Elizabeth A. “Betty” Haynes (nee Carlow)

Dear Mom – Another year has come and gone.  And what a year it was!

Thinking of you always and loving you forever.

 

 

 

 Beautiful Mother

 Beautiful Mother you had a heart of gold

How much we miss you can never be told

You shared our troubles and helped us along

Following your footsteps, we will never go wrong

We miss you from your fireside chair

Your loving smile and gentle air

Your vacant place no one can fill

We miss you Mother and always will

On earth you toiled, in heaven you rest

God bless you Mother; you were the best!

Until we meet again, rest in peace, dear beautiful Mother.

Still living your motto – “Garden Forever – Housework Whenever”

With all our love, Mardi and David – 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Mom – Another year has come and gone.  Thinking of you always and loving you forever.

 

Wonderful Mother of Mine

The moon never beams

 without bringing me dreams

Of that wonderful mother of mine

The birds never sing

But a message they bring

Of that wonderful mother of mine

There are treasures on earth

 that make life seem worthwhile

But there’s none that compare

 to my mother’s beautiful smile

You hold a spot down deep in my heart

Until the stars no longer shine

Your soul shall live on forever

All through the fields of time

For there’ll never be another to me

Wonderful Mother of Mine

Until we meet again,

 rest in peace, dear beautiful Mother.

Living your motto

 “Garden Forever – Housework Whenever”.

With all our love,  Mardi and David – 2020

 

Dear Mom – Another year has come and gone.  Thinking of you always and loving you forever.

My Mother, My Angel

Once upon a time an angel held my hand,

she wiped away my tears and helped me understand.

Our time on earth is brief, there’s lessons to be learned,
each precious day God gives us another page is turned.

Every chapter full of memories, times of joy and tears,
triumphs and defeats through every passing year.

She loved me unconditionally, always by my side,
when no one else would listen in her I could confide.

With gentle words of wisdom she led me on my way,
down the paths of righteousness if ever I did stray.

She saw the light in everyone and gave with no regrets,
always from her heart, let us not forget.

Angels come in many forms, for me it is my mother,
with love I cannot say in words, there’ll never be another.

Every day I turn the page in my heart will ever remain,
everything she taught me as I stroll down memory lane.

Thank you God for giving me the most priceless of all treasures,
help me Lord to keep alive her memory here forever.

I pray that I can some day be everything she hoped I would,
that she’s smiling down from heaven knowing she did good.

Missing you more than words can say.

Forever thankful that we are surrounded by your love and kindness.
Until we meet again, rest in peace, dear beautiful mother.

With all over love Mardi and David – 2019

 

Dear Mom – Another year has come and gone.  Thinking of you always and loving you forever.

Finding You In Beauty

The rays of light filtered through

The sentinels of trees this morning.

I sat in the garden and contemplated.

The serenity and beauty

Of my feelings and surroundings

Completely captivated me.

I thought of you.

I discovered you tucked away

In the shadows of the trees.

Then, rediscovered you

In the smiles of the flowers

As the sun penetrated their petals

In the rhythm of the leaves

Falling in the garden

In the freedom of the birds

As they fly searching as you do.

I’m very happy to have found you.

Now you will never leave me

For I will always find you in the beauty of life.

Missing you more than words can say.

Forever thankful that we are surrounded by your love and kindness.

Until we meet again, rest  in peace, dear beautiful mother.

With all our love  Mardi and David – 2018

 

Dear Mom  – It’s been a year since I hugged you and kissed you goodbye but only minutes since I said “I Love You Mom”.

ONE MOTHER

You can only have one mother

Patient, kind and true;

No other friend in all the world,

Will be the same to you.

When other friends forsake you,

To mother you will turn,

For all her loving kindness,

She asks nothing in return.

As we look upon her picture,

Sweet memories we recall,

Of a face so full of sunshine,

And a smile for one and all.

Sweet Jesus take this message,

To our dear mother up above;

Tell her how we miss her,

And give her all our love.

Missing you more than words can say but forever thankful that we are surrounded by your love and kindness.  Until we meet again, rest in peace, dear beautiful mother.

With all our love Mardi and David – 2017

 

Recently, my beautiful mother Betty passed away peacefully in Victoria at the age of 92.

Born in Victoria, she was the youngest daughter of Edwin A. Carlow and Elizabeth F. “Lizzie” Carlow (nee Barr).  Betty was a descendant of the pioneer Irvine family that immigrated to Victoria in 1851 from the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

Betty began her education at the original Craigflower School where she was awarded the book A Modern Cinderella “for ranking first – December 1932”.  She continued her education at Victoria West School and was awarded the Principal’s Prize for the “top-ranking student in grade VIII’’, and  she graduated from Victoria High School.

As a career legal secretary, Betty worked for a variety of lawyers at several law firms in Victoria, and was a charter member of the Victoria Legal Secretaries Association.

Over the years, she traveled Vancouver Island, California, Hawaii, Mexico, and Great Britain, cruised to Alaska, and drove her car round trip from Mile Zero in Victoria to St. John’s, Newfoundland, traveling easterly across the United States and returning through Canada.

Betty was an avid high scoring bowler and a member of the Saanich Silver Threads where she enjoyed playing Eucher with her friends and eating Chef Brian’s delicious meals.  When visiting Port Angeles, she was always excited to make a trip or two to the casino and the Port Angeles Senior Center where she enjoyed playing her favorite game, cribbage.  The luck of the Irish was always with her!

Mom knitted beautiful sweaters, dish cloths and doll clothes, and created treasured needlepoint for her home and her family.   Her favourite pastime was gardening.  “Garden Forever – Housework Whenever’’ was her motto.

Betty loved her family, all of them. She never spread gossip or said an unkind word about anyone.  She was a true and loyal friend, and an unwavering Toronto Blue Jays fan. In addition to her parents, Betty was predeceased by her husband Maxwell Haynes who was born in St. John’s, Nfld.; her five siblings, Edwin P. Carlow, Helen J. Mortensen, Ruth C. Lalonde, Rowena J. Jones, and Robert N. Carlow; many nieces and nephews and wonderful friends. Surviving are her loving daughter Mardi and son-in-law David G. Sellars of Port Angeles, WA; and several nieces and nephews.

No services were held at her request.  Cremation was followed by interment at Hatley Memorial Gardens.

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