On November 26th, 2011, at the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Hamilton, Sister Imelda Gardiner entered Eternal Life in the peace of the Lord and the hope of Resurrection. Supported by her Sisters, she left this world in the 80th year of her life and the 50th year of her Religious Profession. Sister Imelda was born on Grey Islands, NL on November 13th, 1932. Her father Francis Joseph Gardiner and her mother, Lucy Ann Neville were both born on Grey Islands. There were 11 children in the family; 6 daughters and 5 sons. Sister Imelda was pre-deceased by her parents, Francis and Lucy, by two sisters; Jane (Hurley) and Mary Susan, and by four brothers, Clarence, James, Raymond and Reginald. She is survived by three sisters, Margaret (Jones), Loretta and Pauline (Sharpe) and a brother, Richard, all of Newfoundland. Sister is also survived by many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Two grandnephews, Darren Martell of Waterloo, Ontario and Sean Martell of Stouffville, Ontario will represent Sister Imelda’s much loved Newfoundland family at her funeral. Sister Imelda began her religious life in Newfoundland as a Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy where she made her First Profession of Vows on July 16th, 1962. In this Community the Sisters consecrate themselves to the service of the Poor, the Sick and the Uneducated. Sister Imelda taught grade school for many years. In 1984 she felt a new dimension of her religious commitment and began the process of transferring from an apostolic religious community to a contemplative community. Her desire to serve the poor, the sick, and the ignorant did not change but its expression was changing. Sister Imelda put into words what she understood in her heart as God’s call to her now: my Motto, my Prayer is “Through Him, with Him, in Him”. My Vocation is “to be a woman of prayer, at the heart of the Church, in solitude for the multitude”. During the last years of her life, Sister suffered from very advanced Parkinson’s Disease which became a new dimension of her self-offering with the Lord and for his people. Visitation will be held at the Precious Blood Monastery, 154 Northcliffe Avenue, Dundas, ON. on Wednesday, November 30th, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. A Prayer Vigil for Sister will be held at the Monastery at 7:30 pm, November 30th. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Monastery, on Thursday, December 1st at 10:30 am. Interment to follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.