WINNIPEG Residents at Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg are being treated to a private display of fireworks on New Year s Eve in memory of one of the residents who died at the centre this year. Patricia McGarry died in October, and while her death was unrelated to COVID-19, the pandemic meant only four of her six children were able to attend the funeral. My mom was a very social person, she loved family gatherings, said McGarry s youngest child Martin. Her own ideas about her own funeral were not what transpired. Martin, who is the CEO of Cushman and Wakefield, said when his company heard about his mother s passing, they wanted to do something special for Riverview Health Centre, where McGarry had been a resident.
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Martin McGarry (left), CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Stevenson, and Sheldon Mindell, executive director of Riverview Health Centre, outside Riverview. Cushman & Wakefield Stevenson is funding a fireworks display on the grounds for New Year’s Eve.
When Patricia McGarry passed away in October at age 93, her family wasn’t able to give their fun-loving mother the big send-off she’d always wanted.
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When Patricia McGarry passed away in October at age 93, her family wasn’t able to give their fun-loving mother the big send-off she’d always wanted.