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Myrtle Aplin

Peacefully and surrounded by her family, Myrtle passed away on Tuesday, September 13th, in her 84th year. Predeceased by her husband Frank in 2020 and by her sister Olive St-sauveur in 2016, she is survived by her son Nigel (Siobhan), daughter Suzanne (Evan), grandchildren Arielle and Keilan and sister Norma Mackinnon.

The youngest of three sisters, Myrtle was born in 1938 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her sense of frugality, puritan work ethic, mental toughness and dedication to the needs of others were imparted to her in a strict Presbyterian household which was always filled with music. Myrtle graduated from The Queen’s University of Belfast and the affiliated Stranmillis Teacher’s College in 1961 with a specialty in teaching music.

In 1959, Myrtle attended the Edinburgh Music Festival where she met a Canadian, Frank Aplin. Two years later, she travelled to Canada to visit her sister Norma where she found time for a side-trip to Toronto and married Frank a few weeks later.

They settled in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1962 where they would remain. Myrtle joined the St. Catharines Symphony Orchestra choir and became the orchestra’s long-tenured music librarian; she took up refereeing basketball and volleyball and became the Niagara Region high school referee scheduler for many years. She worked with the Registrar’s Office at Brock University invigilating exams. She became the Treasurer of the Clear Lake Property Owner’s Association at the family cottage near Bracebridge, Ontario where she could be seen walking the cottage road every day, even after a life-altering accident in 2002. Her threshold for tolerance of physical pain was truly inspiring for all who knew her. A Celebration of Life for Myrtle and Frank Aplin will take place in November.

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