Margaret WEAVER

1950 - 2022

MARGARET RUTH WEAVER (Maggie) February 24, 1950 January 12, 2022 Maggie died peacefully on January 12, 2022 at the age of 71 in palliative care at Princess Margaret Hospital after a short final struggle against uterine cancer. Maggie was the loving and much-loved wife of Keith for 49 years, the beloved daughter of Joan and John Walker (both predeceased), and the devoted twin sister to Chris (Denyse), resident in Provience. She was also the beloved cousin of Jeffrey Wear (Di) of Broadstone (UK), and of Jane Pickles (predeceased) and her husband Nick of Cornwall UK. Maggie was born in Oxford (UK) and raised in Berkshire and Gloucestershire. She graduated in mathematics from the University of Exeter. Maggie and Keith met in 1970 and lived and worked in London from 1971 to 1974, in which year they came to Canada. Maggie worked in a wide range of jobs - including management consulting firms, varied information search organisations including fee-based operations, a large chemical company, as trainer for an international online search company, and two years with the United Nations in Vienna, to name just a few. Maggie was a top-flight researcher, and could find information that others were not aware existed. In all Maggie's work involving information she was interested in helping people succeed, and she did this not only by assisting them in finding the facts and data they needed but also by developing products, training courses, seminars, and webinars. This work took her across Canada, to the US, and to other parts of the world. Independently and on her own initiative she developed unique and much sought-after expertise that she used to assist small businesses and entrepreneurs. Maggie also did much volunteer work, and her involvement over twenty years in helping to operate the international business centre at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair was something she always looked forward to. Maggie was a brilliant presenter and teacher who took a great interest in people, in business processes, and clarifying the details and significance of export regulations. Her smile and her beaming face were infectious. She was witty, very well read, full of energy, had a multi-sided sense of humour, and was able to call on a large body of general knowledge. She made friends easily, and many friends soon became fast friends. Maggie was also very much interested in assisting young people at the beginning of their careers, and she was able to connect, apparently effortlessly, with women and men forty years her junior. She was mentor to many of these young people, able to encourage them to tackle challenges that they soon found were not as daunting as they might have thought. Maggie was an excellent cook and an intensely social person, her parties brought both these talents to the fore, and those parties were always greatly anticipated. A private cremation will take place and a Celebration of Life will be organised at a later date. Any contributions should be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. No flowers please.