What we do know is that Marion was born in January during a bad snow storm in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Her mother usually had the children at home but the midwife told James to take her to the hospital because there were complicaitons. The story is that the roads were so bad that they couldn't get the cab to the hospital doors so Grandma Laurie had to walk the last little bit through deep snow. Upon arrival and in delivery they discovered that the cord was around the baby's neck. She must have experienced some brain damage in the process. Marion survived the birth but suffered some kind of damage which made life difficult for her. She followed Alice around and shared a bed with her. Alice took care of her and protected her when there was danger. Alice would take her and hide under the bed when things were bad. When their father, James, came to Vancouver and remarried their mother, Jessie, the family was moved to Taber, Alberta. However this move was not possible for Marion, or Marnie as they called her, so she was admitted into the Essondale Assylum at Coquitlam, BC (now known as the Riverview Hospital). Later she was moved to the Vernon Assylum in Vernon, BC. She was happy there and passed away peacefully at the age of 61.
The urn was interred above her parent's grave.
The new headstone to include Jame and Jessie's daughter
Marion Isobel Laurie.
Back L-R: April Bodily Saunders, Michael Craig Saunders, Ruthanne Saunders Holst,
Allyson Saunders Cichy, Marilynne Saunders MacDonald,
Jenny Cichy Goodbrand, Ruth Konno Laurie and Janne Laurie Parascak.
Front: Ryder Goodbrand and Andee Goodbrand (Jenny's children)
