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Amanda Pierlet
April 10, 1925 - August 3, 2021
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<div itemprop="description">Amanda Florentine Pierlet, most affectionately known as Oma, died peacefully at her home in Baie D'Urfé on Aug. 3. <br><br>As stubborn as she was fiercely loving, Oma adored square and ballroom dancing, often sashaying her way across the kitchen floor — and to first place in competitions. Her other passions included knitting, crocheting and quilting, outfitting every bed and family member with her beautiful works, and donating her time to many churches and organizations over the years. <br><br>A devoted snow bird until it was no longer feasible, Oma, along with her beloved Opa, created a community of family and friends across the world, from Sebring, Florida, and Kentville, Nova Scotia, where they kept their two trailers, to their homeland, to South Africa, where their families had made new homes. <br><br>Oma was born in Leuven, Belgium, where she mostly grew up in an orphanage run by nuns, whom she did not remember fondly. She met Leopold Pierlet, her future husband, just before World War II and endured years of uncertainty, tragedy and Nazi occupation before marrying on Nov. 9, 1946, with two wedding rings made out of a single coin. They would soon immigrate to Gander, briefly, then Montreal, for good, to raise a family of four children. Oma would learn English through classes at the local YMCA and by listening to the CBC, successfully faking her way through an interview at Zeller’s (her French was excellent) and eventually becoming a data entry clerk and receptionist for the Town of Mount Royal, where she trained on one of the first IBM computers. (“It was so tall I could barely reach it!” she would say, gesturing to her 4’11” frame.)<br><br>Oma and Opa would eventually follow their daughter, Nancy, and her family to Halifax, where Oma quickly fell in love with the ocean. When Nancy and her husband, Denis, moved back to Montreal, the Pierlets followed, and for the last 10 years of her life, Oma made a home in the city that built her family. <br><br>Amanda is honoured and remembered by her daughter, Nancy, her sons, Peter and Luke, her granddaughters Holly, Christine, Amanda and Tiffany, grandson Roger, and her son-in-law, Denis. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Leopold, and equally beloved son, Roger. We are all forever grateful to the staff at the Maxwell Residance for their devotion to the Pierlets, and their invaluable care over the last decade.<br></div>