My Simple Ways
I don’t need a mansion or big Cadillacs,
I just wanted the simple things in life,
That’s what brings me happiness.
My mansion is up in the sky
And heaven is waiting for me.

GUINDON
Marie Alice Anita Guindon of Medicine Hat went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the age of 89 years. Anita will be sadly missed by her daughter, Linda (Kerry) Roach and their children, Mandy and Adam (Jean); her son, Aubrey Guindon and his children, Sherri-Ann (Ryan) McDaniel and their children, Joshua and Nayla; Anali (Nick) their son, Kyler; Sheldon (Claudia) and their daughter, Isla; as well as Aubrey’s children from a previous marriage, Aaron and Amy and their mother, Karen; one brother-in-law, Curly Montan of Abbotsford, B.C.; and one brother, George (Sharon) Blake of Florence, Oregon. She was predeceased by two children in infancy, Raymond on August 19, 1957 and Helen on August 4, 1959; her husband, Harvey on February 10, 1976; her parents, Yvonne Cantin on June 11, 1974 and Jean Champoux on September 22, 1995; and one sister, Laurette. Anita was born on April 8, 1933, to French early settlers, Yvonne Cantin and Jean Champoux in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan. There is a river in the area named after her father. She received her schooling in French for six years in a convent in Ontario and in English for four years in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1950, she took a course in dress making in Saskatoon. Anita married Harvey Guindon on July 19, 1952, in Cornwall, Ontario. Due to ill health, Anita found it necessary to leave Cornwall for a dryer climate. On July 1, 1973, she took the train with her son to Regina where they were reunited with her daughter. Anita worked at the Assiniboia Club on Victoria Street as well as the Royal Canadian Legion until 1981, when she became ill. After nine years in Regina she decided to move to Medicine Hat on April 1, 1982. Anita was always busy doing something. She was a member of the CWL of St. Patrick’s Church, Royal Canadian Legion from 1974 to 1997, Veiner Center Senior Citizen’s Club since 1982 including membership in the shuffleboard Club, Women of the Moose since 1993, and a member of the Medicine Hat Multi Cultural Folk Arts Council. In Regina, she was a league champion in Shuffleboard in 1979 and1980, playing against teams for the Royal Canadian Legion. On December 29, 1989, Anita and her partner Katie Copp won the gold medal in shuffleboard at the Southern Alberta Winter Games in Coaldale, Alberta and in 1990, Anita and her partner Martha Janickie won the silver medal at the Senior Summer Games in Coaldale. Anita participated in the Senior Games for the first time in 1988, winning one gold and one silver medal in Shuffleboard. She decided to try Track and Field, participating in the 100m Sprint, 400m Run, 800m Run, 1500m Run and the 2000m Time Predicted. From 1988 until 1996, Anita won 24 medals – 11 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze in the Senior Games in Track and Field and Shuffleboard. Always interested in trying something new, in 1989, Anita decided to try her luck at writing poetry. Her very first poem “My Walk to Work” was entered in a contest in Maryland and received a certificate of recognition. As she continued writing she received several editor’s choice awards and on November 1, 1996, she was inducted into the International Poetry Hall of Fame. Her poems were on exhibit on the Internet’s World Wide Web for two years. Interview’s by CHAT TV and the Medicine Hat News added to the excitement of being honored in this way. Anita would have to be described as a woman with heart. Besides her knitting and donating toques, mitts and scarves for the poor in our own city she reached out beyond the boarders of her country to those in need of help. Following the Columbine High School tragedy in Littleton, Co. in 1999, she painstakingly made 15 little crosses complete with pouches to house them, along with an inspiring poem, so they could be carried in a pocket, and sent them to the Mayor of Littleton for those who lost a child at this time. In September 2001, her heart went out to the people of New York who lost loved ones due to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and she sent her last beloved clown that she made, to cheer up a little child who had lost a parent and also donated household clothing. It is no wonder that out of a heart such as this flowed the words of the following poem.

Peace!
Someday mankind will begin to understand
that we should live in peace and harmony,
That there should not be any wars,
nor should there be any starvation,
nor hatred among mankind.
Instead, there should be love and happiness,
And when this love is understood
there will be peace among men.
Anita Guindon
June 21, 1995

Anita will be interred with her children at a later date in Cornwall, Ontario. To e-mail an expression of sympathy, please direct it to: office@pattisonfuneralhome.com subject heading: Anita Guindon, or you may visit www.pattisonfuneralhome.com and leave a message of condolence.

• Date : 2022-06-22
• Location : Medicine Hat, Alberta

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