Cheryle Joan Heeney

My beautiful and loving grandmother meant a great deal to me and my husband Jason. It’s been hard knowing she’s been dealing with poorer health these past years and not being able to do anything to help. She would give the shirt off her back to anyone. Would help underprivileged families at Christmas, fundraise for families, churches, and charities and always thought of others. She taught me many useful and valuable skills in life including baking, sewing, stained glass (with the guidance of my late Papa) and outdoor skills when camping. She loved to joke around and adored my husband. She was at every major event in my life and was a major contributor in who I am today. I loved her greatly and will cherish all the memories I have of and with her. I believe she is with Papa now and is finally at peace. Rest easy, and look out for the rest of us you two <3

A very Happy moment of my Mums life. She will be missed greatly. Love you Mum❤️

I knew cheryle first as a guy looking to cut her grass but then many cuts later and after working with mark grew a bond between her and I many long talks and she was always very helpful and supportive didn’t matter what it was cheryle knew the answer and I’ll be forever grateful to have had knocked on her door that day and met some of the best people many wont know me just the family that I met they know who they are but it’s a lesser world without cheryle in it and I will miss her and those talks we use to have we lost touch towards the end but I will never forget her from my family to yours I wish all of you the best and if there’s anything I can do please feel free to call or text you have my number bye for now see you again in paradise cheryle

I don’t usually like people. But I liked you a lot. You were a deep thinker who wasn’t afraid to shoot from the hip. You always brought a smile to my face.

I’ll see you further down the trail Cheryle.

-Benny

R I P MY PAL ! You were one of the nicest people I’ve ever known 😢😢😢😢😢

I am deeply saddened by Cheryle’s passing. I have been a close friend of the family for over 40 years and truly enjoyed the time we spent together. I could stop in anytime and was welcomed with a smile and an invite to visit. She was so easy to talk to and well versed on so many things.
Additionally she was such a family person, the close relationship with her brother (and my good friend) Dale was extraordinary to his final days. Her door was always open to friends and family and this is a huge loss for many people.
R.I.P.

Some people were just meant to be Mothers….
Even after raising 3 children of her own, my mother continued to be a role model for many other children throughout her life. She was a caregiver to Katie Mackenzie and stood by her side through Katie’s short life. She went on to be a nanny to John Doughtington’s two daughters and seen them grow into wonderful young ladies, just as she did for the Douglas families 3 daughters. She then became the housekeeper and nanny to the Emslie family and helped to raise their daughter Allison. After seeing all those children grow up she then took it upon herself to look after the elderly. Mr and Mrs Patton, Mrs Matthew’s and countless others whom also should be mentioned but my memory can’t recall.
She was the strongest person Ive ever know and after winning her TWO battles with breast cancer went on to care for her late husband Bill in his final days. Most recently she had her brother Dale, my uncle, move in with her so that she could care for him when his disease began to overwhelm his body until his passing just over a year ago.
Those who were fortunate enough to had met or befriended my mother were blessed by her “saint like” qualities and were always welcomed at her door at anytime. Her smile was contagious and her love for animals is shared throughout all her children. No creature was too small or too big for her heart .
I wish to thank all of those who had a chance to voice their sympathies and to share in some part of her life. I know her “mark” will be left on all the hearts she touched as a symbol of what “to live life” truly means.
You will be sadly missed but never forgotten. Your Loving son Mark.

We will miss your kind heart ,warmth and thoughtful words, thank you for being our friend and treating us like family.
We will always cherish those memories.
Wayne and Marylou Draper

It’s hard to put into words what Mum meant to me. She had such a giving heart and was always there – not just for family, but for anyone who needed help. She taught me the importance of kindness, creativity, and showing up for others, no matter what. I will always cherish the everyday moments, and the special times we spent together sharing stories, laughter, and quiet comfort.
Thank you to everyone who has reached out with kind words and memories. Your support means more than you know. Mum was deeply loved, and her spirit will stay with us always.
Your loving daughter,
Kim

Mom was a wonderful lady, always very helpful and knew the answer and path to follow.She wore her heart on her sleeve.Always the first to want to help and helped many she did.You are always in my heart and my thoughts.Always missed never forgotten.Not only my mother,my best friend.Love you mom, your Son Ian.

We met Cheryle 8 years ago through Mark. From the moment I met met Cheryle I knew she would be a absolutly wonderful friend, and that she was.
Cheryle was the best listener and we had so many laughs together. I will always remember them
I will really miss our visits, talks on the phone and of course our annual “Mally Meetups”.
Cheryle you were truly an inspiration to me and I am so incredibly greatful to have had you as a friend. I will never forget you.
You will be missed so so much.
Rest in eternal peace Cheryle xo

I first Cheryle 3 years ago when I began dating her grandson Matthew.
She was the most kind, funny and knowledgeable woman I had met in a long time. She offered me a lot of advice and will no doubt stay with me long after she has passed.
I feel so blessed to have been able to build a relationship built on love with her before she passed.
I never believed I’d love and a miss someone as much I do Cheryle.
I hope she has a peaceful crossover and is reunited with her love Bill.
She became my nanna in more ways than she will ever know.
Love you always gma.
Cody
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Dear Ian, Kim and Mark,

It is with heartfelt sympathy that we send out gratitude for your mom’s life. Cheryle and Bill, Granny and Mitch and Uncle Dale embraced me as family for seven years of my youth. Cheryle and Bill took me in as a daughter, and I will forever be grateful for their love and support. Your mom was a strong matriarch, always putting everyone else’s needs and happiness first. Through her example of hard work, strength and dedication to family, I learned a plethora of life lessons. I will be sure to pass along to Sterling and Rose the happy memories that we shared so many moons ago.

Sterling and Rose want to thank their Great Grandma Cheryle as well.

“We love you and loved spending time with you and River. You were so funny-thank you for all the presents you gave us and for all the food you made us”
Rose remembers the pizza party she had last year for her 8th birthday. Sterling remembers losing his first tooth at Great Grandma Cheryle’s.
“We love you and miss you”

Dustin also has special memories he keeps close to his heart.

We are and forever will be connected by family.
Namaste Cheryle.
May your spirit rest peacefully and Bill be there to greet you.

In sympathy and gratitude,
Dana, Dustin, Sterling and Rose

We were fortunate to have Cheryl as an honorary member of our family for about 30 years. Over these years, she looked after our three daughters, Dorothy’s mom and took care of the house. She made the best homemade bread, pies, and shepherds pie ever. Cheryl also taught our younger kids so many crafts, and the Christmas ornaments she made with them hang on our tree at Christmas tree to this day. When she was about three, our youngest daughter told Cheryl that she was going to marry Bill when she grew up and Cheryle accepted the news with grace. Cheryle and Bill installed a pool for us in Tottenham, and years later, Cheryle and Mark and Ian did the same when we moved, with the help of some of the grandkids. Cheryl and Ian would drive to Blue Mountain to ensure our pool was opened and closed to her standards – the highest- so Ian, you have some big shoes to fill.
Lives are often lived by chance. I often wondered just what Cheryl, with her many gifts and talents, could’ve accomplished if she had taken a different direction – doctor, lawyer, politician, anything she put her mind to – but what would’ve happened to her family, and the children of all the families she cared for and all the Omas she comforted, and all the many many Allistonians she helped and loved. The loving tributes from her children, grandchildren and friends are a worthy testament to her. She may have lived a hard-working and at times tough life, but maybe she got it all just right and it was a perfect one. Well done Cheryle.