Valgerður Guðbjartson (1921-2016)

Valgerður Guðbjartson was born in 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She married Edward Pattern in 1947. She died in 2016 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

born:

  • 17 September 1921 — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

also known as:

  • Valgerður Pattern (married name)

marriages:

  • Edward Pattern (1922-1995) on 4 October 1947 — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

died:

  • 4 January 2016 — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

more:

Obituary

Valgerdur Pattern peacefully passed away on January 4, 2016 at the age of 94 at Oakview Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Val (Valla) was born on September 17, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up on the family farm near Riverton. She attended school at Hnausa, and came to Winnipeg as a young woman. There, she met and married Edward (Ted) Pattern.

Val was predeceased by her father Andres in 1976, her mother Elisabet in 1983, an infant daughter Valerie in 1955 and her husband Edward (Ted) in 1995. Val was also predeceased by siblings; Guthny (Gwen) in 1997, Bergthore (Faye), in 2012, Thorunn (Terry), Horthun (Harry) in 1984, and Jonina in 2014; and daughters-in-law Ursula Pattern (Bill) in 2004 and Shelley Finney (Tim) in 1989.

Left to mourn her passing are her children Bill, Betty (Jim), Barry (Sharon), Valerie (Dave), Lilly (Lorne), Tim (Nichole), and George (Joelle). Also left to mourn are her siblings Maria (of Arborg) and Baldur (of Gimli). She also leaves behind eighteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Mom was a devoted wife and mother who took great pride in her Icelandic heritage and was active in her community. She supported the Boy Scouts when her children were young and volunteered as a canvasser for the Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Salvation Army until well into her eighties. Her greatest accomplishment was her excellence in crafts, especially knitting. Every family member has received many of her knitted garments over the years. She was a volunteer knitter for the St. Agnes Guild of the Children’s Hospital and continued to donate her knitting to the Children’s Hospital Gift Shop until she was well past ninety. Mom also enjoyed watching Prairie Public Television and included it in her many charities.

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