Twila passed away peacefully on October 29, 2018 in Victoria, British Columbia, ready to go and surrounded by love. She was born on October 10, 1943 in Elkhorn, Manitoba to Ben Alexander Marshall and Ruth Eileen Marshall (nee Poston), both deceased. She grew up on a farm near Manson, Manitoba with her younger sister, Judy McAuley, now of Edmonton.
Twila is survived by Calvin, her beloved husband of 52 years, her children and grandchildren, and a wonderful extended community of family and friends who will all miss her dearly.
Twila and Cal lived in many places in western and northern Canada before moving to Victoria in 1986. In addition to raising family, she spent many years working in television production and sales, initially in Yorkton and later in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. In Victoria, she worked in interior design and lifestyle retail; volunteered part-time as a crisis line responder; and nurtured her passion for philosophy, literature and First Nations studies as a mature student at the University of Victoria. She loved art, music and travel; good food, nice wine and single malt whisky; the wide, bright skies of the prairies; reading, reflecting and exploring with her book clubs; and mostly, enjoying life with the friends and family she loved.
There will be a reception to honour and celebrate Twila’s life in the Sequoia Centre at McCall Gardens, 4665 Falaise Drive, Victoria at 2:00pm on Thursday, November 1.
Condolences may be offered to the family below.
McCall Gardens
www.mccallgardens.com
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Ron and Sita Ferri
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Angus & Marlene Dalley To Cal and family. Our condolences go out to you from us here in Ottawa. Twila was a fine person and her memory will be cherished by us forever. To the family we offer our prayers for comfort in this time of loss. My Twila rest in peace.
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Ruth and Joe Whetnall Brent and family, You are in our thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace, Twila.
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Larry & Darlene Yeske Cal: Our deepest sympathies to you and your family on the loss of Twla.
Larry & Darlene Yeske
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Iris Fischer So many will miss Twila , she was a good person , we loved her .
All the best to Cal and to her children .
Iris .
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Richard Anderson Dear Cal:
So sorry to hear of Twila’s passing. Our deepest condolences to you and all the family.
Richard Anderson and Patricia Nelson
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Gerry Waddington Cal…..so sorry to hear of your loss. Our deepest and sincere sympathy to you and your family. Gerry and Sandy
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Catherine Allin Tollstrup Dear Butch,
I’m so very sorry for your loss and will keep you and the family in our prayers.
Catherine Allin Tollstrup
(Margaret’s daughter)
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Vic Pankratz Our most sincere condolences – you are in our thoughts and prayers at this time.
Vic and Edna
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Patrick Walsh Remembering Twila fondly. Deeply sorry for your lost
Pat and Jeanette
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AL COOPER CAL
SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT TWILA.AL AND DENYSE COOPER
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carol and dan lundine Sorry to read in the paper about Twila’s death, Cal. We only knew Twila through our reunions, but we always enjoyed our conversations. Our deepest sympathies to you and the children.
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Wayne Giffin Wayne and VIvian Giffin so sorry to hear this Cal, Vivian and I send our condolences
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Bob and Barb Fenske Our deepest sympathy to you and your family Cal.
Cal: We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to you and your family on the loss of Twila. May she rest in Peace. Ron and Sita