Margo Johanna DeBruin

11/22/2019

With sadness we announce the passing of Margo Johanna DeBruin on Friday, November 22.

Beloved wife of 69 years of Cornelius (Casey), cherished mother of Marco (Donna), Sylvia Archibald (Sam) and Audrey Gervais. Loved Grandmother of Catherine DeBruin (Isaque Saraiva), Brian DeBruin, Steven Gervais and Eric Gervais. Margo Gravesteijn was born July 05, 1926 in Gouda, The Netherlands. Survived by one sister Cockie (Jan) Sanders in The Netherlands along with many nieces and nephews in both Holland and France. Predeceased by siblings Jacques, Netty and Joke.

Thank you to the caring staff of Saint Luke’s Place (A-Main) and Cambridge Memorial Hospital for their care and compassion.

The family invites you to share memories of Margo in the Stauffer Auditorium, Saint Luke’s Place, 1624 Franklin Blvd. Cambridge on Sunday, December 8th from 1:30 – 3:30.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that you be kind to one another. Donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Cremation has taken place. Messages and condolences may be left at tricitycremations.com. Please visit Margo's obituary notice on Facebook.

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Yvonne Kingma Fraser

12/3/2019 10:15:36 am

Deepest condolences from the Kingma family. We have many fond memories of our Aunt Marco.

Evelyn Kingma-Liu

12/3/2019 11:18:16 am

Knowing her and her family since I was born and have many many wonderful memories of her. Bless your soul Aunt Margo Much love to her family.

Judith Rees-van der Draaij

12/3/2019 07:00:50 pm

Condolences to the Debruin family from me and my children. Margo Debruin was simply "tante Go" to me. She and Casey sponsored my parents when we came to Canada in 1966 and housed us for 3 months, with love and patience. I'll be forever greatful to the both of them.

Alan Davis

12/4/2019 05:48:58 pm

Marco's Mom was great.We could play loud music in the basement without complaints and she always had an ample supply of tasty treats for us. ( us being Marco and his friends ). Many other memories are still with me.

Lorna and John Ferguson

12/5/2019 02:23:19 pm

When we joined the Ancient Mariners Canoe Club in 1999 Margo and Casey were still active members. On winter hikes when we walked together I learned so much from them about what life was like in German occupied Holland during the second world war. And they were great paddlers, never once tipping in all the years they were in the club. We enjoyed meeting Sylvia when we went to the Algonquin Inn with the canoe club. Our hearts go out to all the family at the loss of your mom and grandma.

Brian Hancey

12/7/2019 09:35:47 am

Condolences to you Sylvia and your family on the passing of your mother. Be well- regards.

Sylvia

12/9/2019 05:57:08 pm

You are so kind. Thank you. I miss you.

Catherine Catton

12/7/2019 07:19:49 pm

Sincere condolenceson the passing of your dear grandmother, Cathy. Hugs 💕

Cathy DeBruin

12/11/2019 08:35:33 pm

Thanks so much, Cathy! She was an amazing person. We were very blessed to be part of her 93 year journey.

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