Matriarch. Knitter. Artist. Perfectionist. Born Jan. 14, 1922, in Hull, England; died Oct. 12, 2022, in Toronto, of boredom and natural causes; aged 100
An early photograph of Joan shows her on pointe shoes, knobby knees below the ballerina tutu, arms raised to hold a silky scrap of scarf behind her. She was about five years old. Apparently, her mother was holding her waist behind the curtain to keep her upright. I don’t think she actually took ballet lessons, I can’t imagine they had the money for that kind of luxury, but going to a studio and posing for a photo must have been within the family budget. That early photo says a lot about Joan.
Joan and Walter were keen to start afresh after their wartime experiences and immigrated to Canada in 1948 where Gregory, Debra and Cheryl were born over the next eight years. They finally saved up enough to buy a house in 1956 in Lachine, Que.
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