Maria de Jong

de JONG, Maria Adriana (nee Bus) – Passed away peacefully at the age of 100, at the Palliative Care unit of Lakeridge Health Oshawa from complications from Alzheimer disease. Born in the Netherlands in 1912, she immigrated to Canada in 1953 with her husband Jacobus (Jack) de Jong, and daughter. They settled in Toronto and together owned and operated a small chain of bakeries in the GTA. She will be greatly missed by her daughter, Maria Antonia (Ria) de Jong and her son-in-law, Alex Taylor. Maria Adriana (Rie) was predeceased by her husband Jack, as well as her sisters, Jeanne, Annie, Riek, Joop and Martha and her brother Bart. She is survived by her sister Elizabeth and sister-in-law, Marcella, as well as nieces and nephews in Canada, Netherlands and Australia.