Our beautiful mom passed away Monday, March 29, 2021, surrounded by the love of her children.
Predeceased by her husband Howard (2002), her mother Dorothy (1995), her father Wallace Pattenden (1971) and survived by her children, Howie(Michele) Halana(Jay) Heather (Shayne) Heath(Carol) grandchildren, Kyle (Calsi) Jordan (Annie) Whitley (Ty) Sophie, Brayden (Amanda) Jacob, Brenden and Jared, 2 great-grandchildren and one on the way, her sister Joanne Guest; brother Dick Pattenden (Joan) and many family & friends.
Mom was born in Barrie, Ontario, with a gentle and loving push from her mother, in 1957 (knowing no one, she barely knew our dad) she moved to Victoria to marry her “Howard” the two of them made beautiful history, happily married 44 years until dad’s passing.
Before leaving Ontario, mom worked as a telephone operator at the Bell Tel Company. Once settled in Victoria she worked at BC Tel from 1957-1993, during this time she raised 4 very active children and built special lifelong friendships. Our family was raised in Esquimalt, close to Saxe Pointe Park, where she often retrieved one of us from some kind of mischief, 50 years later we moved mom to the beautiful independent living community at the “Berwick Royal Oak”, where she resided until her death.
Mom was the most glamorous and gracious hostess. She was a phenomenal socialite! If her house was full, she was in her element. She was always dressed for the party, whether it was a fancy sit down 6-course dinner party, a posh cocktail function or a casual 4-table euchre card party, if you were in the company of mom and dad, you wanted to be the last to leave. Mom was an incredible baker (lucky us and the Bewdley Ave kids), baking gave her so much joy, second to baking was her love for crafts, her creative ideas forever flowing, one year she felt we all needed a clock based on our personalities, her funny way of pointing things out to us.
With the deepest gratitude to Dr. Leah Norgrove (Fiona & Tori) a wonderful and kind medical team, Cindy at the Berwick for her extra care and support and Kelly the Charge Nurse at RJH along with her care team for the utmost respect and gentle care of guiding our heartbroken family through this acute and difficult time.
In this undetermined world, we will wait to celebrate mom at a safer time.
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