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• Roepnaam is Els.
• Zij is geboren in het jaar 1938 in Amsterdam.Bron 1

  https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/98533419-c72e-56a3-e053-b784100ade19

• Zij is overleden op 10 maart 2021 in Naples, Florida, USA, zij was toen 83 jaar oud.Bron 1

  The following was posted on Facebook by Els son, Sean:
  
  My mom, Els Kavanagh, known affectionately by her keenest admirers as The Bunny, has passed away.
  
  A testament to the thought that some great things come in small packages, her personality, wit and charm was many many times greater than her diminutive size.
  
  This loss is even harder for us as my father Kevin died only a few months ago.
  
  They were, as a couple, a force of nature together. So clearly in love. So obviously a team. Now together once again.
  
  Els came to Canada from The Netherlands a few years after the war. She very rarely spoke of those difficult years living in Nazi occupied Amsterdam, but we could tell it had an impact.
  
  One of her many remarkable qualities was to look forward – not back – and that’s what she did.
  
  As the eldest child at 16 and the member of the family with the best command of English, she took a job and helped the Mesmans through the first few years of immigrant life in Winnipeg.
  
  She threw herself into her new country. A trophy winning badminton player, a champion canoeist.
  
  She became incredibly well read.
  
  And though this smashing Dutch lady had suitors lined up down the block, she ultimately chose Kevin; a match that was unshakable for nearly six decades.
  
  Els was a mom that took Jennifer and I on “field trips” to parks and museums and suffered dozens of poorly heated hockey rinks. She car-pooled us and helped with our homework and really only failed at baking.
  
  She wasn’t much of a baker.
  
  But she sat on the boards of big hospitals and schools and national galleries and ballets. She was a huge supporter of the arts and especially loved the symphony.
  
  It’s the partnership with my Dad though, that I think defined a lot of Mom. They completed each other.
  
  And they relentlessly pursued improving the world around them.
  
  Winnipeg, Manitoba and Canada are missing a pair of great citizens.
  
  Jen and I are struggling as we lost both in such a short time, but we believe they are together now -where they truly belong.

• Een kind van Willebrordus Bartholomeus Joseph Mesman en Elisabeth Clasina Maria de Rijk
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 30 juli 2021.

Gezin van Elisabeth Maria "Els" Mesman

Zij is getrouwd met Kevin Patrick Kavanagh.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1963, zij was toen 25 jaar oud.Bron 2

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