BEVERLY J. TERRY

1946 - 2021

In her tenure with the Sunshine Coast School District, Bev served as principal and vice-principal at the high school in Sechelt and as principal in a number of elementary schools. She also provided much valued leadership in her roles as District Principal of Student Achievement and District Principal of Curriculum. Colleagues and students both were inspired by her immense support and innovative approaches. She chose to retire in Sechelt, the community where she had lived and worked for nearly 20 years. She especially enjoyed a close group of friends with whom she took daily walks along the beach. She belonged to two book clubs and was never without a new book to read. In her own words, she had read at least one book a week since she was five years old. Always wanting to encourage children to read, she developed the Christmas Book Tree project in conjunction with the local Sechelt bookstore where people could gift a book to young children. This project will be continued in her name. All memorials will be directed to this program. Sadly she succumbed to a rare neurological disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease or CJD. She died peacefully in her sleep on September 29, 2021. Ashes will be inurned next to her husband in the Wolfpoint, MT cemetery.