained a wife, mother and homemaker most of her life. After Henry retired from the Ontario Provincial Police, they visited Alberta for a family wedding and fell in love with Grande Prairie. Returning to sell their home in Orillia, ON, they moved west in 1990, and settled in the Mountview area, creating a happy and loving home until illness separated them in 2012.
Bette was an avid crafter, passing on her knowledge of crocheting, knitting, embroidery, sewing and sketching to her daughters. One of her great joys in life was creating beautiful sweaters for her family, and when she needed a new outlet to knit for, she began attending Craft Sales all over the Peace Region.
Bette’s passing has created a void in the life of all those that knew her; most of all in the life of her primary caregiver, her cribbage partner and her daughter Sue Reid.
She will be sadly missed by her daughter Barbara Reid; her grandchildren Erica Steele (Ryan), Tyler Padley (Jamie), Amber Schratl (Stefan), Sarah Sather (Scott), and Nancy McKenzie (Josh); as well as 12 great-grandchildren.
Bette was predeceased by her husband Henry; daughter Heather Elaine; granddaughter Teresa Lynn (Terri); as well as all of her siblings, ending a generation of McKennas.
A Family Graveside Service will be held at the Grande Prairie Cemetery.
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- Date : 2021-08-11
- Location : Grande Prairie, Alberta