Obituary
In loving memory ofRubena Sophia Willis

WILLIS - Rubena Sophia: September 30, 1917 to August 14, 2012 Rubena Sophia Willis born in Guatemala on September 30,1917 and came to Jamaica at the age of 3 years. Rubena migrated to Canada in 1975 and went to be with her Lord peacefully in her sleep at the Rouge Valley Medical Centre in Ajax, Ontario, August 14, 2012 at 2:23 AM, leaving behind children: Kay Caldwell, Nancy & Anthony Simms; four grandchildren: Dr. Michael Arthurs, Andrew Arthurs, Christopher McLeish and Anthony Simms; nieces: Alarene Knight, Arthurine Webb and nephew, Louis MacFarlane. A spiritual mother to many, Rubena's passing has been a shattering experience for her family, friends and her community. Deeply missed by all, she leaves a legacy of "Hope, Love and Compassion" in a Christian experience. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at Victory Sanctuary of Praise located at 3718 Kingston Road, Scarborough, ON M1J 3H3, (416) 282-1101; followed by burial at Pine Ridge Memorial Gardens, 541 Taunton Road West, Ajax, ON L1T 4T2 (905) 427-5416. In lieu of flowers, Rubena requested donations be made in her memory to the building fund at Victory Sanctuary of Praise.
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Nancy Simms
Dearest Mama:
I miss you deeply. No words can explain the longing for your gentle touch and your knowing look. Till we meet again.
Nancy Simms

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Nancy Simms
Hello Mama:
This morning I miss you in a peculiar way. I love you.
Nancy Simms

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Nancy Simms
Mama, Mother's Day 2016 approaches. I thank you for all the years of love and care. I continue to love you deeply.

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Nancy Simms
August 2016
My dearest Mama: Oh how I miss you! I think of you often and now the tears don't flow as much. I will love you always in life and death, Thanks for all the great memories. I keep finding your notes to me. I am hanging on to the cross as

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Delores Mullings
Mama,
I refer to you often in the classes that I teach and I have one of your pictures as a permanent part of my conference presentation when I talk about Black older adults. Your memories live on forever and that is a very long time. You are powe

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Nancy Simms
Dear Mama: August 13, 2016
Its almost 4 years since you left me in the body. How time flies! Yet, I see you in all I do, my smiles, the way I hold my head, my increased need for solitude and silence and Mama in every lovely summer's day. We had a sp

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Nancy Simms
Dearest Mama: today, five years since you left to be with the Lord Jesus Christ. I miss you deeply, even though I hear you in a song, I see your smiling face when I accomplish another goal and I know you are with me on cold winter days. I pray you ar
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Nancy Simms
Mama, I miss you deeply. I miss your smiles, I miss your eyes, I miss your presence, I miss seeing you daily, I miss making your coffee every morning as far back as I can remember. I miss you Mama.
Yours only,
Nancy Simms