Tara-Lee Bradley
Jul 13, 2021
BRADLEY, Taraâ'Lee March 26, 1969 â' July 13, 2021 "Look out God â' here she comes" Our beautiful and tenacious Tara passed away on July 13, 2021 leaving behind her twin sister, Elissa (Rob), her mom, Sharen (Larry) her niece Tabitha (Alex), her extended family, many friends and her spiritual community. "I love life" was her favourite expression. Tara...
Michael Ralph Torney
Jul 13, 2021
With heavy hearts we share the passing of Michael Ralph Torney âSmiley.' Mike passed away on July 13, 2021 at the age of 53. He is survived by loving family and friends who cared deeply for him including his wife, Korene, and daughters Lauren and Julia; sisters Louisa Gamoyda (Steve), Beth Wood; brother Allan Torney (Debbie); his wife's family;...
Giovanna Luciana Legg
Jul 7, 2021
Giovanna (Jody) Lucianna Legg was born December 31, 1942 in Mirandola, Italy, to her father Vambo and her mother Nella Bruna Borella. She was the second of 3 children, between Vanda and Franco (Frank). Life was hard in Italy after the war so the family emigrated to Canada and ultimately to northern British Columbia. Despite all of the hardships...
Bernard Alfred William 'Bernie' Ashworth
Jul 6, 2021
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bernie at the Royal Jubilee Hospital. Bernie started his career at the age of 15 as a messenger boy for Canadian Pacific and stayed with the company in many capacities, until he retired at 54. He had a lifelong interest in cars, steamships, the railway and motorcycles. He...
Alfred Benesch
Jul 6, 2021
It is with sadness we announce the passing of Fred Benesch on July 6, 2021, at the age of 87 years. Fred was born in Barrhead, Alberta on November 27, 1933, in Barrhead's first hospital. After completing school, he went to Edmonton to drive ambulance for Smith's Ambulance Service in 1956. He started working nights and part time at...
Marian Rose Theaker
Jun 29, 2021
It was on one of British Columbia's hottest days on record, the air beyond the whir of fans like a furnace, that we discovered we had lost our mother/mater/matriarch, Marian Rose Theaker. (Incidentally, she hated "Rose", and would begrudgingly write out the âR' of her signature with something like patient forbearance.) Mom was 89, and had survived her husband...
Barbara Joan Kemble
Jun 27, 2021
Barbara loved making a difference in the lives of others. True even when she spent her final months in Victoria Hospice holding cancer at bay. On June 27, she passed peacefully, her spouse Gary Willison at her side. She is predeceased by her parents, Edward and Evalyn Kemble (Clute), brother Michael and sister Diana. Born in Toronto in 1944,...
Erma Jean Steele Mcculloch)
Jun 26, 2021
We are saddened to announce the passing of Erma Jean Steele (née McCulloch) on June 26, 2021 in Victoria. Erma is survived by her husband Herbert; her children Catherine and William, her daughter-in-law Cathy, her grandchildren Jacob, Juliana, and Lauren; and many other family and friends. Erma's passing will give rise to a Celebration of Life in the near...
Donald Herbert 'Dode' French
Jun 26, 2021
Known to most simply as "Dode" Creative to the end. Lover of dogs, gardening, nature, automobiles, and life itself. World traveler who had beat cancer. Proud of his family history and the establishment of French Beach Provincial Park. Always in pursuit of knowledge and the next great adventure. Dode could mesmerize you while engaging in brilliant conversation on most...
