<div itemprop="description">Christine E. J. [Ohman] Munro passed on to ‘a yet much larger room’, returning to her Creator, on June 9, 2023. She was born on May 15, 1934, the second daughter of the late Eric and Effie [Stewart] Ohman. Christine met Bruce Munro the first evening that both of them were at Mount Allison University on September 23, 1952. It was a long courtship as she took her time to get to know the Munros. <br> <br>After graduating from Trafalgar School for Girls in Montreal, Christine came to Mt. A. to take Fine Arts. Early on she transferred to a B.A., majoring in Psychology and doing her minor in music with the piano as her instrument. She also played the organ. <br> <br>Christine married Bruce on July 3, 1957 in Stanley Presbyterian Church, Westmount, QC. Following their honeymoon they went as a team to Bruce’s first parish: North Highlands United Church located in Cape North, Cape Breton, N.S. at the top of “The Cabot Trail”. She was overwhelmed when she attended her first “Women’s Missionary Society” meeting where all members present were answering the roll call with a verse of Scripture. From her shyness of mind and lack of scripture verses memorized, she blurted out ‘Jesus wept’, when her name was called. She laughed later that it sort of described how she felt. <br> <br> She also learned that the Cape North Women had saved the WMS President’s role for her, a great honour from them. She had never attended a meeting of this sort and was again feeling besieged. With these and other ‘new experiences’, she was quickly immersed into the role of Minister’s wife and did a splendid job over the years, according to Bruce. Everyone fell in love with Christine, in all their parishes. <br> <br>While in their second parish in Louisbourg, parenthood was added to their list of degrees. Eric and Susan Munro joined the family and were happily welcomed by the congregations. Christine and Bruce gave their best effort to being good parents. It was also in Louisbourg that Christine’s music degree came into good effect as she became the organist for Catalone’s MacMillan Memorial United Church. She formed a successful choir there, which is still functioning all these years later. <br> <br>While in Glace Bay in the late 1960’s, Christine felt a strong need to find out about ‘Learning Disabilities’ and off she went, with husband and children in tow, to get another degree at Acadia University in 1970. Her Psychology Major from Mt. A. [1956] came into good use as she found her niche being a ‘Learning Disabilities’ Specialist. At graduation from Acadia, the University President conferred a ‘Double B e D’; as he called it, on the Munros. Christine became a free flow teacher of L.D.’s at Greendale Elementary School in the Lakeshore School Board. She taught there for 23 years prior to retirement. <br> <br> Traveling and seeing the world were priorities. Christine, with Bruce, took the school year of 1988-89 off to travel and they visited 20 countries. Other travels took her to 13 other countries and to every State in the USA including Hawaii and Alaska. <br> <br>Christine always claimed to have a very full and exciting life. In the United Church parishes, she rubbed shoulders with rich and poor alike, walked the halls of academia and politics while welcoming to her table people of fame and those of lesser fortune. All were welcome. She loved her teaching, played her piano well and generally had a happy life. She would attribute all her positive life to a rich belief in a loving God who seemed to be there just when needed. <br> <br> She leaves behind her husband Bruce, beloved daughter, Anne Golding, along with many friends and well wishers. Her passing thought would be, ‘don’t cry for me, go out and do something for someone else’. <br> <br> She would wish to say thanks to the Munro Angels, Christina Persaud and Costa Sanoudakis, of the Persaud Residences Connemara for all their attention, love and kindness. Also, many kudos to the other residents of her ‘house’ there. Special mention also to James and the other members of the Residences Persaud staff. <br> <br> Funeral will take place Saturday, June 17 in the Rideau Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4275 Sources Rd., DDO at 10 a.m. with commital on Monday, June 19 at 1 p.m.</div>
