It is with profound sadness that we announce our mother, Darlene's, passing. Mom left us, after a brief illness, on February 28th, 2014, in Nakusp, BC where she and Jack had made their home for the past 8 years. She left with all of us in her heart and she will always be in ours. There to meet Mom on the other side were her parents, Frank Peter Lindberg and Ellen Ingaborg (Johnson) and all of her beloved nine brothers, our father, Jack Harris and her granddaughter Bonnie Elizabeth Harris, and of course, her much loved Treena and Buddy the Boid.

Darlene was born October 11th, 1925, her father's birthday, the youngest and only girl of ten children. She was born on the family farm, “nine miles east and a half a mile north” of Dundurn and at the same time a foal was coming into the world in the barn. Mom always said the boys were more interested in the horse than the new baby. That attitude would change when the baby turned out to be “Sister”, as they called her. Darlene was the apple of her Daddy's (and brothers') eye(s). Darlene attended Wall Lake school, and then on to Technical School in Saskatoon, where she earned a secretarial diploma. Darlene married John Alexander Harris on May 4th, 1946 in Saskatoon and they immediately moved east and started their family in Toronto. Soon after, they moved to Montreal where they welcomed seven more children into the mix. In 1973 Darlene became a widow and soon found that she longed for the prairies, so in 1976 moved to Saskatoon. Darlene was a professional secretary and worked for The Potash Corporation of America until her retirement in 1992. Shortly thereafter, she moved farther west to Canmore, AB. In 1996 she was reunited with her beau from before WWII, J.J. Cennon. They were married in Canmore on May 3rd, 1997. They left Canmore and moved to Nakusp, BC in 2005.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband Jack Cennon of Nakusp, BC. Sister-in-law Jean (Bob) Lindberg of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan, her eight children: Jay (Janet) Harris, Banff, AB, Mary Ellen Harris (Colin Kowal), Nakusp, BC, Tom (Pat) Harris, N.Van, BC, Sas Harris, Montreal, QC, Robert Harris, Montreal, QC, Elisabeth (Richard) Wallace, Baie D'Urfe, QC, Barbara Harris (Bob Stagg), Lachute, QC, Lynda Frasz (Murray Penny) Regina, SK. And her legacy of 16 grandchildren and 10 precious great- grandchildren, all of whom she was so, so proud.

Please visit our Facebook page: Darlene Cennon Memorial and add your thoughts and memories.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be gratefully accepted in Memory of Darlene E. Cennon to;
Minto House Residents Council,
c/o Arrowlake Hospital, PO Box 87,
Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0. 

• Date : 2014-02-28 06:00:00
• Location : Nakusp, BC