Born October 31, 1942, Jean Ellen Bradshaw (nee Jory) died November 22, 2025, at Victoria General Hospital with family beside her. In January 2025 she was predeceased by Jay, her husband of 44 years and to whom she was devoted. Together they shared their love of travel, their beautiful homes, their dogs and their families. They generously supported each other in their philanthropic endeavours. Jinnie was loved dearly and will be missed by sister Judy Curran and her children Michael, Deborah and David and her brother John Jory, his wife Ruth and their children Michelle, Lindsay and Kelly. Warmly remembered by stepfamily Tracey (Luke) and children Nat, Ben and Charlotte; Greg (former wife Kati) and children James and Alex. She is fondly remembered by Marilyn Pattison and Nicole McKay-Grant.
Jinnie graduated from Western University, taught high school, organized and conducted student educational excursions globally, worked for Air Canada and volunteered on numerous Boards including Cancer Care Ontario, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Women’s College Hospital. She was committed to making a difference in the health and well being of people. She always said that her father’s untimely death from lung cancer was the impetus for her to volunteer. She travelled to the USA to study the Angels of Mercy Program, a not-for-profit organization where people in financial need and living in remote communities without medical resources and requiring medical support, were flown at no cost to health care for treatment. She returned to Canada to become co-founder and president of Hope Air (formerly Mission Air). Hope Air renamed its Volunteer of the Year award in her name. Jinnie is a member of the Order of Canada awarded on October 29, 2004, and Invested September 9, 2005.
Jinnie was an elegant woman with a big heart and a force to be reckoned with. She was dedicated to her family, a treasured Aunt who knew how to celebrate occasions lavishly, lovingly and inclusively with family and friends. She could make a peanut butter sandwich just as decadent as roast tenderloin or pavlova. Fascinated by people’s lives, interests, whereabouts and accomplishments, Jinnie unreservedly explored and questioned. She had wide reaching interests and knowledge which she shared with younger family members, positively affecting their values and beliefs. Jinnie cared deeply and selflessly for Jay until his end just 10 months preceding her. Her family thanks the excellent staff on 6AB at Victoria General Hospital for their compassionate care.
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Oh my goodness, Ginny Jory. A name I haven’t heard for many decades.
My parents were Roy and Dorothy Dilworth, and I believe our mothers were close friends. Jean Jory’s name generates such warm feelings.
We left Toronto in 1961 for London Ontario where my father became the first principal of Dorchester High School. My mother never replaced her Toronto friends. London was too far from Toronto for an evening visit. And the one time they went in for a wedding, Mom didn’t want to return to London. I understood that and fled back to Toronto two years after graduating from Western. At fifty, I retired to Guelph so that I could buy a house.
I guess over the years long-distance telephone visits just couldn’t maintain what had been so precious. And phone calls were expensive to young couples who had lived through WWII.
In any event, I am glad that we all reached old age. But so sorry that you are now facing your loss.
I shall be thinking of you.
Sincerely,
Carol Dilworth