Jorge died peacefully on May 2, 2022 in Victoria, BC.
Jorge is survived by his wife, Zofia, and children, Chris (Debra) Caso-Rohland, Alexandra (Greg) Caso-Gustafson, Veronica (Bil) Hetherington; grandchildren Eva Caso-Rohland, Hunter and Jorge Hetherington. He will be missed by many relatives and friends around the world.
Jorge and Zofia married in 1968, after both receiving their master’s degree in international law in Kiev. In 1969 they moved to Santiago, where Jorge worked for the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) supporting President Allende. In 1973 they left Chile due to a Military Coup and settled in Canada with their children Chris and Alexandra. Soon after that their youngest daughter, Veronica was born. Jorge started his career with Amoco (BP) in 1974 and retired with BP in 2009. His career took Jorge & Zofia across the world.
Their 58-year adventure had them establish home bases from Kiev, to Santiago, Edmonton, Calgary, Warsaw, Houston, Belem, Irkutsk, Moscow, Calgary, and finally to Victoria. Additionally, they travelled the world on vacations away from work, exploring Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, North and South America. Everywhere they went Jorge was able to make deep lasting relationships, he spoke the local languages and treated people well at every level. Jorge ended his career as Director of Finance and Control, Member of the Board of Directors for many joint interest partnerships and was awarded an honorary citizenship by the Governor of Para Brazil, for his work supporting local people.
Jorge’s greatest pleasure was having strong relationships with family and friends. His retirement was filled with family events including vacations, dinners, coffees, movies, and sea side drives.
A Celebration of Jorge’s Life was held in the Sequoia Center at McCall Gardens, 4665 Falaise Drive, Victoria, BC on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022, at 2:00pm. For those unable to attend in person please join us virtually.
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What a beautiful celebration yesterday of Jorge’s life! The early anecdotes enabled us to learn new things about Jorge’s amazing life and the family’s adventures. We have known Jorge and Zofia since 1998 so the later anecdotes brought back many memories. During the second Kremlin goon raid on BP, I think Jorge and Zofia were in NYC together. While we attended a play together at Lincoln Center (“South Pacific”), Jorge got news of the office invasion and he worked remotely to manage the situation. I remember the story of souvenir pens (and the later demand for a replacement) as well as Jorge’s brilliant donation of laptops to the police. We will miss our great friend Jorge dearly. We send love to the whole family and hope to see Zofia sometime soon.
We are so sad that we can’t be with you today. Our hearts are with you and your family
Jorge and I worked together in the same Amoco business group and he was wonderful to work with. He was an example of cheer, intelligent work and ethics. He was a person to bring people together and you can see he is doing it again with the messages from his/our colleagues. My condolences to Sophia and family.
Dan Tober
Huge condolences and massive hugs to Alexandra and the rest of the family I’m so sorry for your loss and even though I only met your dad one time, I was hugely impressed by his class and presence. I wish I could be there today but please know that my thoughts are with you this afternoon and always.
Love Barry
Zofia we were very saddened to learn of Jorge’s passing. We so enjoyed dinners at your lovely home in Calgary. Such wonderful hosts, fabulous food, great conversation and a few shots of vodka. May all the memories of your great adventures bring smiles and peace.
The world has lost a truly great person
Jorge will always remain alive in my heart
My sincere condolences to Zofia and the family
We were so sorry to hear of Jorge’s passing. We first met the Caso-Rolands in Edmonton, where they settled after coming to Canada. Jorge was a vibrant personality who was caring, interested, and friendly. His multi-cultural and multi-national experience allowed him to move easily among different national and ethnic groups. Although it has been some years since we saw Jorge, we will always remember him. Our condolences to Sophia and the children.
Keith and Ruth Nagel
So sorry to hear of your loss Sofia. We will always remember the days we had together in Poland, Houston and Calgary with you and Jorge. He will be greatly missed.
If there ever was a man who deserved the best of comments from all those who he left behind, it was our man Jorge. What a great person he was a and friend to all who met him. He was the most incredible person I ever met. Our thoughts are with Zofia and the rest of his family.
Claude Charrois