Gladys Marion STEWART

1927 - 2022

STEWART, Gladys Marion June 5, 1927 - February 11, 2022 With the heaviest of hearts, Gladys' family announces her passing after a heroic battle against declining health over the past year. She is now free to reunite with her beloved husband George after 34 years apart, along with Beau her beloved brown poodle, and many other family and friends who passed before her. Gladys leaves to mourn her passing and treasure her memory, her beloved sons Brent (Kareen) and Keith, daughter (and best friend) Heather, grandsons Rudy and Mark, along with her niece Sharon, nephews Shawn, Sheldon, Bruce and Kevin. Mom was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and moved with her family to Victoria, and later Vancouver in the mid-1940's. She worked as a bookkeeper and was introduced to her husband George (Dad) through a mutual friend. They married in 1954 in Vancouver and welcomed their first of 3 children a few years later. They moved to North Vancouver in the early 1960s and Mom never left. Mom was well known on the North Shore, through her involvement in many sports, hobbies and interest groups - multiple bridge groups, the 55+ Murdo Fraser Ladies Golf Club, TOPS, Newcomers, the North and West Vancouver Seniors Activity Centres, and the North Shore Winter Club where she curled and supported Heather's figure skating for many years. Through the hundreds of friends made through her community involvement, to this day Mom could hardly go anywhere on the North Shore without running into someone she knew. No one could forget Gladys once they knew her sweet, humble, and sunny demeanor, and she never forgot anyone, even in her last days. Mom was blessed to travel the world over the past 35 years, from pole to pole, with friends and family, inevitably making many new friends along the way. Our family is grateful to Dr. Paul Montemuro for years of support to Mom, and more recently, Drs. Zibbin, Dhalla and the amazing Dr. Justin Chan at Lions Gate Hospital, plus the entire LGH staff of nurses, care aids and allied health professionals who cared for Mom over the past 8 months. There are no words, but to say, you are all heroes, and we'll never forget your kindness and commitment to Mom and our family and for giving us more precious, quality time with her. We are also indebted to the Vancouver Coastal Home Support Services Team of care aids who helped us keep Mom at home as long as we could, plus we are grateful to the care teams at Inglewood and Amica Lions Gate where Mom spent a short time over the past few difficult months. Gladys was a woman of limited means but gave generously from what she had to The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, The Heart and Stroke Foundation, The Red Cross, and The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Donations to any of these organizations in Gladys' honour are appreciated. A celebration of Mom's life and legacy will be scheduled later this spring or early summer when restrictions lift, so all who knew and loved her can come together, share their memories of this remarkable human being, and be inspired by her. Mom's light burned so bright in life, and it will shine forever in the hearts and minds of the family and friends she leaves behind now. Our love for her is eternal - may she rest peacefully.