Sept. 30th, 1959  – Nov. 13th, 2011

   In the early morning of November 13th with her father by her side, Sandy passed away peacefully at Lady Minto Hospital. She was predeceased by her grandfather Herman Bishoff, her grandmother Albertine Bishoff Zerbin, and her mother Shirley Bishoff who recently passed away on September 30th of this year. She will be sadly missed by her father Albert Bishoff, her sister Donna Hoeppner (Tim), her brother Ken Bishoff, and her three children Damian, Caleb, and Tuscany.

   The family wishes to thank the following: Dr. Gunneson, the nurses and staff of Lady Minto Hospital, Tamsin and Ritchie Braggs, Gordon and Linda Lee, Kim Hansen, Susan and Derek Lundy, Tracy Stibbards, Pat Brown, Beacon Home Care workers, especially Charlene Wolff, and private caregiver Ellen, Janice of The Wardrobe in Fulford Harbour as well as many others not mentioned.

   A gathering was held in Sandy’s honour on Wednesday, November 16th at her residence in Salt Spring Island.

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Aug 10, 1948 –

Dec 31, 2010

I have come to speak of love, of its valleys and its hills, its tremors, chills and thrills. I have come to say I love love and I love loving love and I, surely, love the brave and sturdy hearts who dare to love.

-Maya Angelou

Celebration of Life date to be announced.

South End Potluck Party. Open Invitation to musicians, loved ones & friends. Please call Joanna Stiver at Community Services 250-537-9971

for more info or to find out how you can help.

December 29, 1943 – December 30, 2010

It is with great sadness that the family of Dale James Drever announces his untimely passing.

He leaves behind his loving wife Darlene, his mother Luella Drever, sisters Mona (Jack) McManus, and Marilyn (Allan) Ross, brother Kent (Trudy) Drever, and brother-in-law Larry (Terry) Pasemko, sister-in-law Shelley (Jan) Klesko, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, and his beloved companion Vinnie. Dale is predeceased by his father, Jim Drever. Also mourning his loss are teaching colleagues and students in Edmonton, and friends from Salt Spring Island.

Born in Castor, Alberta, Dale graduated from the University of Alberta with degrees in Art and Education. The majority of his career teaching Art was at Strathcona High School in Edmonton where he developed his unique teaching ‘strategies’. If Dale had his way, Art classes would be compulsory and Math an option and he thought that everyone should take up art, not just those with talent and aptitude. He was invigorated by the ongoing contact with past students and enjoyed following their accomplishments.

Dale and Darlene retired to Beddis Beach on Salt Spring Island, where they have lived for the past eleven years attracting a wide circle of friends from all across the Island through the warmth of the home that they created together.

In addition to being a fine and passionate artist, this talented and delightful man took great pleasure in creating an innovative and extensively landscaped garden full of colour and texture.

Keenly interested in the complexities of race-horse breeding, shrewdly he never placed a bet on horses preferring to paint them instead.

Dale was a consistently optimistic and cheerful man who observed the world through mildly irreverent but kindly eyes. His gentle personality, quick wit, and wonderful sense of humour will be greatly missed by his family, friends and professional associates.

A celebration of Dale’s life will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Salt Spring Island United Church

111 Hereford Avenue

Messages of condolence can be e-mailed to info@haywardsfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Dale’s honour to the SSI Humane Society (www.spca.bc.ca/branches/salt-spring-island) or Island Wildlife Natural Centre, 322 Langs Road, SSI, B.C. V8K 1N3

Jack Fisher passed away on Christmas Day, 2010. He leaves a loving and grateful family, including children Bob (Helen), Joan Beaty (Len) and Dave (Ginny), plus 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Born in 1914 in Vancouver, Jack was blessed with a brilliant mind and strong athleticism. Although he achieved honours for his first degrees in chemistry at UBC, his passion was the Varsity Outdoor Club. After receiving his PhD from McGill, he distinguished himself as a researcher and chemical engineer in the pulp and paper industry. While working in St Catherines, he invented a method to extract artificial vanilla from a byproduct of Ontario Paper’s pulp mill. He developed the process from the laboratory through pilot plant to a full scale production facility which generated much of the company’s profits for a number of years. Longing to return to his beloved west coast, he convinced HR MacMillan that it was time the forest industry giant had a research division and he was the man to build it. In 1953, he moved his family of 5 to Nanaimo where he ran the MB research group until 1964. He then transferred to B.C. Forest Products as Research and Development Manager where he stayed until his retirement in 1973. He is still remembered today for his many valuable contributions to both production and environmental improvement processes.

Although not a religious man, Jack had very strong moral values that guided him both at work and at home. He played a part in forming a Unitarian Fellowship in Nanaimo as a community group that reflected those values. He often referred to Gandhi, Einstein and Albert Schweitzer as his heroes.

His retirement on Salt Spring Island in 1973 began the happiest years of his life. At 59, he was healthy and vigorous with much to contribute to Island life. Together with his beloved wife Margaret, they made many friends and loved living with nature on their Collins Road property. Jack was very proud of the produce from his garden, which he shared widely with friends and family. He served a term with the Islands Trust, became very active with the tennis association and enjoyed the camaraderie of the “Eggheads” men’s group. Jack and Marg’s generous donations for the Jack Fisher trail, the tennis courts and Lady Minto Hospital reflect the gratitude they felt for the Island community.

After Margaret’s passing, the family is most grateful for the wonderful care of Dr David Woodley, the love of Francis Antonik and family and the friendship of Marc and Jean Holmes and neighbours Brian and Lucille Adderley.

When it became necessary, moving a fiercely independent man from his beloved land to communal living was not easy. It was the wonderful staff and residents at Heritage Place that made this possible. Jack often said, “I’m really very happy here”.

You all gave so much to Jack’s quality of life, a life well lived indeed!

A celebration of Jack’s life will take place at Harbour House Hotel Wednesday, January 5th at 2:00 pm.

B.A., M.A., RPDt (retired)

died peacefully on December 24, 2010 at Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island from metastatic breast cancer at the age of 71. She leaves her beloved husband John to carry on Scottish Country Dancing, walking with the Trail & Nature Club, caring for her Labrador retriever Sandy, and giving love and advice to their children and grandchildren. Bob Heddle and his wife Paula of Kirkland, WA and their newborn daughters Tesla and Cashel will miss her dazzling smile and throaty chuckle. Catharine Heddle and her husband Terry Lee of Toronto and grandchildren Colin (7) and Simon (5) will miss her wisdom, exuberance, and sense of adventure, most especially when at the family cottage in Bala.

Judy was born in Toronto to Olive Lavina Campbell and Peter John (Jack) McArthur. She was educated at the University of Toronto (Victoria College, Home Economics, Nutrition), and took her first job teaching at the University of Tennessee, where she supported John’s doctoral studies. After a year in England and five years in San Francisco, where Bob and Catharine were born, they moved to Kleinburg, Ontario. She worked for the Canadian Diabetes Association and the North York Health Department, established the Diabetes Education Centre at Doctor’s Hospital, and later managed the York Region Heart Health Program. Judy was active in the Home & School and served as president of the Kleinburg Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW). After 33 years in Kleinburg, they moved to Salt Spring Island, where she became a VP of the local CFUW chapter and president of the dance club. She remained in constant touch with her incomparable collection of friends wherever they were, and knitted her extended family together through letters, visits, and holiday dinners.

She loved fun, friends, food, family, Christmas, literature, art, music, politics, travel, great discussions, and the great outdoors. She expected everyone to do the right thing. She loved churches, hymns, choir music, and the Christmas spirit of generosity. She was the proud artist of The Unfinished Quilt, almost perfected her piano rendition of Ain’t She Sweet, and was just getting rolling on her makeover of John’s office. She never stopped trying to foster a love of music in her children, and was glad when one of them developed a love of opera. She had wonderful memories and oft-repeated stories of her friends from her time in California, England and France, of her very close friends in Kleinburg, and of her classmates at the University of Toronto. All who knew her will miss her open, friendly intelligence, her enthusiasm, and her generosity of mind and spirit.

We are enormously grateful to Dr. Sharon Allan of the BC Cancer Centre and Dr. Robert Crichton and the staff at Lady Minto Hospital for their exceptional care and skill, and to the many friends who brought soup, stew, cookies, and cheer in equal measure. Donations can be made to the BC Cancer Centre or the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation. Friends may gather at Salt Spring United Church in Ganges, B.C. on Thursday December 30 at 3:00 p.m. or at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, ON in early January.

June 26, 1935

Dinsmore, Saskatchewan –

December 19, 2010

Victoria, BC

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Neileen, who left this world on December 19, 2010. Neileen was the second daughter of the late Neil and Isobel Grant. Neileen is survived by her sister Donna Mort and brother-in-law Walter Mort, niece Cythe, nephew Neil and his wife Ingrid, great nieces Kiersten and Eveonne and great nephew Alex. She will be missed by all of us, her extended family and many friends. Neileen was a kind and gentle soul, who loved music, art and travel. Neileen enjoyed her last 20 years living on Salt Spring Island.

A celebration of Neileen’s life will be held on January 8, 2011 at 2:30pm at Salt Spring United Church, Hereford Street, Ganges.

March 26, 1966 to December 11, 2010

Ann Luise Lemieux (nee Weihing) passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 11, 2010, at the age of 44. She will be lovingly remembered by her son Eric, her parents Ernie and Renate, her brother Doug, Alea (niece) and Connor (nephew); by her grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins in Germany – as well as her friends on Salt Spring, in Banff, Canmore and Calgary. Ann Luise will be dearly missed by all who loved and knew her.

Private family services were held.