Thanks for helping with Moshi Shaw’s funeral

On behalf of my family, the Kilabuks, Shaws, Fortins and Pisukties, I would like to thank all the people who contributed to laying my late niece Moshi Shaw to rest.

First, I would like to thank Romi Nychka for her tremendous effort in raising money to get my niece from the hospital in Montreal to the funeral home then to Iqaluit.

She could have just dropped everything after she found out that Social Services couldn’t pay. Instead she rounded up people in Iqaluit who chose to remain anonymous.

Thanks a lot. Without caring people like you guys, things would not happen.

I would also like to thank Qaumagiaq Mitsima for supplying us with caribou, the elder’s home and the Tamaataviq Boarding Home for their kindness in donating food for after the service. Thanks to Martha Turqtuq for cooking and opening her home for us to gather at after the service, and to Ooleepeeka Veevee and Marc Denault for accommodating my late niece’s three sons and ex-husband.

I also thank Reverend Ron MacLean, Methusaleh Kunuk, Sammy Peter for notifying and supporting the family with grieving. Special thanks to Louise Mayo and the Native Friendship Center staff for their support. Many thanks to those I may have forgotten for there were many many people who helped in the process.

Annie Pisuktie
Montreal