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CLARITA RIOJA NAPISA
Born: Sep 17, 1948
Date of Passing: Mar 24, 2015
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryCLARITA RIOJA NAPISA It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother and dear friend Clarita Rioja Napisa on March 24, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at the Seven Oaks General Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband Ruben Napisa and three siblings. She is survived by her three children Bobby, Michael and Cynthia (Mark), and four sisters Lucita, Rosita, Cleofe and Neriza. Ms. Napisa was born on September 17, 1948 in the Philippines and immigrated to Canada in the early 1970s. She married Ruben and had three children. Due to a stroke, she sustained a traumatic brain injury and required intensive rehabilitation care through the Transitional Living Centres (TLC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over the course of five years our mother was given a second chance at life with the extensive support she received from the management and staff at TLC where she was able to regain her independence and have a good quality of life. A memorial service will be held in honour of her memory on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Voyage Funeral Home, 220 Hespeler Avenue in Winnipeg. On behalf of our extended family and relatives in the Philippines and Canada, we wish to express our gratitude to TLC, the Palliative Care nurse and the staff at the Seven Oaks General Hospital.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 26, 2015
Condolences & Memories (1 entries)
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My family and I are profoundly saddened to hear of the passing of our dear and beloved Clair. I knew and called her as my "Auntie Clair" because she was more like a mother figure to me and a family member to us than a friend. We have been searching everywhere for her since 2006, the last time we saw her, and she attended my bar admission ceremony here in Toronto. Auntie Clair was, by far, one of the nicest and most generous people we've ever known - a friend for life. It was actually my mother who first met her in the mid 1980s, at a Toronto nursing home where they were working together. It wasn't long before she became a part of our family, often traveling with us on long road trips to the U.S. We had so many happy experiences with her, countless memories that are impossible to sum up on this page. But I want to try. Auntie Clair was a joy to be around. Her dimpled smile and curly hair was adorable and her laugh - that laugh was so genuine and loud it was simply infectious. Auntie Clair often talked about her kids, how she was proud of them and loved them. She talked about her property in Boracay and her efforts to fix it up. She shared her joys and hopes with us, her dreams and aspirations. I remember she took several upgrading courses, including a computer course that she enjoyed. That was before the tech age so she was ahead of her time, before computers were cool. She was a great cook, a good traveler who could pack and leave for a trip with no notice, she was hardworking and good with her elderly patients. Quite simply. Auntie Clair was one of a kind, an amazing woman who was independent and strong-willed. She always did her best with what she had, and she always succeeded in whatever she did, no matter the obstacles. My family and I are all the more blessed to have known her, to have loved her as our friend. We moved around quite a bit, as did Auntie Clair, over the past few years and we lost contact. In the past, there were some short periods of lost contact, but we always seemed to find each other again and continue right where we left off. That`s why we were extra puzzled when we failed to find her again since 2006, suspecting that she perhaps had retired in the Philippines, in her Boracay home by the sea. So you can only imagine how profoundly saddened we were to discover her obituary just this morning. We cried and reminisced about the good times. We offer up our prayers today, praying that she has found peace. We have many pictures and home videos of the moments we shared with Auntie Clair and would love the opportunity to share these memories with her family, if they so wish. We can be contacted anytime by email or phone in the information included in this tribute. - Posted by: Belonio (Holden) Family - Rose, Gee and Vanessa (Close Family Friends) on: Mar 27, 2015
