Jean Dawson Memoriam
1941 - 2021
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our dear sister, aunt and friend, Jean Dawson, this February.
Jean was born in 1941 in Vancouver, B.C., and lived the first few years of her young life in the company pulp mill town of Woodfibre with her parents, Isabel and John Dawson, and her siblings Flo and John. Upon the sudden of passing of her father, the young family moved to Cambridge Street in Vancouver where Jean graduated from Britannia High School. With a natural affinity for children, Jean attended the University of British Columbia where she qualified as a teacher. First teaching at Lord Nelson Elementary and then David Oppenheimer Elementary, Jean is remembered for employing silly humour and bringing music into every classroom to engage her learners.
Not done with teaching when she retired in 1996, Jean volunteered her time applying her teaching skills at the Dogwood Pavilion Community Centre where she taught introductory computer skills to seniors. Retirement also allowed her to embrace another passion, her dogs. She trained several dogs over the years in obedience, agility and canine freestyle, valuing both the companionship of her four-legged friends and the comradery of the dog training community. Later in her life, Jean faced the challenge of kidney disease. With optimism and bravery, and support from her good friend, Debra, Jean gratefully underwent two kidney transplant surgeries in 2011 and 2013.
As a daughter, sister, aunt, great-aunt and friend, Jean was a loyal and giving person. A person who was always there when help was needed, she was a friend indeed. She is remembered with fondness and love by her surviving sister, Flo, her nieces, Kenna and Diana and their families, and her many good friends.
Her family kindly asks anyone so inclined to donate to the BC Kidney Foundation in memory of Jean.
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