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OBITUARY DR. KATHERINE METRAKOS (nee CHRONES) M.D., C.M . The world has lost an incredible, compassionate and strong human being. She fought without respite the ravages of cardiovascular disease and finally succumbed on May 12, 2005 with her daughter by her side, at the Brome Missisquoi Hospital in Cowansville, Qc, close to her beloved country home. She was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan and settled in Montreal with her adoring late husband, soul mate and professional colleague, Dr. Julius D. Metrakos PhD. There is a huge emptiness in the hearts of her children, Stephanie (Paul Brulotte) and Dimitri (Lorraine Laramee) as well as an irreplaceable void for her cherished grandchildren, Michael and Andrew Brulotte, Paige and Brendan Metrakos, and her beloved niece Sophia Andriopoulos. Her compassion and caring have been felt over the years by many friends, relatives, patients and colleagues. She had a distinguished international forty year career as a pediatric neurologist at the Montreal Children's Hospital and McGill University focusing on childhood epilepsy and research with her husband. The family wishes to thank the Brome Missisquoi Hospital and the Masonville Community for their support. Funeral service on Monday May 16 at 2 p.m. at the Loyola Campus Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, and thence to the Mount Royal Cemetery. Visitation at Urgel Bourgie Funeral Home, 1255 Beaumont Ave., T.M.R., Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation, 1 Place Alexis Nihon, 3400 de Maisonneuve Blvd., Suite 1420, Montreal, Qc. H3Z 3B8. It was an honor to have known you. Published in the Montreal Gazette from 5/14/2005 - 5/15/2005