Wendy Elizabeth Waslander

Wendy Elizabeth Waslander (nee Raeburn)

May 28, 1947 – May 27, 2021

With profound sadness we announce the passing of Wendy, our loving and devoted mother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on Thursday, May 27, 2021.

She left us while sleeping peacefully at her residence in Didsbury, Alberta. She was in her 73rd year.

Born in London, Ontario, she witnessed incredible changes to her world, moving back and forth across Canada, with her family to finally settle in Manitoba.  Here she met and married Wayne McDonell(div.1986). While Wayne worked pipe-line she raised their 3 girls, working hard to be everything they needed including baseball coach when required. After moving to Alberta they parted ways. A few years later she met and married, Dedde Waslander.

She was the beloved mother of Diana (Rob), Cindy (Jamie), Marcia (Shane); and step-mother to Todd (Marcie); proud grandmother of Cheryl (Tim), Kaela (Bruce), Blaine (Dana), Jarred and Cody; and devoted great-grandmother of Milo, Mathis, Hunter, Colby and Mika.

She is also survived by her sister, Susan (Larry) Desaulniers. Wendy was predeceased by her devoted husband, Dedde; brothers, James, Terrance, and Robert.

Wendy lived a full life as a wonderful mother, homemaker and worker in retail butcher shops, finally working in Calgary Co-op(s) meat and deli departments for 20 years. 

She loved cooking, canning and kept an immaculate house. Raised to make a dollar stretch, if she couldn’t afford “it” she would make it herself.  She was crafty like that…

Most of all she loved her family and instilled in her daughters’ strong values that have served them well. She will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts.