Edna May Matte
November 22, 1917 - June 10, 2014
As published in the June 16, 2014 World-Spectator
Our mother passed away on June 10 at the age of 96 years. She will be forever missed by her children Leonard George Campbell and wife Sheila, Joan Patricia Campbell, Brenda Avlonitis (Matte), and Richard Henry Matte and wife Penny.
Mom leaves a wonderful legacy of a life well lived for all of us to learn from. She was born in Moore Park, Manitoba to Avalena Rose and Leonard Johnson on November 22, 1917. She was the second eldest child of seven children. She often spoke of life with her family and the years growing up in the Brandon area during the dirty 30s and the years of WWII.
Mom was twice widowed-once at the age of 30 years when her first husband, George Campbell, died, and again at age 46 when her second husband, Emile Rene Matte, died.
She owned and operated the Arlington Hotel in Maryfield, Saskatchewan for approximately 25 years. She loved the business aspect of her life as a hotel owner, but she really enjoyed the friendships she made along the way with her many customers. She was lovingly called "Miss Kitty" and was known for being a fair and respected business woman. Some of our best stories are still told about the years we had being raised in the hotel. It was continuous work, but we all enjoyed the stability of being raised in a small community. She sold the hotel and retired in Brandon to be with her mother and her sisters again.
She lived many happy years in her home and loved to spend her days in her yard with the flowers and her garden. Her friends and family were welcomed guests and we all have many wonderful memories of meeting at mom’s in the summer to catch up on everyone’s life events. As time took us all in different directions and distant places in the coming years, mom spent much time travelling with her sisters, and friends. She was a true globe trotter and she wasted no time enjoying her retirement years. As she aged we could see she was getting tired, but our mother had an exceptionally strong will to live and so she did.
We will miss you Mom, but we have been left with an abundance of memories and a wonderful new generation of young ones to raise in your honor. You will be forever loved and we will often speak of the years gone by and of the many strengths you passed on to us and your seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
A private service will be held at a later date.
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