ROSS, Sybil King (nee Thorne) died peacefully, surrounded by her six loving children, at Victoria Hospice on February 21, 2013. Sybil was born on July 28, 1925 in Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan.
Predeceased by her loving husband, Reverend Philip D. Ross, Sybil is survived by her son Scott (Vickie) Ross, Patti Ross, Dale Ross, Colin Ross, Diane (Rob) Ross , and Cathy Henderson. Sybil also loved and enjoyed her 13 grandchildren (Sean, Patrick, Sarah, Stuart, Maddon, Haydon, Dustin, Emily, Gracie, Tori, Kodi, Brodi, and Kolton) and her 2 great-grandchildren (Matthew and Jack).
Sybil said that she knew that she was fortunate to have had such loving parents and have such a wonderful childhood. Sybil was particularly close to her sister and brother and, by extension, their families. She loved and spent as much time as she could with her New Zealand “family” – Dorothy and Colin Wood and their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also cherished the time she was able to spend visiting with her brother Robert, his wife Andrea and their children and grandchildren in Ontario and Quebec.
Sybil was a beautiful, generous, gracious, talented, passionate and compassionate woman. Relationships were of the utmost importance to Sybil and she spent much of her life creating, nurturing and tending to her relationships; those that she had with her family of origin, her husband, her children, her grandchildren and other family members, music, life-long friends, God and the church, and to nature.
A memorial service to remember and celebrate Sybil King Ross will be held on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 at 3:00 pm at Esquimalt United Church, 500 Admirals Road, Victoria. Reception to follow in the church hall. Elevator entrance off Lyall St. Special thanks to Dr. Alasdair Polson, Dr. Beverly Rutherford, and the fabulous, warm and caring staff at Victoria Hospice. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice. Condolences may be offered to the family below.
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JoAnne Drew
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Diane Pope (Figgures) I would just like to send all of Sybil’s family condolences from the Figgure’s family. Although our parents Art and Louise are both gone, I do remember many fond comments they said about Uncle Phil and Aunt Sybil. The night that my mother Louise was dying, I played Sybil’s tape of her singing many loved hyms throughout the night which certainly gave me comfort and I hope Mom too!
Cherish the memories! Thinking of you,
Sincerely,
Diane
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Eileen Edwards For several years I enjoyed reading about the Ross off-spring and feel that I knew all of you. Once or twice we had a long telephone call. It was wonderful to think of her at the same address over many years. Her sister Dorothy & I were together at U of S & in Toronto. Your Mum had a beautiful singing voice and I am proud to say I have two of her CDs. My condolences to all the family.
If any of you are in Toronto, please come and see me.
With Love,
Eileen
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Paul Shirley Bergeron We want to thank “The Ross Children” for sending us your letter telling us of the sad news of your dear mother passing away in February.
We first met your mother, father, Cathy & Diane in 1976 on a camping trip in Oregon, USA. We immediately “clicked” with Sybil and Phil as did our son, Mike, and his friend, Roy, with Cathy & Diane. 🙂 We have kept in touch all these years since and enjoyed time with them in Victoria.
Sybil was such a caring, wonderful, beautiful (inside and out) lady, who loved her family and lived each day of her life to the fullest.. We especially loved her Christmas letter each year including messages from each of her children. We hope we will hear from Cathy or Diane each year to keep your mother’s memory alive in the Bergeron family.
We send ur love to the Ross family and just know our thoughts are with you.
Shirley & Paul Bergeron
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Renate and Fred Freitag To all the fine Ross Clan:
We like to express our deepest sympathy for the passing of Sybil, the most beautiful lady, a caring, loving and talented mother, grand-mother and great grand-mother and our dearest friend.
Sybil has left a footprint in our lives and enriched our memory with her wonderful, cheerful words. We miss her very much.Renate and Fred
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Lorna (McNeilly) van Mossel in Kitchener, Ontario Condolences to Sybil’s family. I have wonderful memories of our nursing days together at the Toronto General Hospital. I enjoyed lunch with Sybil on my annual visits to my daughter in Victoria.
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Renee Beardmore My sincere condolences to Patti Ross and family. We at the Gallery were very, very sad to hear of the loss of Sybil Ross this morning. She was a lovely woman, and will be missed.
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Richard Niblett My condolences to the entire family on their loss. Both your Mum and Dad were very kind to me when I “hung out” at their house in Ottawa
May she rest in peace
To Scott, Patti, Dale, Colin, Diane and Cathy
Just discovered this notice half a year after she left us. I concur with all previous comments. She was warm, beautiful, talented and even offered good advice! I was just talking about her with a high school friend (Liane) last night, telling Liane I used to get a Christmas letter every year from Sybil. Take comfort with the fact that so many people have very fond memories of your mother and yes, she will be dearly missed. I feel lucky to have known her.
JoAnne