Obituary of Hashmat Instrum

Hashmat Instrum of Moncton passed away at the Dr. Georges L. Dumont University Hospital on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at the age of 92 years. Born in Cumilla, Bangladesh.

Though Hashmat was born and raised in East Pakistan, that later became Bangladesh, her life was mostly spent in Canada and specifically Moncton. After her early life including university educated with a master’s in chemistry from the University of Dacca, she arrived in November 1957 in Montreal, to join her husband who was doing his Ph’d at McGill University. There she began work in a research lab. In 1960 with Ela now part of the family, Hashmat moved to New Brunswick, NJ, to Rutgers University. After their time there, the family, with now with Khaled added, the next settled in Madison WI, while at the University of Wisconsin. After a year there a decision had to be made where they were to live permanently. Heshmat decide it would be best for her children to stay in North America and with this an opportunity arose in Saint John, NB, so the family moved to Canada and there Jamal was born. A few months later her husband took a position at the Universite de Moncton. And from 1965 she for the most part has resided in Moncton. Here she built a life centered around her children and good friends. She embarked on a nearly 3-decade career working in the water quality dept for the Federal Government. She loved cooking, gardening and travel. She has visited many places all over the world.

After retirement , she initially sold the family home and returned to Bangladesh for the cold months and would stay spring and summer in Massachusetts with her son and her oldest grandchildren. In 2002 she returned to Moncton and built a home where she resided for the duration. During this time she developed a very close relationship with the Bengali community and the Moncton Muslim community which was something she was blessed to have. Elizabeth Crawford were instrumental in keeping Hashmat’s desire to always live in her own home was very much appreciated. In these later years she lived for her grandchildren but did love watching a lot of tennis on tv too!

She lived a full and complete life, and, was and will always be very loved!

Survived by her daughter, Dr. Elivia Morrison of Hillsborough; sons Dr. Khaled (Kel) Instrum of Granby, MA and Jamal Instrum (Suzette) of Fredericton; grandchildren, Dr. Ryan, Marc, Bridget, Kathryn and Caroline Instrum, Maximilian Zepke, Aryelle and Trevor Morrison.

Hashmat was predeceased by her husband, Muhammad Firozul Instrum in 1990.

Donations in memory of Hashmat made to the charity of the donor’s choice would be appreciated.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Fergusons Riverview Funeral Centre, 214 Pine Glen Rd., Riverview, NB, E1B 1V6, (506-857-9544).

Online condolences may be shared and expressed at www.FergusonsRiverview.com.