ETHEL PATRICIA TELFER JACKSON, (nee WISENER), PAT PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE FATHER LACOMBE NURSING HOME ON CALGARY, ALBERTA OCTOBER 19, 2001.
BORN SEPTEMBER 30, 1912 IN MONAGHAN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. PAT MOVED WEST TO HIGH RIVER WHILE IN HER TEENS AND THEN ATTENDED GARBUTTS BUSINESS SCHOOL IN EDMONTON. SHE EMBARKED ON A SUCCESSFUL AND REWARDING CAREER WITH HER FIRST HUSBAND, FRANK TELFER, OWNING SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN THE BLAIRMORE, ALBERTA AND VERNON, B.C. AREAS. PRIOR TO HER RETIREMENT, PAT WAS A VALUED EMPLOYEE OF EATON’S IN VERNON AND CALGARY. FRANK SADLY PREDECEASED HER ON JULY 18, 1975 AFTER 40 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
MANY HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THE TIME THEY SPENT WITH PAT AND FRANK AT THEIR HOMES IN VERNON, B.C. AND PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA. AFTER FRANK’S DEATH PAT RETURNED TO CALGARY BUT CONTINUED HER WINTER VACATIONS SOUTH. IT WAS THERE THAT SHE MET HER SECOND HUSBAND, EARL JACKSON. EARL AND PAT ENJOYED THEIR RETIREMENT, TRAVELING AND VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. EARL ALSO SADLY PREDECEASED HER MAY 5, 1991, AFTER 13 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. PAT WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER HOSPITALITY, BOTH AS A GENEROUS HOSTESS AND A GREAT COOK TO THE MANY GUESTS SHE WELCOMED INTO THEIR HOMES. PAT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL SEAMSTRESS AND TAILOR AS WELL AS AN AVID GARDENER. HER ROSE GARDENS WERE ALWAYS LOVELY. PAT CONTINUED TO TOUCH THOSE AROUND HER WITH HER GENTLENESS THESE LAST FOUR YEARS AS A RESIDENT OF FATHER LACOMBE NURSING HOME. HER TIME SPENT THERE UNDER THE LOVING CARE AND DEVOTION OF THE STAFF ALLOWED PAT TO LIVE WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY AND TO MAKE HER FINAL JOURNEY PEACEFULLY.
PAT WILL BE MISSED BY HER SISTER EILEEN KRAEMER (GUELPH, ONT.) AND FAMILY, HER SISTERS-IN-LAW VERNA WISENER AND FAMILY (CALGARY), LENA WISENER (VULCAN) AND FAMILY, AND HER MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS ACROSS CANADA AND THE U.S. PAT IS ALSO SURVIVED BY EARL JACKSONS DAUGHTER, NANCY EGGERS AND PEGGY RICHLEY AND FAMILIES OF CALIFORNIA.
PAT WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS JOHN WISENER AND MARGARET BOWLEN WISENER, HER BROTHERS EMMETT, IRA, DENNIS, GEORGE AND WILLIAM AND HER SISTER, SISTER MARY WISENER, CSM.
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO PRAYERS AT JACQUES FUNERAL HOME, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2001 AT 6:30 P.M.. 12700 MACLEOD TRAIL, SOUTH, CALGARY, ALBERTA 403-297-0711. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED AT FATHER LACOMBE NURSING HOME CHAPEL 2:00 P.M. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2001, FATHER BILL STEVENSON. CELEBRANT.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF JACQUES GARDEN CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME.
INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY CEMETERY, VERNON, B.C. 11:00 A.M. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001.
INTERMENT ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 403-485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.
MEMORIAL TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO FATHER LACOMBE NURSING HOME.