John Shuttleworth

It is with sad hearts our family said goodbye to a wonderful, sensitive, caring, humorous and loving man on January 4th, 2009. Born February 17th, 1916, to Louisa and Thomas Shuttleworth, Jack was the eldest of four boys. Jack was predeceased by his parents and three brothers; Samuel, Andrew, and Harry. Jack outlived them all with his zest for living and absolute enjoyment of his loving family, especially his devoted and loving wife Laurette, of 67 years. Jack is survived by Laurette; daughter, Deedrie and her husband, Jim of Victoria; son, Glen and his wife, Terry of Cranbrook; former son-in-law, Rick Pelan and his wife, Susan Heffernan of the Sunshine Coast; his treasured grandchildren, Cory and his wife, Madone, Nicole, of Victoria and Kelly-Rae of Nelson; step-grandson, Steven of Victoria and two little great-grandchildren, Paris and Indra, who brightened up Grampa’s world every time they came into his sight. Of course his favorite “puppy” Maddison will miss him so very much. Jack was very proud to have fought for our country during the 2nd World War on board the HMCS Brockville, in Sidney, Nova Scotia. In 1945, Jack and Laurette returned to Edmonton with their three week old daughter, Deedrie Dawn. Three years later their only son, Glen Arthur was born to complete their perfect family. Jack and Laurette spent many years in Edmonton, where Jack drove streetcars and then buses for the Edmonton Transit System. They later moved to Camrose, where Jack became Recreation Facilities Manager for the City. Their years in Camrose brought them many lifelong friends who will never been forgotten. Many of those friends were members of the Camrose Lions Club, of which Jack was a lifetime 50 Year Member. Jack and Laurette spent 24 winters in their beloved Hawaii and it was only fitting that an Orchid Lei was hung facing the Pacific Ocean in honor of his life on one of his most favorite trees – the Banyan. Four years ago, Jack and Laurette moved to Victoria, B.C. and have happily resided at Berwick House, where the last years of his life were spent making many more new friends with exceptional care and attention paid to them. Our family would like to thank all the wonderful staff of Berwick House for their kind and special care of Jack in his final months and for the loving support they are giving Laurette at this time. Thank you also to Dr. Kier McMillan, his wonderful physician and treasured friends, Linda Birdsall, Whitey and Betty Severson, who will always be a part of our family.

A Celebration of Jack’s life will be held in April with family and friends. If you would like to attend please contact McCall Bros. at the website address below and we will contact you with a time and place.