At Lady Minto Hospital, Ganges, Salt Spring Island on December 4, 2011. Madeleine, beloved wife of the late Earl Hardie (1993), was just shy of her 98th birthday. Madeleine (Cudmore) Hardie, was born on January 24th, 1914 in San Diego, California and grew up in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She began her teaching career in small rural schools in Eastend and Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan. She took her teaching certificate at Normal School in Victoria and taught in Rutland, BC until her marriage to (Benjamin) Earl Hardie in 1944. Madeleine and Earl moved to Southey Point on Salt Spring Island in 1948 where they gardened, golfed, fished and made many friends. After Earl’s death in 1993, Madeleine moved to Brinkworthy Place where she lived until her passing. Madeleine was an energetic and active member of the community, helping with the library, Lady Minto’s hospital auxiliary and senior’s centre. She swam and played golf well into her 80’s. She travelled extensively and loved watching sports and playing bridge and maj jong.

Madeleine was the daughter of Ernest and Floria Cudmore and is predeceased by her brothers Wilfred and Ralph, sister Muriel and niece “Tommy”. She will be sadly missed by her seven surviving nieces and nephews, Wilf, Lorraine, Brian, Jane, Clive, Geoff and Kit as well as twenty-one great nieces and nephews and many great great nieces and nephews. She will be remembered fondly by her cousins in Duncan, Fern Kennett and her family, Richard, Calvin and Arlene and their children. She will also be missed by good friends Kelly Thompson and “Mac” Mouat and many other friends and neighbours whose lives she touched.

Cremation arrangements have been made with Howards’ Funeral Service in Ganges, 250 537-1022.

In lieu of flowers donations to the Lady Minto Hospital would be appreciated.

There will a celebration of Madeleine’s life in the spring

with details to be announced.

June 25, 1933 – Dec. 1, 2011

John passed away on December 1st 2011 at Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island. John was born on the 25th June 1933 in Glasgow , Scotland to William and Margaret Cassels and immigrated to Toronto in May 1954. He served with the Toronto Mounted Police for 15 years before moving to South Carolina with his family where he had a successful Dairy Queen business. They returned to Canada and settled in Victoria in the early 1970s and owned and operated Tradewind Imports in Hillside Mall. He then moved to Salt Spring Island to retire but returned to work at Thrifty Foods in Ganges and thoroughly enjoyed his new Island lifestyle. John was an avid golfer and member of Salt Spring Island Golf Club and is sadly missed by his PGA friends. John will also be remembered for his love of dogs and was seldom surrounded by less than three canine companions. John is survived by sons Jim (Leila) and Michael of Victoria; as well as five grandchildren and one great-grandson; sisters Jean Gilchrist and Maureen (James) Wilson in Scotland; brother Douglas (Patty) in Victoria; and seven nieces and nephews. John’s family wish to acknowledge their gratitude to his dear friends Alan and Margaret Wooldridge; Peter and Maureen Rowell; Elizabeth Lee; and Dr. David Woodley for their care and support through John’s struggle with dementia. A memorial Celebration of John’s Life will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 2 pm at the Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island.

Passed away peacefully, November 28, 2011, with her children by her side.

Our loving Mom, Oma, Great Oma, Sister, Auntie and Friend.

Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on December 18, 1914.

Her loving husband Frank J.P. Schwagly (1974) pre-deceased her, as did her second husband Fred Gilman (1992) and her three infant children.

Nellie is survived by her loving children, Marijke/Bram, Johanna, Frank/Myrna, Elly/Rod, Henry/Linda, Fred’s sons, Ed and Don and their families and 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Survived by her two sisters, Joke and Henny, many nieces, nephews and family members in Holland.

The Schwagly family moved to Canada in 1957.They owned and operated the Dutch Beauty Salon in Victoria and on Salt Spring Island. Nelly was very proud to have been chosen to do the hair of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands while on a visit to Canada.

Nelly was a devoted member of the R.C.Church Lady of Grace, C.W.L., Lady Lions, Legion, Seniors for Seniors and the Lost Chords Choir.

Nellie’s family would like to thank, the Owner and Staff of Dover House Care Home, for all the years of such loving care of our Mom, and we also thank the staff of Dufferin Place.

We will always remember our Mom for her love and inner strength.

Que Sera, Sera, until we meet again!!!

Funeral to be held at Our Lady of Grace, Drake Rd.

Salt Spring Island on Friday Dec. 2, 2011 at 11am.

Father Jules Gouleg officiating.

Haywards Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

1930 – 2011

It is with profound sadness that we announce Ivy’s passing on November 22, 2011. She will be always in our hearts and thoughts. Ivy was predeceased by her brother Bud [Arthur] and her husband Donald. Ivy leaves her loving sister Grace [Powell River, B.C.], brother Marquis [Dryden, Ontario and loving daughters Wendy Fleet, Mary Piperno and loving son Victor Piperno, loving grandchildren Derek, Dean, Darren, David and Brittany, great grandsons Mackenzie and Isaac. Ivy also leaves many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, great-great nieces and nephews and many friends. Ivy was a friend to all who met her. She loved her family, friends, the daily word search, her favourite soap One Life to Live and also Judge Judy.

She had a phenomenal memory, loved knitting, crocheting and had a great sense of humour which we will all miss. Ivy was born in Fort William, Ontario and moved to SSI in 1957. None of her children had ever seen her angry she had great patience and loved children. Through the years she  baby sat dozens of children and thoroughly enjoyed it and missed them when they had to go home. She always read the daily paper and kept up with the news of the day. Everyone who had a dish of her blackberry crumble always asked for seconds. The service was held November 26th. with internment at the Central Cemetery. Anyone wishing to donate in Ivy’s name please donate to Seniors for Seniors this was one of her favourite things in her later years going to the seniors lunch and coffee sessions. She really enjoyed conversing with people be it one to one or in a group. She was a very special lady who will be missed by all who knew her.

The family of Ivy Piperno would like to thank the following: Lady Minto Hospital nurses and staff, Dr.Paula Ryan, SSI Highways crew, Thrifty’s, Country Grocer, the Harbour House Hotel, Seniors for Seniors, Patrick and staff of Hayward’s Funeral Home. Chris from the Community Gospel Church where the service was held. Also  special thanks to Rita Dods and Bobby Wood and the people that spoke at Ivy’s service

Dorothy Anderson ( November 2, 1935) died peacefully with her family and dear friend, Rita Dods by her side on November 19, 2011. She leaves behind her three sons – Ken (Mary), Brien (Angela), Stuart (Crystal) and her

grandchildren Elizabeth, Amy, Christina,

Megan, Angelica, Branden and dear friends. She will be fondly remembered.

The family would like to say thank you to

Dr. Woodley, all the nurses, careaids and

support staff for the care provided for

Dorothy at Lady Minto and Greenwoods.

Her final request was to have no service.

Mum passed away peacefully in the early morning of November 18 at Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island, with family by her side.

She is survived by her daughter Sue and David (Hicks) of Winnipeg, daughter Sally (Leigh-Spencer) and Brian (Thacker) of Duncan and granddaughter Caeley, and her son Peter and Marjorie and grandchildren, Lindsay and Colin, of Edmonton.

She was predeceased by her husband Frank in 2000.

Mum was born in London, England. She served in the British Army during the war as a military driver, during which time she met Dad who had been posted to London with the RCN Fleet Air Arm. Following the war, she joined Dad in Canada. They were married in Winnipeg in 1946.

After several years in Vancouver and St. John they returned to Winnipeg where they lived for 17 years before moving to Edmonton. Following Dad’s retirement, they moved to Nanaimo and later Salt Spring, a very special place in the history of the Leigh-Spencer family. Mum has lived on Salt Spring for the past thirty years, 11 of those independently in their home until three months ago when she moved to Heritage Place in Ganges.

Mum was a very special lady. She devoted her life to her family and to volunteerism. She approached everything she undertook with energy and determination. She was fiercely independent and instilled this trait in us at a very early age.

Her natural leadership skills took her from leader of a small company of Girl Guides to appointment as a District Commissioner in Winnipeg. She was an avid and talented gardener and took particular pleasure in successfully nurturing an incredible variety of roses wherever she lived. She was renowned for her knitting, and was an extremely talented seamstress, both evidenced by the many outfits she produced for family and friends. She was a skilled weaver and had an incredible ability to transform a room with her creative upholstering ability.

Meme was extremely proud of her grandchildren and took great pleasure in watching them grow into young adults. She treasured her very special relationship with Caeley and her visits from Lindsay and Colin, especially as she and Colin shared the same birthday.

Mum always prided herself in her appearance, taking great care to dress in the style of the day. She enjoyed her friendships from the golf course and particularly the great fun participating in the many skits they performed over the years.

She thrived by keeping busy, volunteering at the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation Thrift Store, teaching weaving at Greenwoods, serving lunch at Seniors for Seniors, baking for her family, going for regular dinner and theatre outings with her daughter Sally ,and enjoying visits from family and friends.

We are left with wonderful memories of traditional Christmases with family and friends and Mum’s terrific Christmas pudding, our many birthdays made special with a cake baked especially for us, summers at Victoria Beach, her spontaneous dancing when she heard a song she enjoyed, walks on the beach and clam-digging, and last but not least her incredible will to live.

We sincerely thank the staff and friends at Heritage Place for making Mum’s last few months so enjoyable, a special thanks to VIHA Home Care nurses Maureen and Karen and the wonderfully caring Lady Minto staff for their dedication and commitment. A special thanks to her neighbours Janna and Marvin and her friends Cathy and Mickey for their continuing friendship and support.

At Mum’s request there will be no formal memorial service, however we wish to invite her friends and acquaintances for tea to share memories of Ann in the Leigh-Spencer room at St Mark’s at Central, at 1 pm on December 11th, 2011, following the regular Sunday service.

There will be a family gathering in the spring on Salt Spring Island when the first roses are blooming.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the furnishing of the Leigh-Spencer room at St Mark’s Anglican Church or to the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

St Marks Anglican Church

Anglican Parish of Salt Spring Island

110 Park Drive

Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2R7

Lady Minto Hospital Foundation 135 Crofton Rd

Salt Spring Island, B.C V8K 1T1

Doris Lydia Rook passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon, Nov.12th at Lady Minto hospital. She is survived by her son Simon and his wife Heather.

Doris was known thoughout her life by the nicknames “Derb” and “Chips,” but on Saltspring everyone knew her as Doris.

Born March 25th 1912, the youngest of eight, into a working class family in Southall,Middlesex, to a Welsh father, Thomas Rees and a Gloucester mother, Lydia Wintle, she quickly expressed the desire to learn the piano, eventually earning her LRAM teaching diploma in 1939. But Doris loved performing, and over the years built up an impressive repertoire which included Beethoven sonatas, Chopin and Liszt studies and the Greig piano concerto. During the war, she gave concerts for the departing and returning troops as part of the war effort, and later gave concerts numerous charities and causes. In 1997 she emigrated to Saltspring Island to spend her last years with Simon and Heather. She loved Saltspring and returned it’s hospitality by giving two benefit concerts for All Saints church with Simon, and a full recital for the residents of Heritage Place. In her suite at Heritage she would play for anyone who asked her, and at Lady Minto she played several times at Extendicare, the last time only a week before her death.

In 1946 she met the love of her life,the printer Frank Rook, and built a life together based on middle class values of hard work and thrift. After Frank’s untimely death in 1970 from cancer she never remarried.

Doris had a love of the outdoors. She hiked all over the British Isles with the YHA, and at age 58 she learnt to ski in Austria and went on many skiing trips to the Alps with friends. At Heritage Place she would look out on Ganges Harbour or Mount Belcher and say, “It’s such a beautiful Island”. She had a deep faith, and felt that for all it’s imperfections, life was unfolding according to a divine plan.

I wish to thank all the staff of Lady Minto for taking such good care of her.

A funeral service and gathering will be held at All Saints Anglican Church at 1pm on Monday Nov. 28th.

Norma is remembered by friends and family as a loving, generous and caring spirit. Born in Vancouver, BC on the 22nd of January, 1919, she died with two of her great-nieces beside her, on November 9, 2011. Her parents were Walter and Isabella Barlow of North Vancouver BC. She is survived by her nieces, Irene Stacey of Salt Spring, BC, Sheila Stacey of Duncan, BC, many great-nieces and nephews. Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, November 16th at 1:00 PM at the Columbia-Bowell Funeral Chapel, 219-6th St., New Westminster, 604-521-4881