Handed away peacefully on November 3, 2024 in her one hundredth 12 months surrounded by her household. Beloved spouse of the late Michael (2021), expensive daughter of the late Anton and Magdalena Paupert (née Hehn), and particular aunt to Mathias Pokorny. Loving mom of Eleonora (2015) and Robert Mayer, Ray and Pat Benzinger, Rita and Steve (2024) Winn, Claudia and Angus Francis, Walter Benzinger and Iuna Tomasini, and Robert and Karen Benzinger. Cherished “Omi” to her grandchildren Christopher (Gabriela), Matthew (Marie), Andrea, Jessica (Jerrald), Alexander (Keshia), Sarah (Steve), Rachel (Arzaan), Cosette (Luca), Alexa (Sab), Michael, Sophia (Doran), Danielle, Maya (Kyle), Joseph and Monica and to her great-grandchildren Miles, Lennon, Brynley, Finn, Hudson, Addilyn, Gage, and Cole.
Magdalena was a proud Donauschwaben, born in Hodsag, Yugoslavia. As a young person, she was interned in a Russian slave-labour camp. Right here, she caught the eyes of her husband-to-be, Michael. He sought any and each alternative to be together with her – swapping job assignments, modifying work schedules, and purposely lacking his experience to make sure he shared a automotive together with her. However might we blame him? She lit up his world. They quickly turned one another’s first and final loves, and she or he turned his “Lenka”. For those who knew Magdalena, you knew her heat and sort smile. She was all the time one to deal with the great in life and behind the barbed wire of the slave-labour camp was no exception. We are able to quote them saying, “we both came to Russia, yes, to find each other”. In 1950, Magdalena and Michael made Austria their first dwelling and so they began a household. Quickly, they’d immigrate to Canada and the household of 4 rapidly turned a household of eight. They had been married for 70 very pleased years. Magdalena labored as a nurse’s aide at Hôtel-Dieu Hospital till 1961. Her expertise as a nanny throughout early adolescence anchored her destiny – continually being surrounded by the little ones. Fifteen grandchildren and eight (virtually 9!) great-grandchildren later, we are able to’t assist however surprise what was in her strudel!
We considered Omi the best way she considered Jackie Kennedy – trendy and sleek. However the trait we’ll all greatest keep in mind her by is her energy – it by no means withered, not for a second. Magdalena was an artist within the kitchen and on the stitching machine. We are able to nonetheless odor her well-known ribisel (crimson present) cake and listen to her recounting her days of “sewing, sewing, sewing, always sewing”. Her tasks prolonged to being the native President of the Catholic Girls’s League of Canada and a proud and devoted member of St. Michael’s German Catholic Church. There’s a saying, “Behind every great man is a strong woman.” and that is definitely the case with Magdalena and Michael.
Lenka is remembered in every of her six youngsters. Eleonora had her creativity and her maternal instincts. Ray shares her love for infants and her nice hair genes. Rita continually evokes us by means of Omi’s grit. Claudia carries on her religion and wears her smile. Walter’s ranges of energy are inexplicable, as had been Omi’s. And with Robby’s gentle-hearted nature, you’ll be able to’t assist however love him, identical to our Lenka.
Omi, we miss you dearly. We all know that your and Opa’s love story is nowhere close to completed. Please give him, Ellie, and Steve a kiss and a hug from us all.
We thank Magdalena’s unbelievable workforce of caregivers at Huron Lodge, particularly these on the Poplar flooring, and at Dawn Senior Residing for his or her excellent care and help, their persistence, and their kindness. Visitation will probably be held at WINDSOR CHAPEL (Central Chapel) 1700 Tecumseh Street East on Friday, November 8, 2024 from 4:00pm to eight:00pm. Parish Prayers at 7:30pm. Visitation will resume at St. Michael’s German Church on Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 10:00am till the time of the Funeral Mass at 11:00am. Burial to comply with at Heavenly Relaxation Cemetery. Following the burial, family and friends are invited to affix a Celebration of Magdalena and Michael’s Lives on the Teutonia Membership situated within the Fogolar Furlan Windsor. In reminiscence of Magdalena, memorial donations could also be made on to St. Michael’s German Church. On-line condolences and cherished recollections could also be shared at www.windsorchapel.com
