Audrey Helen Watson

Audrey Helen Watson passed away on January 21, 2011 at Crescent Gardens Senior Home, South Surrey, British Columbia after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Audrey was predeceased by her sister Myrra Thornley (Preston, England) and by her husband Alan. She is survived by her daughter Susan (Wayne) Vollmer, her two granddaughters Wendy Hershberg Wilson (Peter) and Deborah Hershberg Astles (Tony), and two great grandchildren James and Catherine Wilson. In Great Britain she is survived by her niece Dame Alexandra Burslem and family and nephew Ian and Kathleen Thornley and family.

She was born in Blackpool, England on March 4, 1921, a second daughter to Helen and Thomas Kimberley. In 1957 she, her beloved husband Alan and daughter Susan, immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba where she returned to school and completed the education that was interrupted by her time in the Land Army in World War II. After graduating, she taught at St. John’s Ravenscourt in Winnipeg and Stony Mountain and Grosse Isle schools. In 1981, she and Alan retired and moved to White Rock, BC where she has lived ever since. Audrey was a woman of deep faith and abundant talent who lived her life with enthusiasm and generosity.

The family would like to give special thanks to the staff at Crescent Gardens for their loving and compassionate care of Audrey over the past five years. They helped to make her last days more bearable for all of us.

A Memorial Service will be held at Victory Memorial Park, 14831 28th Avenue, South Surrey on Wednesday, February 2nd at 2:00 pm with Reverend James Fergusson officiating. The service will be followed by a reception to which all friends are invited.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of BC, 300-16850 66 Avenue

Surrey, BC V3S 5M1