Alison Jane Menhenitt (Janey) aged 40, originally from Sittingbourne in Kent, UK, lately of Grunthal, passed away suddenly, after an impossibly valiant battle, on January 19, 2011 in St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg. She is survived by her loving husband Rob and their son Michael, her mother, Jackie, brothers and sisters; Michael, Michelle, Stephen and Susan. Janey was a wonderful, spirited and decent girl. She was the bravest of the brave who fought a lifetime of battles against ill health, and never gave up the fight until God chose to take her home and end her suffering. Janey always wanted to be a background helper. She was completely down to earth and accepted people for their worth as people, even if she was as stubborn as a mule and didn’t like them to know how much she cared. Sadly, her health prevented her from working for long in Canada, where she chose to call home, although she always had ideas to try to be involved, and because she could not always get to the community, the community came to her. They became more family than friends and made her time here, with her battles and pain, more bearable, for herself as well as for her entire family. She is missed so terribly, and we all have a hole in our hearts that the wind whistles through. Her wish was that she be cremated, and a memorial service will be held on Friday, January 28 at 4:00 p.m. at Birchwood Funeral Chapel in Steinbach. If people would wish, in lieu of flowers, it would be a wonderful gesture to make donations for the Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit Education Fund as they were incredibly good to Janey and to her family who were by her side at the end. Special thanks have to go to the Cardiac Care Unit and the ICU, and to the friends and family, old and new, who supported and care so very much.