Marie's sister Karen Slark's touching words from the celebration

Hello, my name is Karen Slark and I am Marie Slark’s younger sister. I would like to thank everyone for coming out today to celebrate the life of Marie.

I took her the letters of her name to describe how I think about Marie:

M - Marie was like a mother to me

A - Amazing sister

R - Reliable always remembered special occasions

I - Important work Marie helped with the class action suit for HRC

E - Encouraging, she loved me, and she encouraged me to be positive

Marie and I lived for some of our life together in Orillia. I remember when she got her apartment in Newmarket, and I moved into my home in Stouffville, Marie would

have me home for weekend visits.

Marie was busy working out the Tudor arms and at a butter tart factory, but she still had time to see me on the weekends. She would take me to visit my mom and always made coffee or tea for me in the mornings.

She would also take me to Tudor arms for a nice meal. We enjoyed our time together.  Family was important to Marie. Marie liked to keep our family together ensuring that Wesley my father Marie and I could get together for a Christmas celebration at my home for our Christmas tea.

Marie used to call me hot dog legs, and I called her hot dog legs back. That was our fun teasing with each other. She had a real sense of humor.

She always stayed in touch. She would give me a phone call and come and meet me at my home for a visits.

I have a fond memory of going with Marie to camp one year.

Here's a letter that I wrote for my sister : Marie, I'm so glad that you're my sister and that you looked out for me all of these years and I'm going to miss you. I'm sad to see you go but I know that you're in heaven. PS say hi to Tom, Patricia, Antoinette, mum and dad.

I love you.