LILLIAN “ALDEEN” CRATE
(nee Bell)
August 28, 1927 – August 20, 2024
In loving memory of Aldeen Crate, who at the age of 96, passed away peacefully at the Mindemoya Hospital on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. She was born at home on Manitoulin Island on August 28, 1927. She was the only daughter of the late James and Maude (nee Bailey) Bell. Loving mother of Kevin (Cindy) Crate; grandmother to Amanda (Dan) Degroote and Dale (Florrie) Crate; great-grandmother to Ryder Degroote; and dear sister of Reg Bell of Gore Bay. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her brothers Delbert, Morris (Ellen) and Blaine (Jean). Family and friends will gather at Simpson Funeral Home in Gore Bay on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 10 am. The service will be held at 11 am with the Rev. Janice Frame officiating. Interment will be private and will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Smith Falls, at a later date.
