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Brenda Stewart posted a condolence
Friday, September 10, 2021
I am an old friend of Patricia's (Trish, Pat) from her days in Nova Scotia. She lived with me and my son for 3 or 4 months before moving to Ontario to be close to her family. I hadn't heard from her at Christmas for a few years and because of what was going on in my life, I didn't get a chance to follow up. Today I went on Facebook to see if I could find her. The only address and phone number for her were for Hawkshead Crescent in Scarborough. I was heartbroken to find that she was no longer with us. She was one of those old friends that you never let go of. I have just finished reading a long letter I received from her in 1999. She was coming to Nova Scotia for a visit. She spent a few days with me. She hadn't changed a bit. We had a wonderful time touring the Valley and the South Shore. When she lived with us, she was only 10 years older than my son and she treated him like a younger brother. He loved her as I did and was quite upset when she left for Ontario. It was much too early for her to leave. My sincere condolences to her Father and Dianna & Sandi. Brenda Stewart, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (902-405-1117)
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Suresh Pereira posted a condolence
Friday, July 21, 2017
Hi, I was asked by the family to speak about Trish at her celebration. A few at the celebration asked me to post the speech here, and with the families permission, here it is. (And with apologies for the length) Thank you Trish for everything. I will always miss you.
Hello.
My name is Suresh, and I am the President of Spyre Solutions.
For more than 17 years, Trish worked with me, by my side.
She started with Spyre when we were a fledgling company, just starting out, and she helped the company tremendously in its growth over the years. She was one of our first consultant employees.
Prior, I had worked briefly with Trish for about a year.. A short time later, she called me and told me she was looking for work. I hired her literally on the spot, on the phone, during that phone call.
There was no interview process, extended discussion, reference checking. I hired her right there. In the short time I had worked with her, there was no additional thought needed.
I felt very lucky to have had that opportunity then, the privilege of hiring Patricia Ann Vienneau.
At that time, I didn’t know how much her hiring would come to mean to me personally, and to the company. More than 17 years later, I now know how lucky I was then.
Trish confided in me later that she didn’t call anyone else, she had just called me. She hadn’t even begun to circulate her resume, when her last company closed it’s doors. It was pure and wonderful good fortune. It represented good Karma that came to me, Karma which lasted all of the 17 years she was with me.
Over those 17 years, Trish was a model employee. She was incredibly knowledgeable, with amazing diverse and elite expertise. I want to tell you a little bit about that.
For those of you who don’t know, Trish was a Human Resource Software expert, with the strongest expertise in PeopleSoft software few could match. Most people may not understand what this means. The experience required to work in PeopleSoft software is hard to achieve. The learning curve is difficult. Challenging. Consultants are elite skilled people, in an industry which has been in the forefront of technology for more than 25 years.
Some people may relate the word “software” to something like Microsoft Word or Excel. It is exponentially more difficult then that. The software is extremely complex, configurable and dynamic with almost monthly changes in it’s functionality. It requires an extremely intelligent person to be able to work with the software, keep up with it, which is exactly what Trish was.
PeopleSoft is software used by large corporations and public organizations. Trish could design, configure and support the software. She could run a payroll department, she could technically develop and program, she could test and modify, manage change, project manage, functionally lead…. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t do.
The diversity of her skill was incredible. Really incredible.
She assisted in business development. She managed people. She managed difficult clients, multiple clients, diverse clients. She worked effortlessly with challenging timelines, long work days and months, a changing software landscape, with emerging and new functionality. A number of times, many actually, she worked 60, 70 hours a week. Never a complaint. Never an issue. Never a worry. Ever. For 17 years. Most times I wasn’t even aware she was putting in these hours, until after the fact. She was the most loyal and dedicated of employees, and hard working to a fault.
One small smile I can relate, is that Trish’s resume was never really great. Perhaps her only weakness, (which it really wasn’t). It was a bit of a concern early on, but it quickly became a source of amusement for me, when people might look at it and scratch their heads. While we encouraged her to modify her CV, I came to know that Trish wasn’t keen or great at promoting herself. She wasn’t boastful, or had any bravado. She was just understated that way.
She was humble. A humble expert. A humble PeopleSoft specialist.
Why her resume was dismissed as a concern, was that only a couple times over 17 years did I ever really need to send out a copy to a prospective client. It wasn’t needed. This was in part because Trish’s colleagues, were her ‘word of mouth’. They had come to know Trish, her skill, her unique ability as a consultant. When any of them came to know that a client was going to need consultants, and Trish was available, they personally advertised her. They all wanted her on their projects. She got so many positions that way. When ever one of them was engaged on a project, and Trish was available, she got the job.
In reality, we never needed the resume.
From there, the client quickly came to know that Trish could do the work of 2 or more people, and brought her back numerous times. Departments would try to steal Trish from other departments within the same company. Little internal fights for her were quite common. Many times we could have placed Trish at several different companies at the same time. I often wished I had several Trish’s!
I know she was always grateful for the support she got from her colleagues, clients, a number who are here today, and many more who were unable to attend, and personally sent me their love and condolences for Trish. She was well loved by all of them, I know.
In a word, Trish was truly astounding. She always represented the company in such a professional way. She made us look so good, and each and every day she worked, and everywhere she went. She was perhaps singularly responsible for many clients coming to believe we had the best consultants working with us.
But you know, that isn’t the half of it. There is so much more.
In the consulting community, we use the term “low maintenance” to describe in a relatively few number of people we encounter, who we work with, who are joys and very easy to be around. .. and that certainly isn’t everyone!
Trish was the lowest of maintenance. She was independent. She was confident. She was strong, articulate and poised. She had integrity. She accomplished everything without needing assistance from others….partly because she already knew it all, or knew how to get what she needed. She was constantly learning.
This didn’t mean she wasn’t a team player…..just the opposite.
So many colleagues relied on Trish for her knowledge, and would call her regularly for help with this or with that, even while working on other projects. She always helped, assisted, and I know she actually did some of the work for colleagues quietly on the side.
Yes I know this.. but I also know it was a good thing.
She was the consummate team player, and project professional. Equal part knowledge, equal part communication skill, equal part leadership, all with the right level of assertiveness required for each situation, and for each client.
While I knew Trish mostly from a business perspective, there were a number of times where I got to know her socially and personally. Like times after work, at the conferences at events and dinners in San Francisco, at lunch gatherings, Christmas gatherings, and during the past year while she was ill.
Trish was truly a wonderful person to be around. She was always so genuine, a real lady with class. She was such a kind hearted soul without a harsh word for anyone, colleagues, clients. The worst word I remember her using to describe someone was ‘challenging’, when I know most of us would have described them with something quite a bit more colourful! She worked seamlessly with the wonderful, and the not so wonderful. It was her way.
Her last work engagement was here locally at the Region in Durham. It was here that I found out she wasn’t feeling well, and I actually saw her just days before the discovery of her Cancer at a lunch, and to be honest, she looked lovely. She must have been in discomfort, but didn’t tell me at the time. It is incredibly sad to me that less than a year, such a short time, we all lost her. So incredibly unfair. When she told me, I thought, OK, many people get over this, go into remission, live to old age. This was going to be the case with Trish. She told me several times that she was going to figure it out, battle, fight the Cancer. She was going to come back to us, and for a while it looked just that way.
Sadly, it wasn’t to be.
I want all the family and friends in the room to understand how valued and important she was to me first as a person, and how simply incredible she was in her work life. She is a model for every one here to look up to.
While losing Trish leaves the largest of holes professionally, this isn’t what I feel sad about. I feel sad because I always had the feeling that she was there…. which is hard to describe in words, but, she was always part of this, she was always there. It was such a personal comfort to me.. She was my security blanket. She was my good Karma.
Goodbye Trish. I loved having you with me, and I promise I will think of you every day. I will really miss you.
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David Colameco donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer de l'Ovaire Canada
Saturday, July 15, 2017
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Carrie and Mike Thompson posted a condolence
Friday, July 14, 2017
Erika, Aaron, girls and family: We are so sorry for your families tremendous loss. Thinking of you all during this difficult time. Hugs to all xx
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Ann Cameron posted a condolence
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Dearest Pat: You will never know how much you are and will be missed. Rest in peace my dear friend. Love Ann
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Lillian Alexander donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer de l'Ovaire Canada
Thursday, July 13, 2017
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Paul, Erin & Benjamin Hallett posted a condolence
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
We were saddened to hear of Patricia's passing. We know that she is with her dearest Mom now. Our deepest condolences to Al and all of her family. Families can be together forever! We pray that you will take comfort in your many fond memories. The Hallett family
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Tim and Sandi uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
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Pat on her wedding day.
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Tim and Sandi uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
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Pat on her wedding day with Mom and Dad
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Elizabeth McPhee donated to THE SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
In loving memory of Patricia Vienneau who was very special to us and will be missed forever.
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Tim and Sandi uploaded photo(s)
Monday, July 10, 2017
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Pat May 15, 1982 at her niece Erika's birthday party.
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Tim Chandler uploaded photo(s)
Monday, July 10, 2017
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That's Pat (Trish) way in the back.
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Tim Chandler uploaded photo(s)
Monday, July 10, 2017
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Pat's entire Family. L-R Dianna, Dorthy, Pat, Al and Sandra
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Brusadin Family donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer de l'Ovaire Canada
Monday, July 10, 2017
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Susan MacKinnon posted a condolence
Monday, July 10, 2017
This is SO very sad and SO unfair - Trish was SO young, SO nice, SO talented, and SO much fun to work with... She will be greatly missed by all who have known her and worked with her.
My sincere condolences to her family, friends, and co-workers...
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Verna Marshall posted a condolence
Monday, July 10, 2017
Longtime neighbour...sharing a love of flowers...helping one another with shoveling...will be sadly missed...family in our thoughts and prayers
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Brittney donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer de l'Ovaire Canada
Monday, July 10, 2017
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Rosemary Busciglio posted a condolence
Sunday, July 9, 2017
My prayers to the family. Trish (she was never Pat to me) was a lovely, smart and fun lady to work with and talk to. I will always cherish our laughs together on that northbound GO Train. I know I was blessed for knowing her and learning from her. Rest now my friend.
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Melissa McPhee posted a condolence
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Pat generously opened her heart and her home to me when I moved to Toronto for a work term. She had the kindest soul. I'm so grateful for the time spent with her this May. My thoughts and prayers are with Pat's family during this time. Fly high, beautiful angel. <3
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Amy Kuehnl uploaded photo(s)
Sunday, July 9, 2017
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Sunday, July 9, 2017
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Kim and Mary Marshall posted a condolence
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Mr Wiersema, Sandi, Dianna and your families. Kim and I are very sorry to hear of Pat's passing. She is with the angels now and free from pain. I have so many great memories of the times we spent together. From seeing many plays together in Toronto, to the many many shopping sprees and of the New Year's Eve parties we spent together. I will truly miss my dear friend. My heart is broken too.ma
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Lena & Bruce uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, July 8, 2017
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Our wedding day July 14 2007. So glad you were there.
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Lena & Bruce uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, July 8, 2017
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Bruce's and Lena's rehearsal dinner Millctoft Inn July 13th 2007
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Kari Goodmakers posted a condolence
Saturday, July 8, 2017
My deepest sympathies to Trish's family. She held you all in her heart and spoke of you often at work!
I had the honour of working with Trish a few times over a 10 year span. She was very knowledgeable in her field and I learned a lot from her. I respected her opinion and her strong will for doing what's right. She will be missed for sure.
May she rest in peace. Prayers to her family over the next few days and weeks!
Friday
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July
Visitation
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Friday, July 14, 2017
Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home
53 Division St.
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
(905) 623-5668
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Friday
14
July
Funeral Service
1:00 pm
Friday, July 14, 2017
Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home
53 Division St.
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
(905) 623-5668
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Friday
14
July
Interment
1:45 pm
Friday, July 14, 2017
Bowmanville Cemetery
Haines Street
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Following Funeral Service
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Friday
14
July
Reception
2:30 pm
Friday, July 14, 2017
Tim and Sandra's Home
25 Bridle Court
Courtice, Ontario, Canada
Following Interment
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