Centenarian Mary McEachern says she knew what her husband wanted when he died. The problem is, his will says otherwise.
The 101-year-old widow is embroiled in a court battle over which charities will benefit from her late-husband Steve McEachern’s $40-million estate.
In his will, The Rotary Foundation Canada (TRFC) is named as the sole beneficiary to receive the estate, minus money for Mary’s living expenses.
TRFC is a corporation and registered charity that helps local rotary chapters with projects around the world, including disaster relief, clean water initiatives and vaccine programs.
Mary said giving back was important to the couple over their 75 years together.
“We worked together as a team,” she said. “Everything he said to me about setting up this program for the needy (was) very real to me, because this is how we did our lives and we started many charities all through our lives.”
Mary and …