Peacefully at home on Thursday, January 14, 2010. Predeceased by her second husband Kenneth Arthur Clarke and first husband Alfred James Lawrance. Survived by children Alfred James Lawrance II (Lili) Upper Kent, NB; Thomas Arthur Lawrance (Gail), Delta, ON; Linda Margaret Lawrance, Kingston, ON; and by grandchildren Alfred James Lawrance III, Eric Orville Lawrance, John Reginald Lawrance, Henry Joseph Fraser Lawrance and by great-grandson Alfred James Kodzin Lawrance, also survived by her step-children Rev. Bill Clarke (Nancy), Kingston, ON; Lynne Thompson (Jim), Kingston, ON; Ellen McIvor (Ian), New Glasgow, NS; Rhoda McFarlane (Zane), Kingston, ON; Alice McLeod (Jim), Orleans, ON; Louise Telford (Paul), Napanee, ON; Marian Kent (Ken), Kingston, ON. She is survived by her sister Audrey Fiala (Emil), Edmonton, AB and predeceased by sister Linda Kelly (William), Barrie, ON. Elsie was born August 13, 1922, Halifax NS, to Ralph Eugene Hann, Harbour Buffet, NF (b.1888) and Wilhelmina Zwicker, Dartmouth, NS. (b.1897). Elsie lived an active life, including thirty years involvement in Boy Scouts Canada, long time membership in The Garrison Curling and Golf Club, and as an active member of St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kingston. In recent years, Elsie met a distant cousin and became intrigued with exploring her family history. In 2007 she travelled to Harbour Buffet, NF, where her father Ralph and grandfather William Hann were born, to visit her great-grandfather, Thomas Hann’s gravesite. Thomas was principal merchant there in the mid 1800’s. On her mother’s side she was the descendent of Peter Zwicker who settled in Lunenberg, NS in the 1700’s. Her desire to research her family connections provided her and her family great satisfaction. Through the difficult times of the past few months, she received exceptional support from her family and many friends and Kingston physicians and caregivers. A visitation will held at St. Luke’s Anglican Church (236 Nelson St., Kingston) on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. with funeral service following at 11 am with a reception to follow. Memorial donations in Elsie’s memory to St. Luke’s Anglican Church or Cancer Centre of South Eastern Ontario (UHKF) would be appreciated by the family.
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