Obituary of Gene Marie Laing

Gene M. Laing 90 years old, of Beamsville Ontario passed away peacefully on the 7th December 2020.
Gene (Elphick) was born in Greenock Twp. Bruce County on the 1st August 1930 to Marion and Bert Elphick. Gene graduated from nursing in 1951 from Kitchener Waterloo Hospital and moved to Port Colborne. She worked full time at Port Colborne General Hospital and in later years part time. She married the love of her life Jack A. Laing in 1953. Jack & Gene had three children Valerie 1957, Stuart 1962 and Scott 1964. She lost Jack her beloved husband in 1991.

In later years she moved to Beamsville to be close to Valerie & Stuart’s families. Gene was always thoughtful and kind. Gene was preceded in death by her husband Jack, sisters Dorine Dick, Phylis Laidlaw, and Alberta Schmidt, her brother-in-laws Bill Laidlaw and Jack Schmidt and her grandson Mark Laing. Gene is survived by her children Valerie and her partner Dale Hatch, Stuart and his partner Brenda and Scott and his partner Andrea; brother-in-law Robert Dick; grandchildren Scott his partner Megan, Karey and her partner Jesse Vandermaas , Jack, Michael, Julia & Katherine; many nieces and nephews plus Grandma Gene to the Hipple clan of Beamsville. Gene was a caring, family orientated women and will be missed by her family and friends for her compassion and wisdom.

A private family service will be held in Vineland and interment at a later date in Oakwood Cemetery Port Colborne. God Bless Gene.