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VICTORIA GRAHAM
Born: Oct 28, 1931
Date of Passing: Dec 11, 2024
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryVICTORIA GRAHAM
Victoria Graham (nee Fron) arrived in the world October 28,1931 and left it December 11, 2024.
She is survived by her brother Joseph, her sister, Francis; her son, Robin (Janet) and two grandchildren, Carter (Danielle) and Samantha (Cody). She also leaves many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Jim Sr. her son Jim Jr. as well as five sisters and five brothers.
Victoria was the daughter of Frank and Mary Fron (nee Suchy). She was the 9th child in a family of 13 children and grew up under trying conditions on a small homestead in the Shortdale area. After her father’s passing she was forced to seek employment away from home at a very young age. While working in Carberry for the Hood family, Victoria met and married Jim Graham, a marriage that lasted for almost 65 years until Jim’s passing in 2013. Jim and Victoria were not only husband and wife but also best friends and shared many happy retirement years together travelling, gardening and entertaining family and friends.
Victoria had an innate financial astuteness that served the family well during the lean early years of her marriage. Although Jim was the breadwinner, Victoria could easily be described as the banker, ensuring that the family stayed within budget. Her purse was filled with envelopes, each labelled with a certain expense category. It was a rare event when she allowed funds from one envelop to be transferred to another. Never shy, Victoria was well known for bartering for the best price whether it was from a market gardener or a large store.
Her formal education ended very early in her life and perhaps because of that she was an enthusiastic champion of education, particularly for her own children and her grandchildren. She had a keen interest in politics and history and continued to read many books on these topics until dementia slowly stole her mind.
Victoria was a staunch supporter of family and she wrote that “the arrival of grandchildren brought a whole new dimension to my life”. She was an avid cheerleader for both Carter and Sam at every school play, recital and graduation. She was also the favourite aunt of many of her nieces and nephews.
Her immaculately kept home was always a welcoming haven especially during the holidays. She loved gardening and every summer her yard was filled with roses, geraniums, begonias and other plants, all lovingly tended and nurtured to produce a wonderfully lush yard.
She was a proud member of Grey St. United Church and served for many years with the UCW. She also canvassed for the Salvation Army and Cancer Care.
Victoria fought valiantly to stay in her own home but unfortunately several years ago, advancing dementia made this impossible. After initially moving into supportive housing she ultimately entered into nursing care at Misericordia Place.
The outstanding staff at the facility made the last months of her life as comfortable and dignified as possible and deserve the highest praise. The family is forever grateful for their professionalism and compassion.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 11, 2025, at Grey Street United Church, 651 Sandhurst Ave. Interment will follow at the Carberry Plains Cemetery, Carberry Manitoba.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 28, 2024
Condolences & Memories (2 entries)
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Robin and family, Your mom and dad were great friends and supporters of our mom, Margaret. Please accept our deepest condolences. - Posted by: Greg Sawatzky (Friend) on: Dec 29, 2024
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Mrs. Graham was the last surviving member of my Mother’s “girl gang” from Grey Street United Church, and their East Kildonan neighbourhood. Mrs. Graham was my friend too, because as the ladies aged and weren’t driving so much anymore, my sister and I would take the group for tea dates to each other’s homes, shopping dates and even outings to watch her grandson perform music, either alone (Fort Garry Hotel) or with a group (Portage Avenue bar venue). Mrs. Graham was always lovely and elegant, and strong in her opinions, and we enjoyed her company right up until the time of her illness. To “Robbie”, as she called him, and family, please accept my deepest condolences at this time. One of my cute, funny memories of Mrs. Graham was that she was always shocked that I did not have doilies on all of my living room tables for my lamps and such🙄. There was no convincing her otherwise, lol! I hope she’s found her dearest Jim’s again. - Posted by: Cheryl Wilson (Friend) on: Dec 28, 2024
