Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the South Health Campus Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, in her 91st year.
She will be lovingly remembered by her children; James McLean (Kathy), Julie Bouwmeester (Ralph), grandchildren; Danielle Clarke (David), James McLean (Lisa), Scott Bouwmeester (Robyn), Stephen Bouwmeester (Stephanie) and Lindsay Partridge (Curtis), great-grandchildren (who called her GG); Noah and Zoey Clarke, Jameson McLean, Charles, Chelsea and Riley Bouwmeester, Madison, Mackenzie and Macey Partridge, her sister Eunice Martens (John) and sister-in-law Jean Sturgeon. She will also be missed and remembered by her many nieces and nephews.
Reta was predeceased by her best friend and beloved husband of 65 years; Douglas McLean, as well as her loving parents; Frank and Ruth Sturgeon of Bruce Mines, ON, her son baby John Robert and her siblings and their partners; Calvin (Winnogene), Katherine Mills (Clifford), Lyle (Jean), Joseph, Donald (Donna), Cecil (Beatrice), Phyllis Moar (Freeman), and Daniel Sturgeon.
Reta will be interred at Cloudslee Cemetery in Bruce Mines, Ontario, during a private family gathering at a later date.