Elizabeth Mable (Gray) Tayti
Elizabeth Mable (Gray) Tayti WELLAND, ON - Elizabeth Mable (Gray) Tayti passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at the age of 80. Elizabeth was born in Moncton, NB October 9, 1925 and moved to Welland in 1951. She retired from Underwater Gas Developers in 1985. She was predeceased by her husbands, Zoltan Tayti and Percy Sherwood; parents, Gurney and Rose Gray, and her son, Robert Sherwood. Loving mother of Nancy Sherwood (David), David Sherwood (Lucie), Stephen Sherwood (Mary Jo-Anne), Mark Tayti (Marcy), and Michael Tayti (Roberta). Cherished grandmother of Tzigany, Oban, Erik, Daniel, Camille, Rosemary, Lesley, Carolyn, Morgan, Elliot, Megan, Stephen and Jason, and great-grandmother of Raven, Stella, Nathan, Emma, Larson and Adriel. Dear sister of Stanley Gray (Carole) and Kathleen Gray Soucoup. Mrs. Tayti was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church. She was the President of Port Colborne/Wainfleet Chamber of Commerce in 1978, a graduate of Brock University in 1977 and a published casual writer. Elizabeth, with her husband, Zoltan, helped establish a Girls Vocational School in Dormaa-Ahenkro, Ghana in 1990 which is still operating. They made 3 trips to Ghana, delivering school supplies, medications, wheelchairs and other items to the local Hospital in Dormaa as well as other areas in Ghana. Funeral arrangements by J.J. Patterson & Sons Funeral Residence, 19 Young Street, Welland, ON 905-735-5713 As expressions of sympathy, friends may donate in Elizabeth's memory to Presbyterian World Service and Development, 50 Wynford Drive, Toronto ON M3C 1J7, to be used for the Girls Vocational School in Ghana. On line memories and condolences at www.jjpatterson.ca As a memorial tribute, a tree will be planted in Memory Woods. A tree grows - memories live.


