Doris Vera Seeton (née Moore) - 1907 to 2005
Known to her family and friends as Granny Seeton, Doris Seeton (née Moore) passed away peacefully on March 8th, 2005 in Oakville in her ninety-eighth year. She will be greatly missed by son John and Rosemary, grandson Richard and Dimple, great grandsons Balen and Tayin, grandsons Bruce, Patrick and Ian and Lori. Also, in South Africa, Patrick-David, Karin, Peter and Jennifer and all grandchildren and great-grandchildren record their respects at the passing of a truly exceptional, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
'Granny' Seeton was born on a farm outside Stonewall Manitoba, near Winnipeg in 1907. The family moved back to England after her father was killed in action at Vimy Ridge. Doris trained at Hackney Hospital in London and went out to South Africa shortly before the Second World War with a contingent of Canadian nurses at the start-up of Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. There Doris met and married Patrick George Seeton and raised three sons John, David and Richard. She joined John and family in Canada in 1977 where she focused her considerable energies on helping the family, gardening, Red Cross and the Weavers' Guild.
Doris spent six comfortable years at the Oakville Senior Citizens' Residence in Bronte and a year and a half at Wyndham Manor. The family thanks all the nurses and staff who took such good care of her.
Christmas 2004
With Tayin Seeton at about 10 months
April 2002
With Balen Seeton at about 1 week old