Edith MILLARD

MILLARD Edith Mary Kathleen, died at Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion on August 3rd, 2003. Mary was born in Milner, B.C. on January 14th, 1919, but spent most of her life on Vancouver Island, first at Shawnigan Lake and later in Victoria, where she graduated from Mount View High School on Carey Road. From 1945 until retiring in 1978, she worked in the Provincial Vital Statistics Branch as part of the former Topaz Avenue vault staff. Mary loved to travel and her journeys took her far and wide from northern Vancouver Island to South Africa. She also enjoyed singing in the choir of Monterey Centre in Oak Bay. She was predeceased by her father, Edward, in 1947 and her mother, Marguerite (Meg), in 1979 and leaves several cousins on the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and England. Many thanks to the staff of Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion who gave seven years of dedicated service to Mary's needs. A Service of Remembrance will be conducted from MCCALL BROS. FAMILY CHAPEL, Johnsonand Vancouver Streets, on Tuesday, August 12th at 10:30 a.m.