Edna was born in Melford, Saskatchewan. At the age of 20 she moved to Kamloops, BC where she worked at the Tranquille Sanitorium.  In 1948 she met her one true love, Joe Maurer, who also worked at Tranquille as a building service worker.  They married on April 12th, 1950.  Edna was well known as the manager of the Woodwards Food Counter and was famous for her amazing strawberry pie. Edna had many interests and hobbies. She loved to go up north with Joe to fish for Steelhead and Spring Salmon. She enjoyed travelling to visit her family and friends. She had a passion for quilting and was always on the lookout for Phentex Wool to make her signature slippers.  She leaves behind an amazing collection of family photo albums as she always had her camera handy.  She was a terrific hostess and loved cooking, canning, and baking food for family and guests. Edna really enjoyed doing word search puzzles but one of her absolute favorite things to do was to ‎play crib with Joe. Edna is survived by her loving husband Joe, their 5 children and their spouses: Gerry (Judy) Maurer of Smithers, Elaine (Richard) Horning, Marie (Rod) McCaskill, Wayne Maurer, David (Andria) Maurer and their 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. There are not enough words to describe Edna but a few would be: loving, caring, supportive, patient, devoted and wise. Edna came from a very large family of twelve brothers and sisters. She is predeceased by one sister and three brothers. Edna passed peacefully surrounded by her family.  She maintained a positive attitude and was lovingly visited by family and friends during her short stay at the Ponderosa Lodge.  The family would like to extend a warm thank you to the staff at the Ponderosa Lodge and Royal Inland Hospital.

Edna is cherished and loved by all who knew her and will never be forgotten.

 Prayers will be held Monday, April 6th at 7:00 pm and the Funeral Mass will held Tuesday, April 7th at 11:00 am, followed by a reception. All to be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 635 Tranquille Road. The Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.