Friends and admirers of Mona May Piper may pay respects on Friday, February 9 at the Humphrey Funeral Home at Bayview Ave. and St. Cuthbert’s Road. Receiving will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. A memorial service will take place on Saturday, February 10 at 11 a.m. in St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church at 1399 Bayview Ave. A private family burial will take place at a later time. Mona Piper died Wednesday, January 31 at the Sunnybrook Palliative Care Centre in her 89th year She touched the lives of thousands of children and parents in her conscientious and generous way as a school crossing guard at Maurice Cody Public School. Among the many tributes to Mona Piper received at the South Bayview Bulldog since her death notice is one from Morgan McDonell. She wrote: “When I was little I’d been gifted a My Little Pony that meant the world to me. It was unfortunately stolen one day at school which devastated me. Mrs Piper had asked why I was so upset as I was bawling my eyes out the whole way home. A few days later, when walking through her cross walk, she handed me a simple brown paper lunch bag and said “make sure your mom says it’s ok first”. She had bought me a new My Little Pony to replace my stolen toy.” Ms. McDonell says this story remains a vivid memory with her at the age of 40.
OVER TIME BOTH MY WIFE AND MYSELF SPOKE WITH MONA A NUMBER OF TIMES IN PASSING THAT CLEVELAND AND MILLWOOD INTERSECTION NEAR OUR HOME ON DAVISVILLE … SHE WAS A MOST FRIENDLY, OUTGOING, PLEASANT PERSON, ALWAYS SMILING AND I LOVED THAT SHE WANTED TO CROSS A 60 YEAR OLD MAN AS MYSELF AT THAT TIME 10 YEARS AGO AS WELL AS BEING SO TREMENDOUS WITH ALL OUR LOCAL CHILDREN OF ALL AGES … GREAT TO SEE THE NEWS OF THE MEMORIAL IN THE PLAYGROUND IN HER NAME AND WE SHALL ALL HOPE THERE WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLAQUE OR NICE DISPLAY AS TO HER LIFE … MONA DID A MARVELOUS THING, ALL VERY WELL DONE, FOR THESE LAST 43 CONTINUOUS YEARS … SHE IS GOING TO BE TERRIBLY MISSED … … REMEMBRANCE.
Thank you for sharing your memories.