Joyce Elizabeth BAUER

AGATE, Joyce Elizabeth (nee Bauer) - November 28, 1928 to May 30, 2009 It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of our wife and mother, Joyce Agate in her eighty-first year at St. Catharines General Hospital. Mom leaves behind her devoted husband of fifty-nine years, Thomas Agate, her four children John Agate (Diane), Jane Hendrickse (Michael), Jim Agate (Liliane), William Agate (Cheli), twelve grandchildren, Michael, Katie, Daniel, Gregory, Mary, Brian, Joshua, John, Luke, Thomas, Adam, Jesse, and recently mom had the joy of meeting her first great grandson Roxis. She also leaves behind her sisters Jean Laning (Bob) and Muriel Calder, her sister-in-law Marie Bauer and her many nieces and nephews. Mom was predeceased by her brother James Bauer. Mom grew up in Vineland, went to Beamsville High School and graduated from the Dental Nurse program at the University of Toronto. Mom began a fifty-nine year partnership with Tom working for two years in Northern Ontario for the Red Cross Society and then settled in Beamsville where they established a dental practice and started their family. She felt so blessed to be part of this community, where she was greeted warmly wherever she went. Mom was a devoted wife and mother. Her greatest strengths were her deep loyalty and love for her family. We will miss you mom. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life well be held on Tuesday June 2 at 1:30 at Trinity United Church, William St., Beamsville. If desired, those who wish may make memorial donations to the Alzheimer's Society or the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation. Online condolences at www.tallmanfuneralhomes.ca 11533345