Mukhtiar Kaur d/o Jagir Singh (1933 – 2022), Putrajaya

MUKHTIAR KAUR D/O JAGIR SINGH

2.3.1933 – 6.12.2022

Village: Cheema near Barnala

Husband: Late Sdr Saroop Singh s/o Sher Singh

Children / Spouses:
Jagbir Singh & Surinder Kaur
Late Jasbir Singh & Manjit Kaur
Jaswinder Singh
Balwinder Singh & Daljeet Kaur

Grandchildren: Kashwinder, Shahwinder, Arwinder, Lalita, Ravinderjit, Jasmin, Jagwin, Phrmpreet , Shailinder, Anoopjot, Tavleen and many great grandchildren

Mindful of the 10 day period and as per her wishes too, Akhand Paath will commence at Gurdwara Sahib High Street (Jalan Balai Polis, Kuala Lumpur) on 14-12-22 at 9.00 am & Path Da Bhog will be on 16-12-22 at 9 am, followed by Kirtan from 9.30 am – 11.30 am. Ardas at 12.00 noon followed by langgar.

Contact: 013-3984558

It is story of a woman in ancient India whose son had died. She walked from place to place wailing, crying and weeping; asking for help to bring her son back to life. Arriving at place of a saint, she asked the saint to help her out who said, Don’t worry, leave your son here and go out and find a mustard seed from a house that has not experienced death. When you bring it back, I can help you. The woman searched from house to house, but each had experienced death. She finally realized what the saint meant. She turned to religion to find answers to her questions. She understood, Death is natural, whosoever is born, must die.

Guru Arjan Dev says: Just as the peasant sows his crop and harvests it whether ripe or unripe, in a similar way the sickle of death does not care for a human being at any age, whether old or young.

Mum had a full innings spanning 3 months short of 90 years and despite being blessed to have her for such a long time, being mortals we still feel that we did not have enough time with her.

She spent her childhood in Pontian and later in Cheema village when the war broke out following which she got married at the age of 16 to the Late Saroop Singh with whom she had 4 sons. She was a fulltime housewife like most mothers of her generation and did a great job of parenting in bringing up her 4 boys and was still teaching them how to parent until now ?.

She loved to cook and was most happy when cooking for her loved ones and any guests that she had over. The other passion was sewing, having stitched Daris (that goes with the bride on their wedding day) for quite a number of brides. Until this year, her grandsons would still go up to her and ask in their broken Punjabi “Dadiji can you stitch this as it is slightly torn/loose, etc”

Her sons and grandchildren learnt the meaning of service and love from her as well as how to maintain relationships with those near and distant. She showed by example the importance of the family unit and was the rock of the Mann family that we could always depend on when things got a bit tough.

She has made it tough for all those whose lives she has touched to ever forget her and we are eternally grateful to Waheguru for blessing us with such a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.



| Entry: 6 Dec 2022; Updated: 8 Dec 2022 | Source: Family



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