Joan Denise HUBBARD

JOAN DENISE HUBBARD (CRUICKSHANK) 1930 - 2013 After a long and difficult battle with Parkinson's disease, Joan passed peacefully away early Christmas morning with Bill at her side.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Janet, her oldest brother, Arthur, and her parents Carol and Clarence Cruickshank.
Joan leaves Bill, her loving husband of fifty-eight years, three daughters and their husbands, Gwen Hubbard (Harry Schlough) California, K. Lynn Hubbard (Peter Santangeli) California, and Elisabeth (Lis) Semenoff (Alfred Semenoff) British Columbia, her brother Donald Cruickshank (Claire) Ontario, seven grandchildren, Kate and Will Schlough, Grace, Gregory and Christopher Santangeli, Jessica and Chelsea Semenoff and many other treasured relatives in both Joan's and Bill's families.

After completing her degree at Victoria College university of Toronto, Joan joined the family horticulture firm, C.A. Cruickshank Limited where she became the Corporate Secretary until the firm was sold and she took early retirement. Joan and Bill were fortunate to be able to indulge their travel bug both before and after their three daughters left for greener pastures. Many visits were to Bill's relatives in Europe plus travels all over Canada and the United States. They also spent many happy times at the family cottage on Six Mile Lake as well as eighteen winters in Florida. They felt blessed to meet and know such wonderful and interesting people while living in Toronto, Victoria and Trail, British Columbia, and during their numerous travels.

Joan loved to quilt, practice yoga and cook up a storm of delicious dishes, often recipes borrowed from other countries. Her daughters were never able to understand how she was able to hold a full-time job, raise three kids (plus one) and still bake umpteen batches of cookies for them, their classmates and their friends. If able, she was always ready to help her family, friends, and anyone else before thinking of herself.

While in her earlier school years, she made lifelong friends as a member of the Bicycle Room Gang at Lawrence Park Collegiate and later she and Bill became part of a long-running Group of Twenty dinner club who would take turns each month hosting some type of entertainment, followed by a bang-up meal at the hosts' home.

Joan's family is so greatly indebted to all the medical practitioners and other people who helped Joan both before and after she went into care in 2005. A special thank you is extended to all the staff at Rosewood Village in Trail, British Columbia where she resided for the last five years. The staff has been invaluable!

A private family gathering will be held at a later date to honour Joan's life and to reminisce over the laughter and fun times we shared, often over a glass of wine.

In lieu of flowers, a donation in Joan's memory would be appreciated by her family to either the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation (1-888-364-3424, www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca) or to a charity of your choice. Messages may be posted at www.myalternatives.ca

Joan, a lady much loved.