Kim D'Eath

Kim Lorraine D’Eath (Palmatier), was born in P.E.I. on February 9th. 1955 to Gloria Taggart and Gerald Palmatier. She was the second child of six children. Kim’s family had to move around alot within Canada because their Father was in the Canadian Armed Forces. Kim and her siblings had a very close bond they always played together as children and eventually grew up together. They always stayed very close through most of their lives. Kim’s family eventually settled in Toronto. In Toronto she met Russell D’Eath and at age 19 they got married and a few years later in 1979 they had their only child together Sherry. They were together for 8 years but eventually had to go their separate ways. They stayed close friends for Kim’s entire life and together they raised their daughter.

Kim was always a hard worker as a young girl she worked at McDonalds. After high school she began her career at the Canadian Armed Forces Base, she started off as a clerk and eventually worked her way up to management. After a long career spanning over 20 years at the Canadian Armed Forces Base the Base had to close down the option was to relocate or move on. She couldn’t move away from her daughter so she had to start a new career. She tried doing administration work at other companies, cleaning houses, being a manager at Canadian Tire, and eventually went back to school to become a counselor. After completing her schooling she became a women’s counselor at the North York Women’s Shelter. This was the career Kim should have had all her life she was in her element and truly enjoyed helping women and children who were going through a hard time. She also met many new friends here who shared her same passions.

Kim and Angela met in 1984 at a nightclub and they have been together even since, over 34 years. Over their years together they loved and cared for each other as well many others, their mothers, siblings, nephews and nieces, as well as friends. Kim and Angela would help anyone in need until they could get back on their feet. They shared so many special times together as well as with Sherry and other extended family and friends. These special times would sometimes just be baking cakes, watching movies and doing crafts to going fishing, tobogganing, out to eat, visiting centre island, the list could go on and on. Kim and Angela were quite a pair and we for sure better together then apart.

Kim was so proud of her daughter and was thrilled when she got married in 2007. In 2009 she was blessed with her first grandchild Samantha. Samantha was the light of her life they were inseparable. They had a special kind of bond some people only dream of. They would stay up all night talking and waiting for the sun to rise, stare at the clouds together and daydream, and admire all their treasures collected over the years. In 2012 Kim was blessed with her second grandchild Giovanni they made special crafts together, jumped on the trampoline together and shared their love of sports. My Mom was there for all her grandkids events swimming, dance, baseball, school activities, she didn’t miss anything. We had special Friday night meals we will treasure forever it was our time with Nana. My mom was a Nana to many, it didn’t matter if you were blood related or not. Most kids gravitated to her naturally because deep down she herself was a kid too. She could really get on their level and connect and also provide the affection and attention they needed.

My mother Kim D’Eath was a simple person she did not need or want a lot but what she did want is sometimes hard to come by on this Earth. She wanted peace, honesty, compassion, forgiveness, hope, equality for all especially women and children. My mom wrote me a letter before her passing and I am

going to share with you the last paragraph of her letter to me in her last days so we can all leave here today with some of her wisdom,

“Sher I only could be who I was a simple but complicated emotional person who believed in equality and justice for women and children and forgiveness for everyone. I feel we have to give help to people in any way we can that is what life is all about.”

The last couple years of my Moms life were not easy and were filled with hardships. She did her best to stay strong and fight through them but eventually she could not the pain was just too much for her to bear and she had to go be with God, the pull was just too strong. She will forever be in our hearts and we are all so blessed to have had her in our lives whether for just a moment or a lifetime. We love you forever and always. You were one of a kind.