Obituary of Gerarda A. M. Kabel

KABEL : Peacefully passed away after a short stay at Middlesex Terrace, Delaware, on Thursday, March 13, 2025, Gerarda “Gerda” Alyda Maria (Webbers) Kabel of Grand Bend.  Beloved wife of the late Christiaan Kabel (1998).  Beloved mother of John Kabel and his wife Mary Jane, Mary George, Edward Kabel and his wife Anne Marie, and Gerry Kabel and friend Debbie, all of London.  Beloved Oma (“grandmother”) of Jacob Kabel and his wife Ninadh D’Costa, Veronica Kabel and Crystal George. Beloved great-grandmother of Tannen, Braydon and Daylin George and Daylin’s partner Shalaynna Ireland. Great-great-grandmother of Gabriela Crystal and Sequoia Maria George.  Gerda was predeceased by her parents Eduardus and Maria (Brockhoff) Webbers, her only sister Hendrika “Riek” (Webbers) Kuipers and her spouse Frans Kuipers and later companion Nicolas Hummus, and more recently by son-in-law Wilson George and her own late-life companion Dawson Keller. Gerda is survived by several nieces and nephews in Canada and the Netherlands.  She was a long-time member of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL).  Arrangements have been entrusted to T. Harry Hoffman & Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood, ON. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 9 am to 11 am, followed shortly by a Funeral Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Grand Bend, at 12 noon with Rev. Father Tony Laforet as celebrant. Interment will be immediately after Mass at the nearby Pinery Cemetery, Grand Bend.  Gerda asked that in lieu of flowers, you please consider memorial donations to the CWL or Diabetes Canada. Condolences at www.hoffmanfuneralhome.com