Suhaila Nseir
January 30 1932 - November 29 2020
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Jerry Maday posted a condolence
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Dear Rami and family, May the good Lord comfort you in this time of loss and grief. Psalm 55:22 / 1 Peter 5:7 will remind you of God’s love- which you saw from your dear mother. We have shared a photo of a beautiful sunrise to remind you of the light of God in your hearts in this difficult time. In Christian love, Jerry and Lori Maday
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Tribute to my beloved mother who passed away to the Lord on the evening of Sunday November 29th 2020
My most beloved:
It has not been easy and will never be to know that you no longer are with us. What comforts me that the legacy you left remained in your sons. You raised us and taught us many good things in life. You showed us the true meaning or love, care, compassion and most-importantly sacrifice. You, as a teacher, embedded in me the love of teaching, the love of the subjects that I taught and most importantly the love of my students. Born in Tartus, Syria January 30 1932, Suhaila daughter of Mousa (Arabid for Moses) Nseir and to Wadia Rabahieh, a middle class educated family. While she was not practicing Orthodox Christian, she always devoted herself to God and said his holy name in Arabic, ya Allah ya karrem, meaning dear God the generous and the giver, every day. She also believed in loving and helping others. Suhaila was the eldest among her siblings: tante Nadia, tante Leila (the great Syrian painter), uncle Joseph, uncle Qais, uncle Kamal (deceased +) and uncle Nabil (deceased +). She devoted many years of her early youth to raising her younger brothers, my uncles. My grandparents often left her alone with them to care for the younger male siblings. She told me the story of carrying uncle Qais as a young boy while she got stung by a scorpion in a Syrian village. While my mother was a staunch Francophile because the French made and built many great things in Syria, she was equally patriotic and she loved Syria. She wanted Syria to be free, strong, independent, democratic, pluralistic and secular. My mother’s family welcomed Syria’s independent from France and the election of the Syrian president Mr. Shokri Al-qwatli, who was democratically elected and was loved by all Syrians. Many of Mom’s best friends came from Muslim sects both Sunnis and Alawites. We loved them all. Suhaila was fluent in French and Arabic. She graduated with French baccalaureate after the French mandate of Syria with an excellent grade and went to the university of Damascus on her own to study biology at the hands of top French professors from the Sorbonne. It was very difficult for single women even in advanced Western countries to be independent and have their own higher education. My mom achieved all of that. She lived, learned and worked independent and free on her own. Syria in the 1950 and early 1960s was comparable with any non-industrial Southern Mediterranean country including Greece, Spain and South Italy. Syria was even more progressive than Spain and Southern Italy during the Mussolini-Franco dictatorships (1930-1950) that plunged both countries. We had a Christian Prime minister, Mr. Fares Al-Khoury, in a pre-dominantly Sunni country and he was very powerful and was highly respected in the time where blacks had to drink from their own water fountains in North America and sadly so. Damascus and Aleppo were oasis of cultures (and why not? Syria is 5000-year-old country and is older than Greece and Italy) as compared to Dubai, which was a fishing village. After graduation with a masters in biology from the university of Damascus, my mother was awarded a scholarship to France to receive a PhD in biology, but rejected it in order to support her parents and her father who retired early. She was hired to teach biology at secondary school. Back then, science education was a lot more rigorous and high school biology or mathematics would equal that of college level in post-2000. Suhaila taught biology and chemistry for over 30 years at different cities including Deir Al-Zor, Tartus, Safita and Lattakia. She was loved and respected by her students. She planted this in me: the love of science, teaching and people. My mother did not get married until she was 32-year-old, another anomaly in the era of the 1960s especially in the Middle East. Women tend to get married much younger during the 1950s and the 1960s. She postponed her marriage to support her retired father. During that time two of my uncles, Joseph and Nabil, and my unte Leila were away studying in Europe (Joseph and Nabil) and Egypt (Leila). She married Rafik Hanna whom she was related to. My father was her second-degree cousin (my paternal grandmother Mariam Rabahieh (deceased +) was the paternal aunt of my maternal grandmother Wadiaa Rabahieh (deceased +). It was common to marry first degree cousins not only in the Middle East, but also in the West especially among Europeans dynasties. My coming to this world was not an easy task for her at my mother’s 34-year old age. She had a fibroma, a benign tumor in the uterus, and she had to deliver me in Beirut, Lebanon by C-section so that I can survive and the tumor be removed. Beirut was the most advanced city in the Arab world before Lebanon plunged into the ugly civil war and what came after it. Suhaila then gave birth to my brothers Fadi and Samer under the guidance of Dr. Michael Hobaishi, who was Lattakia’s most celebrated obstetrician and was my medical school Ob-Gyn professor. My mother raised the three of us with an overprotective mode. She wanted us to get the best of education and the best of life. With overprotection came good and bad things in life, but the overall outcome was great. She raised trouble-free boys who spent their lives on their education and personal improvement. I personally carried so much of her genes including her sensitivity. While sensitivity is dubbed as female character, it is now known that males can be extremely loving and sensitive being and that this is a greatness in them. I admit I suffered a lot in my life. I was bullied, envied, hated, for being top on my classes, polite and overweight. She was always there for me. I over came my troubles with my parents love and support, my own faith in God and my own personal strength. I became like her, a very caring person. My mother contributed to my upbringing along with my father and her sister, Leila Nseir in many different ways. She supported my art talents while advising me to go to medical school. When I became teen teenager. I was allowed to read books about adult education, notably books written by the great Egyptian Professor Nawal Al-Saadaoui. My parents taught me that intimacy is sacred as long as love, honesty and morality stand on the top. They never mentioned the word “sin” at the time when many priests lashed the youngsters for their sinful lusts quoting Christ's statement in Mathew 5:27-28 forgetting that the meaning of woman in Aramaic and Hebrew was that of a lady (AKA married being). Those same priests would not mention the 100 statements about greed, lack of compassion to the poor and the needy, love of money, hate, envy, holding bad feelings or false witnesses to other, and above all double-standards and hypocrisy! After graduation from secondary school, I went to medical school because of my mother’s influence and the influence of a great professor of mine, Abdallah Bistanji (deceased, Allah yerhamou), but my interests were in arts and mathematics. I had to pursue these studies after I moved to North America. Then I added nutrition degrees because what diet and exercise did to me. Whatever I did, I would always end up teaching the subject. Students were inspired by me. They spoke well of my level of knowledge and my dedication to them. I would say this was not me, it was the spirit of my mother, the mother, the teacher and the caring person, who is and will always there. And it will remain so for the rest of my life. I ask God the Almighty to bless your soul my mother. I ask Him, our heavenly Father and Creator to receive you. I pray to Him to forgive me for any wrong-doing or any mistakes I made. I loved you so much. You were an angel. I will always remember you. I will always carry your legacy. You shall live in me forever until we meet again. God have mercy on your soul and all of us, Allah yerhamek Mama.
Your faithful son
Rami
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Dear Jerry: Thank you very much for your kind words and for the scriptures that you sent me. May God bless you and your family. I loved your picture. Where was it taken? I will see you next week. Rami
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Alexandra Asam posted a condolence
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Dear Rami, in my thoughts and my heart I am with your family and you. Think of the beautiful days and things you were able to experience together and keep your mother in your hearts. This should give you the strength to get over the sad time and to look into the future with confidence and a smiling eye. Best wishes, Alex Asam, wife of Mark
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Dear Alex: Thank you very much for your wonderful words. You and Mark mean a lot to me as great friends. It has not been easy. Time will give its course. I will continue to carry her spirit. May God bless you, Mark and your entire family.
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Walid W. Freij posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
My deepest condolences to you Rami and your brothers and the rest of the family. I remember your mother when Dawn and I visited you in Windsor few times. She was very welcoming and very generous. She will be missed.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Dear Walid: Thank you very much for your kind words. My mother loved all of you. May God bless you and your family and may He have mercy on your lost ones.
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Louay Nseir posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Dear Aunt Souhaila, she was a loving and dedicated person to her whole family.. I have fond memories of her when I was a young man in my 20s visiting her in their home in Lattakia.. She was the Matriarch to the Family, a nurturing Mother to her sons Rami, Fadi & Samer and a dotting Grandmother for Sure to her beautiful Grandchildren.. You will Be Sorely missed Tante Souheila .. may Your Soul & Body Rest in Peace Louay Nseir
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Perla Morales posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
I would like to express my sincere sympathy and condolences to the entire Hanna family and friends. I will be keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
my prayers and love are with the family. She was an inspiration
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
الله يرحمك يا أمي + God have mercy on you Mom RIP +
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Thank you dear cousin. Your words made my eyes full of tears. May God bless you and may He bless and keep your parents and loved ones. Always stay in touch, habibi and call anytime.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Thank you very much, Perla for your condolences words. It has been an honor to teach you this semester. May God bless you and your family and loved ones.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Thank you very much dear, may God bless you and your loved ones.
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Fr. John Ayoub posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
فليكن ذكرها مؤبدا الاب يوحنا ايوب John. Ayoub
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Thank you, Father Ayoub. May God bless you.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Habibti, Julianna, your grand mother is now in a better place. God ended her suffering and took her to Him. Uncle Rami
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Thank you, dear uncle Joseph, for your nice words. May God bless you and may He bless the remaining of mom's siblings and their families.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Julianna, you made my eyes full of tears. I am proud of you and your art. Keep doing what you are doing. I love you. Uncle Rami.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Dear Emidio: I remember the days in Syria and Italy. They were beautiful days, Thank God for brining you to my life. May He bless you and your mother. Ciao! Always your friend Rami
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Thank you, dear cousin for your loving words and for being with us. May God bless you, your family and your parents and loved ones. Rami
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
May God bless you and your family and keep your mother well. Thank you!
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Dear brother Thomas: Thank you for your very thoughtful words. They mean a lot to me. I am sure that God has a plan for everyone including my mother. She is now relieved. May He bless you and your community and make you a vehicle for love and compassion, both are much needed in our ever material world. May He have mercy on your parents, Allah yerhamoun (Maltese is very close to Arabic) . I will continue to help other people until the day I unite with my parents.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Dear Sydney: Thank you for your words of support. May God bless you and bless the Worcester Church community.
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Rami Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Thank you, dear cousin. You have stood with us and with my mom's suffering until the end. May God bless you and your family, parents and extended family and loved ones.
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EVergani posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
I remember always her hospitality in the family house, many years ago in Lattakia. My deepest condolances to Rami and all his family Emidio Vergani (Italy)
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Julianna Hanna posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Dear tata, I loved you so much. I hope you are doing better up there and your pain has stopped. I will always keep praying for you.❤❤
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Brother Thomas Zerafa OFM posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
My prayers, and support to you Rami on the passing from this life to the eternal celebration of your dear mother. She is not lost but rather she is now reunited with your father, and all her friends and family members who are there to greet and welcome her in the presence of God. I know 1st hand what it is like to grieve at the passage of both parents(You are now a member of the Orphans' Club!) I also know that the love and relationship between us and our parents only grows stronger with the passage of time. Your parents will continue to be a guide and guardian for you until that day when it is your turn to meet up with them again for eternity! (Don't push that goal too fast as there are many people whose lives you have yet to impact!) I will continue to pray for you and your siblings that you be at peace and know that life is not ended but merely changed! Eternal rest be unto your mother and may perpetual light shine upon her!
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Sydney Caswell posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
The Worcester Church sends our sincerest condolences to your family for your loss.
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Zeyad MORCOS posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
May GOD grant her Mercy. Zeyad, Normal, Elias
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Anas Nseir posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
Tante Souhaila was an amazing Aunt, she was a loving wife and mother. She always gave to everyone without expecting much, may the lord keep her besides him. We love you tante Souhaila
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Joseph Nseir posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
My dear sister, I love you very much and will miss you a lot. You were always an angel on this earth. Till we meet again, I will pray for you. Joseph Nseir
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