Mary Josephine Van (Kessel) Gaal Obituary

We are sad to announce that, on November 14, 2025, Mary Josephine Van (Kessel) Gaal of Kanata, Ontario passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Mary Josephine farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Mary Josephine is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her spouse Adrianus van Gaal; her children, John, Martin (Mary Anne), Adrianus (Kimberly) and Michael (Jennifer); and her grandchildren, Corry, Derek (Alissa), Steven (Bradley), David (Amanda), Jason (Fanny), Matthew (Julie), Kaitlin, Tyler and Kelly.