Elizabeth Charters

It is with profound regret that the family of Elizabeth “Betty” MacPhail Watling Charters of Langley, BC announces her passage on to Glory on the late afternoon of 24 September 2012. She was 96 years old. Born in Truro, NS on 19 May 1916, she departed this world at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, BC after a courageous three month battle with pancreatic cancer.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Austin Fenwick Charters. She is survived by her loving family, sons Dr. Fenwick Melbourne MacPhail Charters of Langley, BC and Geoffrey Donald Charters of Dartmouth, NS, daughter-in-law Fonda Burris Charters of Langley, BC, former daughter-in-law and special friend Katherine Margaret Stewart Charters of North Vancouver, BC, grand-sons Timothy Garfield MacPhail Charters of North Vancouver, BC and Andrew Stewart MacPhail Charters of Saskatoon, SK, grand-daughters-in-law Anita Marie Landy Charters of North Vancouver, BC and Diana Ashley Dean Charters of Saskatoon, SK, and dear little great-grand-son Luke Andrew Landy Charters of North Vancouver, BC.

“Betty” was a very intelligent, humorous, well-traveled and well-read person who made friends of all who were fortunate enough to cross her path. She lived a godly life and was a born again Christian. Generous to a fault, she gave much to many all her life. A lover of animals, particularly cats and dogs, she had many pets from childhood to old age. She did many interesting things during her long and fulfilling life from meeting and conversing with Albert Einstein to playing an important role in the Allied war effort during WW II in acting as assistant to a Canadian Admiral in Halifax, NS. She was a talented artist and poet and her knowledge of many subjects was encyclopedic. She was fluent in four languages. A natural teacher, she gave freely to all of her knowledge, wit and wisdom. Her loss will be acutely felt for a very long time by all who knew her.

Special thanks for their warm, tender, competent, highly professional and compassionate care of our dear mother in her final illness go to the Hawthorne Care Centre of Port Coquitlam, BC, Dr. Marianne Russell, Dr. Lena Osachiff, Dr. Diana Stancu, Dr. Samir Malhotra and Dr. Johannes Raath.

There will be a visitation in Henderson’s Langley Funeral Home, 20786 Fraser Highway, Langley, BC V3A 4G6 (Phone: 604-530-6488) from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, 5 October 2012.

Her funeral will be at the Free Presbyterian Church in Cloverdale, 18790 58 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3S 1M6 at 10 a.m. on Saturday, 6 October 2012. Pastor Ian A. Goligher will officiate. Christian burial will follow at the Murrayville Cemetery in Langley.

In lieu of flowers, kindly direct in memorium donations to the Hawthorne Care Centre in Port Coquitlam, the BCSPCA, and the Fuller Center for Housing.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Ps. 116:15

For ever, O Lord, thy Word is settled in heaven.

Ps. 119:89

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

I John. 5:13

For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16