<div itemprop="description">Asha Sood Mehta passed away on January 12, 2025. Her diagnosis of dementia took many things from her, but it could not touch her smile, her love for music, and the way she would light up when she saw her family members. Her loving family kept vigil and were with her, making sure she was surrounded by love. <br>She was a beloved wife to Chand Mehta, caring mother to Anita (Satheesh), Angelina (Patrick), and Angelika (Mati), and adored sister and Auntie for many here in Canada and in India as well. <br>The center of her world were her grandchildren, Neel, Shaan, Arya, Sivana, Sachin, Jaya, Maya and Alek. She leaves behind a legacy of love. <br> <br>Asha was a nurse trained at PGI in Chandigarh and came to Canada in 1972 to get married. <br>She navigated a challenging health care system and qualified to be a nurse in Quebec by learning French, studying for and passing Quebec’s nursing exam. <br>She had a long career as a nurse working first in India and then across several health care settings in Québec. She juggled her career and motherhood with skill and was an incredibly hard worker. She was fiercely protective as a mother, and helped raise three strong successful daughters. Her husband lovingly describes her as someone who had to swim upstream but always emerged as successful. For him, she was the reason for a multitude of his successes. <br> <br>She was a woman of many talents and passions. Asha was an avid gardener. She would spend hours planning and planting to create incredible arrangements full of color and life. Her dedication and love resulted in a beautiful garden which was always the most admired on the street. Another passion of hers was dancing. She was always the first on a dance floor, moving with joy and such freedom that you could not help but stop to watch her. She was very proud to have instilled her love to move in her 3 kids by teaching them how to dance. <br>Asha was infamous for her aloo paranthas, her kheer and her chicken and lamb curries. She took such pride and joy in seeing the pleasure her food gave others. She would fill containers and make deliveries, sharing her love through her cooking. <br>She was a religious woman and would often be found in her temple at home, praying and singing. She would recite her hopes and expectations for her family, and turn to her faith, asking for health, success, and love for them <br> <br>Asha’s pride and joy were her grandchildren. She was constantly hosting sleepovers, running around to pick them up, cooking for and with them, buying them special treats and chastising anyone who dared to say a word against them. Her love for them was endless, her energy boundless and her time dedicated to them. She thrived as a doting grandmother, and would put everything aside if it meant spending precious time with them. Each grandchild has a special bond with her, and it is through this love that her legacy will live on. <br> <br>There will be a commemorative bench in her honor in Centennial Park DDO where she would often take her long walks. She loved to walk and would often be seen alone or with friends in a meditative mood, no doubt planning and reflecting. In addition, to ensure her legacy continues, there will be the Asha Mehta Hope Award, a McGill award to support and encourage nursing students. Asha was generous, and loved to help people, and will continue to do so in this manner. <br> <br>She is at peace, and those she leaves behind will miss her brilliant smile, cherish the memories, and share stories and memories of her life and her love for eternity. <br> <br>The service and celebration of life will be held on Sunday February 2, 2025. Family puja @ 10:30AM and celebration of life immediately after at 11:00AM at Rideau Funeral Home: 4275 Sources Blvd, DDO, H9B 2A6 <br> <br> In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation towards the Asha Mehta Hope McGill Nursing award in her honour:ashamehtahopeaward@gmail.com</div>
