John Beswarwick Halcro
John Beswarwick Halcro passed away peacefully on March 27, 2024, at the age of 92. He was born on November 14, 1931, in Montreal. John is survived by his sister, Jacqueline Millar, and is preceded in death by both his parents, John Henry Halcro and Jeanne Eva Paradis. John graduated from McGill University in engineering […]
Beant Kaur Bhalla
Beant Kaur Bhalla passed away peacefully at Victoria General Hospital with her loving family by her side on June 23 at the age of 94. Beant is survived by her sons: Cece(Suluxna) and Resham(Kamal), her daughter Rano (Pummy), her grandchildren Kevin, Mena, Shaun, Anita, Ruby, Eisha, Sonny, Jason and Harman and 9 great grandchildren. Beant […]
Joe Dumouchel
Joe passed away peacefully in Victoria, BC on June 18, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer. Predeceased by his parents Anthony and Verna, brother Doug, and son Christopher. He will be missed by his sister Elaine (and her family), his partner Nancy (and her family), his son Geoff (Alison), daughters Nicole (Jared) and Courtney, […]
Olive Irene Olmsted (nee Hutzler)
Olive passed away peacefully on Friday, June 14, 2024, at home in Victoria BC surrounded by two of her sons and her daughter in-law. Olive was born March 5, 1923, in Dundas Ontario. Predeceased by her husband Bill in September 1975. Olive is survived by her loving children Bob (Linda) Olmsted, Bonnie (John) Bakowski, Lynda […]
Sarah Elizabeth Louise Macdonald
Sarah’s story began on July 28, 1978. She was born to Shelley (Osolin) Drake and Garry Drake at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Sarah was joined later by brother Trevor (nephew Levi), and her sister Tania (nephew Malcom). She grew up and went to school in the Nanaimo/Parksville area. Sarah would joke that she was educated […]
Sheila Dunlop
Sheila passed away peacefully in the company of family and friends on June 12th, 2024. She was 90 years old. Sheila was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland and spent her early adult years working at British Rail. Along with her dear friend Marion, Sheila emigrated to Canada in 1957 and settled in Toronto. After […]
Mary Jane (Thompson) McKiel
Mary Jane (“MJ”) was born in Brockville ON to Reg & Jean (Chuter) Thompson and was the eldest of their five children. With all her activities and work inside and outside the home, she especially loved playing piano. At age 18, shortly after meeting her husband-to-be, MJ entered the 3-year nursing program at Kingston General […]
Margaret Patton
Margaret passed peacefully on June 12, 2024, in Victoria, BC, at the far too young age of 68. Predeceased by her father Norman, her mother Evelyn, and her brother David, Margaret leaves behind her husband Colin Kopp, her son Ian (Karolina), daughter Lianne Brown (Ken), and granddaughter Amelia, along with many other relatives in Victoria […]
William Thomas Lecky
William Thomas Lecky (Bill) was born on October 20th, 1941, and passed away at home peacefully on June 7th, 2024. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Karen, along with his brother, Steve, and his son, Bill Jr. (Heather), and their extended families. Also his brother-in-law Wayne (Linda) Wetten, and their daughters Kim […]
John Elmer Curtis
Elmer was born in Victoria and lived his early years at 1250 Pandora Avenue. He graduated from Victoria High School and had a keen mathematical mind. Soon after graduation, Elmer enlisted in the Air Force during World War II and flew transport planes as a Navigator Flight Lieutenant all over Europe, yet seldom talked about […]