It is with a heavy heart that we announce the peaceful passing of George Herbert Evans on December 14th, 2018 at the age of 91. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta to William Morgan Evans and Ada Edith Millard. He was predeceased by his wife Anne in 2010 and his brother Bob in 1991. He is survived by his children Gayle (Matt), Deborah (Kevin), and Bryan (Eduardo); his grandchildren Andrew, Christie (Steve), Brittany (Peter), Kenny and Alex; his great-grandchildren Evan, Amber, Benjamin and Aiden.
He moved to Victoria at the age of 6 with his parents and his brother Bob. He attended Sir James Douglas, George Jay, Central Junior High and Victoria High schools as well as Happy Valley for a short period of time when he lived outside of the city. After attending business college, he started working at the Scollard Building for Leo Grogan. He then worked at H. A. Humber Ltd., which was eventually taken over by Pitfield MacKay & Co. He later became a stockbroker and moved to Pemberton Securities where he became a Manager, and then a Vice President and Director. He finished his career with RBC Dominion Securities, retiring in 1996. Dad was also a very committed lifetime member of the Union Club of BC in Victoria and was a very loyal “nooner” who enjoyed his snooker Fridays.
As a young man, he was involved as an equestrian rider on the Tyson property located on Cedar Hill Cross Road, which was later developed into townhomes which he and Anne lived in for several years. As an adult, he continued with his love of sports becoming very active playing squash early on and then playing tennis and golf into his 80`s. He and Anne travelled the world for many years, passing on that passion for travel to many of his children and grandchildren.
We would like to thank the staff at Carlton House and Parkwood Court for taking such good care of our dad in the past few years.
There will be a Celebration of Life in the Sequoia Centre at McCall Gardens, 4665 Falaise Drive, Victoria, BC on Saturday, March 30th, 2019 at 2:00 pm. He will later be reunited with our mother Anne at Royal Oak Burial Park.
In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to one of the following charities that he supported: the Canadian Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters, or The Kidney Foundation.
Condolences may be offered to the family below.
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Bruce Crowle
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brigita sparling My sincere condolences to all of you. I worked with George at Pembertons and RBC for many years. He was very good to me and my family, even attending my wedding. I was fortunate to celebrate his 90th bday party. Thinking of all of you. Brigita
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Claude Maurice George was a great guy; a wise and trusted advisor, and wonderfully positive.
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Maria Taylor Dear Bryan, Eduardo and family members,
Our heart is with you in your time of sorrow
Wishing you peace and strength during this difficult time.Sincerely,
Maria & Barry Taylor
It has been a couple of months since I heard the very sad news of George’s passing and the obituary has been sitting on my desk for quite some time. During this time I have spent a lot of time reflecting on the influence that he has had on my career.
I was hired by RBC Dominion Securities as a very young Investment Advisor in February of 1995 and continue to work here today. As a young advisor working in the office I was always struck by his knowledge, ethics, professionalism and devotion to his clients. I would regularly ask George for his insight on investment ideas or themes and he always had the time to talk to me which was very much appreciated.
When George retired from the business in 1996, he was kind enough to ask me to oversee a number of his client files. As a rookie that was just getting started, this provided me a tremendous boost to my career which I have never forgotten. To this day, many of these individual families continue to be clients and would regularly ask me how George is doing. These clients from George played an integral part of me ‘making it’ in the investment business. For this George, my family and I are so appreciative to you I just don’t know what to say other than Thanks.
Post-retirement I always loved running into George at Peppers of which our conversations always turned to those clients he provided me and would no doubt lead to discussions about markets, Finning, Westshore Terminals and Forest stocks.
To the Evans family, I am so sorry for your loss and want all of you to know how much of an important role George has played in my career.
Bruce Crowle