Date of Birth: February 7, 1959
Date of Death: May 10, 2024
MURRAY, Cindy Deanna (nee McKerricher) died at her home after a prolonged battle with cancer on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 65 years of age.
Beloved wife of Dr. Timothy Murray for 42 years. Much loved mother of William (Eva) and James. Loving grandmother of Ariana. Loving daughter of Jean and the late Oliver McKerricher. Dear sister of Arlinda (David) Johner, Mark (Diane) and Zane (Kim) McKerricher. Treasured aunt of Karena, Jennie, Justin, Garret, Leah and their families.
Cindy was raised on a farm north of Bengough and Horizon, SK. She trained as a nurse at Kelsey’s in Saskatoon and in 1979 secured her first job in Melville, SK.
A few years later she went to work at the Royal Columbian Hospital in Vancouver, she was a nurse for Terry Fox during his last days in June 1981. Later that year she returned to Melville and married Dr. Tim Murray and spent six years working in Yorkton, making many friends before the young family settled in St. Catharines, Ont. in 1987 to raise their two boys on an acreage in Effingham when she transitioned into office nursing. Here she learned to swim and the family skied, played golf, cared for numerous animals together and she enjoyed gardening. In later years she joined and competed with TryForce Triathlon Club and the Runners Edge Running Club with whom she completed the Chicago and New York Marathons.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Niagara Health System -Walker Family Cancer Centre would be greatly appreciated. Visitation was held at 8 a.m. followed by a Funeral Service at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at Church of Christ, 439 Ontario Street, St. Catharines. A private family interment followed at Niagara Lakeshore Cemetery, Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Arrangements entrusted to Considerate Cremation & Burial Services, 26 Nihan Drive, St. Catharines, Ont., 289-362-1144. Online condolences and donations may be made at CCBSCares.ca